Description: CENTRAL ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL is a Five Star Center License in BARCO NC, with a maximum capacity of 108 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 3 through 6. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A speech therapist provided services to three children in her office but does not have a completed criminal background check. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | 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. A speech therapist who provided services to three children in her office did not have a qualifying letter on file. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | 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. A staff person hired on August 28, 2024 completed child maltreatment training on January 29, 2024 but did not complete it within three months of hire. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-09-12 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. Documentation of monthly outdoor inspections were not available for April or May 2023. | |||
| 2023-04-04 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-11-01 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-10-24 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-10-24 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A teacher and a substitute were present but had not completed a DHHS Criminal Background Check. | |||
| 2022-10-24 | Violation | 1755 | .2902 (f) |
| Certified developmental day center staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. Developmental Day staff/child ratios are 1:6 or 2:12. In the classroom certified as Developmental Day, a teacher assistant left the classroom for at least four minutes, leaving the teacher with nine children. During outdoor time, the teacher assistant came indoors with one child to set up rest mats, leaving the teacher on the playground with eight children. | |||
| 2022-10-24 | 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. A teacher and a substitute did not have a provisional qualification letter or a full qualification letter on file, either in their personal staff files or in off-sites files. | |||
| 2022-05-03 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-03-15 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2021-09-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
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