One Star Center License
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Amazing Explorers Academy
Pittsboro, NC
· Chatham County
15 Paddles Way,
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Quick Facts
Capacity
199 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
1
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Licensed One Star Center License
Active License
License Number
19000406
License Holder
AEA Chatham LLC
License Issued
Jul 23, 2024
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
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About the Provider
Amazing Explorers Academy is a One Star Center License in PITTSBORO NC, with a maximum capacity of 199 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-06-22 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. The medical report for teachers KM and CP were completed after employment. | |||
| 2026-06-22 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. The TB test for Teacher KM was completed after employment. The TB test for EN was completed longer than 12 months prior to hire. | |||
| 2026-06-22 | 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 ITS-SIDS training certificate for teacher MP could not be located. Teacher must bring in certificate for verification or will need to retake the class. | |||
| 2026-06-22 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. The Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training for KM was complete after 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2026-06-19 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-12-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-12-10 | Violation | 841 | 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d) |
| Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. A bottle of Benadryl was located in a classroom and not in a locked medication box. This was corrected during the visit by placing the medication in locked storage in the office. | |||
| 2025-12-10 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Teachers TX, GZ, SV, VW, JC, CM did not complete their health and safety training within one year of employment. | |||
| 2025-06-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-06-03 | Violation | 620 | 15A NCAC 18A .2825(a) |
| All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. A wall thermostat cover fell off the wall and the wall now has exposed wires. This was corrected during the visit by replacing the cover. | |||
| 2025-06-03 | Violation | 1805 | G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) |
| A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The ABCMS provider portal roster was not updated with all teachers. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 106 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) |
| Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The last fire inspection was completed December 7, 2023. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. Activity plan in space 12 was not current. This was corrected by posting the current activity plan.. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | 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. One outlet was not covered in space 12. This was corrected by replacing the outlet cover. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. Teacher MA completed their medical report after their employment date. it was completed on October 6, 2024. They were hired August 1, 2024. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. Teachers JF, VN and TP completed their TB Test after their employment date. Teachers JC and KV were hired with expired TB Test and need to have a test or screening completed. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 1048 | .1102(c) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. Teacher JC did not verification of their first aid certificate on file. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 1049 | .1102(d) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. Teacher JC did not verification of their CPR certificate on file. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. One child's health assessment records was submitted after 30 days of being enrolled. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 1874 | .0608(d)(1-4) |
| The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. Teacher AS, SP and CM signed the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy days after their employment. AS was hired May 27, 2024 and signed the policy June 14, 2024. SP was hired July 29, 2024 and signed the policy August 7, 2024. CM was hired January 29, 2024 and signed the policy March 28, 2024. | |||
| 2025-01-14 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. Teacher KV did not have documentation of completing the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2024-09-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0824-401L |
| 2024-09-10 | Violation | 871 | 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a) |
| Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. During today's inspection, swaddles were observed in the cribs of infants that were not present. Infants that were present were sleeping with sleeveless sleep sacks give the infants arms free range of motion. This was corrected during the visit by removing the swaddles from the classroom into the center office to be returned to parents. In addition, staff acknowledged the use of pacifiers with attachments. Infants cannot use pacifiers with attachments. This was corrected by the attachments being removed from the classroom and held in the center office to be returned to parents. The infant staff were reminded of these safe sleep rules and the policy will be reviewed with all staff during their scheduled staff meeting on September 18, 2024. | |||
| 2024-07-08 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-06-26 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 415 | GS 110-91(12);.0508(a) |
| A current schedule was not posted for each group of children for reference. This was not posted in the classroom used by school agers. This was corrected when it was posted in the classroom. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. This was not posted in the classroom used by school age children. This was corrected when it was posted in the classroom. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 501 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(a) |
| Meals/snacks did not comply with the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs. The children were served waffles with syrup and water. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 805 | .0604(t); .0302(d)(5) |
| Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. A fire drill was conducted in the month of May but, it was not documented on the drill record. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. Sunscreen was not labeled with the child's name for one child. This was corrected when the sunscreen was labeled with the child's name. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. This was not on file prior to employment for one staff. This was corrected when the medical assessment was completed and placed in their file. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 1035 | .0701(a) |
| Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. This was not on file for one staff. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. This was not completed prior to employment for one staff. | |||
| 2024-06-26 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. This was not on file for one staff. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 402 | 15A NCAC 18A .2819(a) & (b) |
| Each child's diapers were not changed at areas designated exclusively for diapering, on a surface that was smooth, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable and of tight construction. The changing pad for diaper changing was not in good repair. There were areas of exposed foam. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 501 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(a) |
| Meals/snacks did not comply with the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs. The children were served water and vanilla yogurt for morning snack. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 540 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(a) |
| An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child's parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted. (omit posting for centers located in a residence). Six children under 15 months of age did not have a written feeding plan. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. Children had access to potting soil that was labeled keep out of reach of children. Baking Soda was not stored in locked storage in space 8. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. The Incident Log was not completed as required. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | 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. Plastic bags were accessible in space 8; six two year old's were present. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. Three staff did not complete orientation within the first six weeks of hire. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 1233 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(g) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain a signed and dated statement that they received a job description and that they have received personnel and operational policies. This statement was not on file for six staff. | |||
| 2024-05-07 | Violation | 1325 | .1804(b) |
| Parent’s statement includes the child’s name and date of enrollment and the date the parent signed the statement. The enrollment date was not on the discipline statement for six children. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 805 | .0604(t); .0302(d)(5) |
| Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. This was not completed for the month of February. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 844 | .0803(2)(a) |
| Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional. An EPI Pen for two children were not in the original labeled container. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident logs were not completed. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A medical report was not on file prior to employment for one staff. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1035 | .0701(a) |
| Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. This was not completed prior to employment for 4 staff. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. This was not completed for two staff. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1067 | .1101(a)(b) |
| Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. This was not completed for 4 staff. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. This was not on file for one child enrolled. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1325 | .1804(b) |
| Parent’s statement includes the child’s name and date of enrollment and the date the parent signed the statement. The enrollment date was not included on the statement. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1329 | .0801(a)(1-7) |
| Application for enrollment did not include all required information. All required information was not included on the Child Application used by center. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1805 | G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) |
| A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers who were hired or moved into the home within five business days by submitting the Change of Information form provided by the Division. This was not completed for one staff. | |||
| 2024-03-07 | Violation | 1831 | .01102 (f) |
| At least one child care provider, who has completed ITS-SIDS training was not present in the infant room, while children were in care. One staff responsible for infants was in the classroom by them self. They did not complete SIDS training. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-11-08 | Announced Inspection | No | |
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