Description: The mission of the Highlands Community Child Development Center is to provide affordable, high-quality, preschool child care and early childhood education in a safe and loving environment to young children and their families regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability, or religion.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-07-08 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. A playground inspection was not conducted for June 2025. | |||
| 2025-07-08 | 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. One staff, hired on 6/24/25, per the staff and training worksheet, does not have the six hours of orientation on file to meet the two-week requirement. | |||
| 2025-07-08 | Violation | 1811 | .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) |
| Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. A lockdown drill was practiced 2/25/25. The next lockdown or shelter-in-place drill was practiced 6/10/25. | |||
| 2025-01-23 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-07-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-19 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. The large tree play structure on playground one (1) was covered in mold and the climbing structure on playground two (2) also was covered in mold and dirt. | |||
| 2024-07-19 | Violation | 823 | .0604(l) |
| Toxic plants were accessible to children. Space two (2) had a poisonous plant that was cascading and hanging below five feet. | |||
| 2024-01-31 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-31 | 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 fire inspection had expired as of 1/5/23. | |||
| 2024-01-31 | Violation | 823 | .0604(l) |
| Toxic plants were accessible to children. The Space containing two and three-year old children had a poisonous plant within reach of children. The plant was removed and corrected during the visit. | |||
| 2023-07-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-27 | 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. Plastics were stored below five feet in a bathroom used by children under the age of three. This was fixed during the visit. | |||
| 2023-01-23 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-01-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
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