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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-10 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-08-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-08-07 | Violation | 301 | GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-e) |
| Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. It was determined that at times between the hours of 10:00 am and 12:00 pm, there was one caregiver in classroom space #1 with 10 infants. During today's visit there were two staff present in classroom space #1. | |||
| 2023-08-07 | Violation | 530 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(b) |
| Each infant was not held for bottle feeding until he/she can hold his own bottle. Upon arrival in classroom space #1, one infant was drinking his bottle, while lying in his boppy with the bottle propped on the side of the boppy. The child could not hold his own bottle. | |||
| 2023-07-26 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-26 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. A large container was split in several places and needed to be removed from the side playground, along with a black rubberized mat that was broken into several pieces. | |||
| 2023-07-26 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The last documented playground inspection was completed on 4/12/23. | |||
| 2023-07-26 | 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. Visual monitoring was last recorded on 7/21/23. | |||
| 2023-07-26 | 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. Two new staff, who had been employed for longer than 90 days, did not have documentation of the completion of current First Aid training on file. | |||
| 2023-07-26 | 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. Two new staff, who had been employed for longer than 90 days, did not have documentation of the completion of current CPR training on file. | |||
| 2023-07-26 | Violation | 1920 | .2502(f) |
| Staff in summer camp programs required to complete Basic School-Age Care (BSAC) training did not complete BSAC training within four weeks of becoming employed. It could not be verified today that the new group leader, who was employed on 6/15/23, had completed the BSAC training. | |||
| 2023-05-24 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-05-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-02-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-16 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. Documentation could not be located today to verify that the staff person, who began employment on 5/2/22 have received new-staff orientation. | |||
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