Description: ABOVE & BEYOND LEARNING ACADEMY, LLC is a Four Star Center License in SHELBY NC, with a maximum capacity of 44 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0226-310A |
| 2026-03-17 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 125 | 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(4) |
| Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. On February 26th, February 27th, 2026, in Space #2, one child two years of age and enrolled on May 4, 2024, was marked present on the attendance record, but the documentation available for review on the arrival and departure record was documented as absent. On February 18, 2026, In Space #2, one child two years of age was documented on the arrival and departure records as absent, but on the attendance recorded for that day the child was marked as present. On March 4,, 2026 and March 5th, 2026, in Space #2, one child two years of age and enrolled on May 4, 2024, did not have documentation available for review of arrival and/or departure times. On March 12, 2026. one child enrolled on February 17, 2025, the documentation available for review for showed that he was marked absent on the arrival and departure record but was marked present on the attendance record. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 525 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Menus for all meals and snacks were not planned at least 1 week ahead and dated. The current menu available for review and posted was dated August 2025. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In Space #2, two outlets were missing plugs. One outlet in the group time area was missing two outlet covers and one outlet in the dramatic play area was missing two outlet covers. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 856 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(p) |
| The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of. In the Outdoor Gross Motor Space # 1 and Space #2, it was observed on ground of both playgrounds that hazardous materials of small broken plastic pieces of equipment and or toys with sharp edges were accessible to children. The small broken plastic pieces and/or trash included empty clear plastic water bottle, white and gray trash bags, plastic bottle, green broken picnic table, broken pieces of the purple caterpillar, small broken pieces of broken toys yellow, blue, red, and orange. The gate entrance to Gross Motor Space #2 had one hinge broken on the gate. The alligator rocking equipment had no handles, a purple broken slide was cracked, A purple riding/push toy had a cracked seat with missing pieces, and the red sand/water table had missing and broken jagged legs. In Gross Motor Space #1, the blue sand and water table had multiple broken plastic pieces. These hazards were accessible to children. Also in this space, a Little Tykes Tool bench had a cracked blue top and orange work surface. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 858 | .0604(q) |
| Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In Space 2 and was used by children two years of age, on a shelf were two plastic containers of Little Journey Sensitive baby wipe containers accessible to children. These disposable plastic baby wipe containers were accessible to children two years of age and had a written warning keep out of reach of young children. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 899 | GS 110-91 |
| The child care operator did not comply with all State laws, federal laws and/or local ordinances that pertain to child health, safety, and welfare, as required by General Statute 110-91. An active ant hill was located on the outdoor gross motor Space #2. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 1065 | .1102(f) |
| Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. The Administrator employed on September 17, 2018, the documentation available for review of a current ITS/SIDS training had expired on May 17, 2025. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 1301 | GS 110-91(9) |
| Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance. child enrolled in June 2023 in Space #4 – was marked absent on the attendance record, but documentation available for review of the arrival and departure records stated the child arrived at 8:32am and departure at 4:05pm. On March 4, 2026, two children in Space #3 and enrolled on July 6, 2021, had documentation available for review of being marked absent on the attendance record, but the arrival and departure documentation recorded their arrival time as 3:20pm and departure time as 4:02 pm. | |||
| 2026-03-17 | Violation | 1328 | G.S. 110-91(9) |
| Children's records were not made available for review. One child two years of age and enrolled on February 17, 2025, did not have a file available for review during today’s visit to document and verify his enrollment date for the violation that was cited. His file was reviewed during the last annual compliance monitoring visit conducted on September 12, 2025, | |||
| 2026-03-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0226-310A |
| 2026-03-02 | Violation | 1328 | G.S. 110-91(9) |
| Children's records were not made available for review. One child's record/file was not available for review during the visit. | |||
| 2026-01-16 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-10-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0325-194A |
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