Description: BEGINNING YEARS DAYCARE # 3 is a Four Star Center License in CHARLOTTE NC, with a maximum capacity of 92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-04-09 | 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 double paned window in space #3 was not repaired or safety measures put in place to ensure children do not access the window area until replaced from inside and outside. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. two-year-old children received an injury. One staff person was in the bathroom toileting five children and the other staff person was on the opposite side of the classroom, supposedly assisting one child washing their hands. Neither of the two staff witnessed what occurred to the child but heard the cries of the child after the injury occurred. Neither of the two staff present were actively moving about the space or aware of what the children were doing when the incident occurred. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 620 | 15A NCAC 18A .2825(a) |
| All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. A large outside double paned window located in space #3 was monitored with a hole and encircled crack around the hole. Children have access to the broken window from their outside play area. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 1756 | 10A NCAC 09 .2818 |
| Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. A staff member left a group of two- and three-year-olds with one caregiver in space #3 for approximately one minute to go to the kitchen and retrieve a breakfast plate of food for a child who had just arrived at the classroom. There were twelve (12) children present with one caregiver, when the staff member left the classroom. The required ratio was 1:9. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 1794 | .2802(d) |
| A Four- or Five- Star program serving four-year-old children was not implementing an approved curriculum. On February 6, 2024, a violation was cited for failure to implement an approved curriculum for four-year-old children. Additional time was granted for compliance. The center now has the approved curriculum teacher's guidebooks/kit, but the curriculum has not been implemented in the classroom/space #3. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 468 | .0510(d)(1) |
| When three-year-old children and older were in care, the materials and equipment in the activity area was not in sufficient quantity to allow at least three children to use the area regardless of whether the children choose the same or different activities. There were not at least multiple of three of the same toys accessible to them. (spaces #3, 4 and 5). | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 488 | .0510(e)(3) |
| For children under three years of age, materials were not offered in sufficient quantity to allow all children to use them at some time during the day and to allow for a range of choices. Multiples of three toys per each type of toy were not present in spaces #1 and #2. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. The side back fence is in poor repair due to a fallen tree limb. The fence is bowed over and caused an entrapment. The side wooden ramp is in poor condition with rotten wooden railings and exposed hardware, missing slats on railing by 2/3 classroom. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. There were several exposed tree roots in the back outdoor learning environment. One of the roots was monitored coming through the mulch. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 826 | .0605(i) |
| Gates to the fenced outdoor play area did not remain closed while children occupied the area. Two outdoor gates were monitored dragging on the ground. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 832 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. The center EMC plan was not current. The posted plan listed Shawn Wilson who retired from the Health Department over two years ago. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 891 | 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a)(1-8) |
| The safe sleep policy did not contain the required information. The center's posted ITS-SIDS policy was not customized. The sample policy was posted but did not specify what is required in a SIDS policy. | |||
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This the worst daycare Center. They are dirty and nasty. They will also mistreat your child,they left my child with dirty diaper for hours and he got a really bad rash.
They are soooooooo unorganized. Staff won't answer the phone, they don't pick up on time on a consistent basis. Its always something with this daycare. They put diapers on potty trained kids making it harder on parents that are actually doing what they are supposed to do. They refuse to hold themselves accountable for their mistakes. This has been the absolute worse daycare experience for us.