Duke Street KinderCare - Durham NC Three Star Center License

3106 N DUKE STREET , DURHAM NC 27704
(919) 471-1150

About the Provider

Description:

Our experts designed our classrooms - and every activity and lesson - to help prepare your child for success in school and beyond. With designated learning centers such as dramatic play and blocks in every classroom, children have the opportunity for rich social play and child-initiated discovery.

You’ll also find that our classrooms feature a print-rich environment full of carefully selected materials, written charts and labels, and children’s literature. By helping your child connect spoken words and print, we’re helping develop early literacy and writing skills.

Whether your child has first words or first grade on the horizon, we’re excited to show you how everything in our center is designed for learning!

DaWanda Bridges, Center Director

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 3255065
  • Capacity: 139
  • Age Range: 0 through 12
  • State Rating: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Type of Care: Infant Programs, Toddler Programs, Discovery Preschool Programs, Preschool Programs, Prekindergarten Programs, Before and After School Programs
  • District Office: North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
  • District Office Phone: (919) 662-4499 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Violations Rule
2024-03-05 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2024-03-05 Violation 1043 G.S. 110-91( 9)
All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. There was no key on the premises to unlock staff records today.
2024-03-05 Violation 1045 .1101(a)
New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. New staff orientation had not been completed for the staff person, who began employment on 2/13/23. This was a repeat violation from the 2/15/23 visit.
2024-03-05 Violation 1441 10A NCAC 09 .2510(f)
An individual responsible for both administering the program and planning and ensuring the implementation of the daily activities did not meet requirements for an administrator and/or complete BSAC training. The director had not completed the BSAC training. This was a repeat violation from the 2/15/23 visit.
2024-02-15 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2024-02-15 Violation 114 GS 110-102
A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to a parent of every child enrolled in the center. One child did not have signed verification of receipt of the summary on file.
2024-02-15 Violation 716 .0605(j)
All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. All three climbing structures needed additional surfacing to meet the requirements.
2024-02-15 Violation 887 .0606(g)
Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. The safe sleep monitoring charts in classroom space #1 reflected that visually monitoring of sleeping infants was last documented on 2/2/24.
2024-02-15 Violation 1035 .0701(a)
Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. One staff needed updated emergency information on file. The emergency information for two staff was not dated.
2024-02-15 Violation 1041 G.S. 110-90.2(b)
Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. The staff person, who began employment on 4/4/23, had not completed the Criminal Record Check process to have a CRC clearance letter on file.
2024-02-15 Violation 1045 .1101(a)
New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. There was no verification that five staff, who began employment at the center in 2023, has received new staff orientation.
2024-02-15 Violation 1048 .1102(c)
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. There was no verification that staff person, who began employment on 4/4/23, had not completed First Aid training.
2024-02-15 Violation 1049 .1102(d)
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. There was no verification that staff person, who began employment on 4/4/23, had not completed CPR training.
2024-02-15 Violation 1052 .1103(a)
Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Two staff needed additional training hours to meet their yearly in-service training requirement.
2024-02-15 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. There was no verificatin that staff, who began employment on 1/8/24, 1/13/24 had received the orientation.

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