Description: GATESVILLE ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL is a Five Star Center License in GATESVILLE NC, with a maximum capacity of 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2026-01-20 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-10-22 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-02-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-02-13 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The bathroom in space 3 had plastic molding along the bottom of the wall that had fallen off and exposed deteriorating cinderblock underneath. The paint on the other base boards was peeling. There was also a rusted bolt on the wall behind the toilet. | |||
| 2025-02-13 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A new co-administrator for the NC PreK was hired on 9/9/24 and documentation of a completed criminal background check was not on file and available for review. | |||
| 2025-02-13 | 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 new co-administrator for the NC PreK was hired on 9/9/24 and documentation of a qualifying letter was not on file. | |||
| 2024-09-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-09-11 | Violation | 104 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(b) |
| Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating. The last sanitation inspection was completed at the center on 7/28/23 and the current inspection was not completed until 8/19/24. | |||
| 2024-09-11 | Violation | 1823 | .0607(d)(10) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and or the required information. The Ready to Go File did not contain copies of children’s Medical Action Plans. | |||
| 2024-09-11 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The sand surfacing at the end of the slide measured seven (7) inches and did not meet the twelve (12) inch depth requirement for sand surfacing. Other areas measured ten 10 inches. | |||
| 2024-03-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-03-06 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. One child, in space D11, had a permission form for albuterol that did not include a start date to administer the medicine or the date the form was signed by the parent. | |||
| 2024-03-06 | Violation | 1890 | .0701(d) |
| Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. One staff member, hired on 1/3/23, had the Health Questionnaire and the TB test placed in the staff file and not in a separate medical file. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
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