Description: Kid Connection serves elementary students in Newton-Conover, Hickory City, and Catawba County Schools. It offers an affordable, safe, convenient and accessible program with excellent care and supervision for children in grades K-6.
We are designed to meet your needs with before-school and after-school care, student holiday care and summer day camps.
All sites are licensed by the NC Division of Child Development and provide five-star quality care.
Our sites utilize school gyms, playgrounds, cafeterias, classrooms and libraries to provide an after school experience for your child that is staffed by mature, trained individuals. Our programs nurture fun and friendship with daily activities for the kids to enjoy. We also focus on nutrition by offering a healthy snack and fruit juice to each child daily.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 539 | .2508(e)(1-5) |
| When screen time was provided to school-aged children, it was not offered as a free-choice activity; not used to meet a developmental goal; was not limited to 30 minutes per day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. Screen time was offered to the students on Monday and Fridays in February 2024 but was not logged on the screen time log. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1914 | .0802(b)(1-2) |
| The person identified as the person or alternate person responsible for carrying out the emergency medical care plan was not on the premises at all times and/or did not accompany children for off premise activities. The person identified as the person in charge and the alternate person in charge were not on the premises at all times, during this visit, or during the scheduled absence of these persons. | |||
| 2023-10-17 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-10-17 | Violation | 431 | .0508(g)(2) |
| The activity plan did not provide at least 4 different activities daily listed in GS 110-91(12): art/creative play; books; blocks; manipulatives; and family living and dramatic play, including one of which is outdoors if weather conditions permit. The activity plan did not include at least three daily activities as required for a school-age program operating three hours or less daily. | |||
| 2023-10-17 | Violation | 1043 | G.S. 110-91( 9) |
| All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. Neither the Public School Off-Site Records Verification Staff form was not updated to include the new employee hired on 10/02/2023 nor the application for employment, staff medical report, and TB test results required to be on file on or before the first day of employment were on file for review. | |||
| 2023-03-28 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-02-01 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-11-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-11-10 | 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 conducted on 10/05/2021. The annual fire inspection due by 10/05/2022 has not been received. | |||
| 2022-11-10 | Violation | 125 | 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(4) |
| Daily records of arrival and departure times for children enrolled at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. The arrival time for one child in attendance this morning was not recorded upon the child's arrival. The staff member in charge recorded the child's arrival time during today's visit. | |||
| 2022-11-10 | 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. One staff member with a date of employment of 08/08/2022 did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2022-04-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-04-13 | Violation | 1835 | .0801(b) |
| The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. One (1) medical action plan for a food allergy was dated 12/24/2020 and had not been updated annually. | |||
| 2022-04-13 | Violation | 1834 | .0801(b) |
| Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. One (1) child enrollment form did not have the medical action plan attached as the parent had indicated the child had food allergies and a medical action plan was attached. | |||
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