One Star Center License
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Lightbridge Academy Of Huntersville
Huntersville, NC
· Mecklenburg County
12830 Eastfield Road,
Huntersville, NC 28078
Quick Facts
Capacity
185 children
Age range (listing information)
0 through 12
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Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
1
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Contact Information
📞 (704) 992-5644-
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lightbridgeacademy.com/huntersville-nc/
Website checked Oct 2026
Licensed One Star Center License
Active License
License Number
60004243
License Holder
FERNANDEZ, SILVIA A
License Issued
Jul 3, 2025
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
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About the Provider
LIGHTBRIDGE ACADEMY OF HUNTERSVILLE is a One Star Center License in HUNTERSVILLE NC, with a maximum capacity of 185 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 0 through 12; please confirm current ages with the provider. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0826-100L |
| 2026-08-12 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On 8/10/2026 a child 2 1/2 years of age was left unattended on the playground for 30 minutes. | |||
| 2026-07-15 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2026-01-15 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0126-116L |
| 2025-12-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-12-08 | Violation | 115 | G.S. 110-102 |
| A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not posted in a prominent place in the center. There was no posting of the summary of the NC Child care law. | |||
| 2025-12-08 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member did not have a medical report on file. A staff member had an incomplete medical report on file. | |||
| 2025-12-08 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member has not completed all the health and safety trainings within one year of employment. | |||
| 2025-10-02 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0925-416L |
| 2025-07-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-07-03 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident logs were not maintained as required. The incidents that occurred in June 2025 were not logged. | |||
| 2025-07-03 | Violation | 1030 | .0302(d)(1)(A) |
| Application for employment and date of birth was not on file for all staff. A substitute staff did not have an application on file. | |||
| 2025-07-03 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A substitute staff did not have a current TB on file. | |||
| 2025-07-03 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A substitute staff did not have a current health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2025-07-03 | 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. A substitute provider did not have a current Emergency information form on file. | |||
| 2025-07-03 | 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. Eudy does not have valid qualification letter on file. | |||
| 2025-07-03 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Two staff members did not complete the trainings within one year of employment. | |||
| 2024-12-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-12-11 | Violation | 523 | .0508(g)(3) |
| The activity plan did not include a daily gross motor activity which may occur indoors and outdoors. In spaces #1 and #2, there was no daily gross motor activity listed on the plans. | |||
| 2024-12-11 | Violation | 843 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(d) |
| A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. In space #6, a child's vaseline had expired permission to give dates. In space #7, a child's boogie wipes had expired permission to give dates. A child's butt paste had expired permission to give dates. A child's aquaphor had expired dates. | |||
| 2024-12-11 | 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 documentation on file of completion of training for M. Dial. | |||
| 2024-12-11 | 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. | |||
| 2024-12-11 | 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 documentation on file of completion of training for M. Dial. | |||
| 2024-12-11 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. There was no documentation on file that B. Nicoletti completed the trainings within one year of employment. | |||
| 2024-11-21 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-11-21 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff members medical report was older than year. | |||
| 2024-11-21 | 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. A staff member did not complete the training within the required timeframe. | |||
| 2024-10-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-10-10 | 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. In space #5, there were packing peanuts in the sensory table for children 1 year of age. | |||
| 2024-10-10 | 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 documentation on file for a staff member completing orientation training within the first 2 weeks of employment. | |||
| 2024-10-10 | 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. There was no valid qualification letter on file for Courtney (Earl) Garny. It expired on 8/2/2024. | |||
| 2024-10-10 | 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. A staff member did not complete the training within 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2024-10-10 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Three staff members have not completed the health and safety trainings within one year of employment. | |||
| 2024-09-30 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0924-370L |
| 2024-09-05 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0824-285L |
| 2024-08-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0824-285L |
| 2024-08-27 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On August 19, 2024 a child 4 years of age was left inside the classroom unsupervised for 3 minutes. | |||
| 2024-07-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-30 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In space #12, there was 1 electrical outlet not covered. | |||
| 2024-07-30 | Violation | 1030 | .0302(d)(1)(A) |
| Application for employment and date of birth was not on file for all staff. There was no documentation on file that a new staff member completed an application. | |||
| 2024-07-30 | 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. There was no documentation on file that a new staff member completed the Emergency information form on or before the first day of employment. | |||
| 2024-07-30 | Violation | 1874 | .0608(d)(1-4) |
| The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. There was no documentation that a new staff member completed the acknowledgement prior to working with children. | |||
| 2024-07-30 | 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. A staff member completed the training after 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2024-07-30 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. There was no documentation that Y. Spencer completed the health and safety trainings within one year of employment. | |||
| 2024-05-20 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0524-200L |
| 2024-05-20 | Violation | 9999 | |
| A violation was found for which there is no item number. 15A NCAC 18A .2804(K) Food Supplies. In space #7, there were 2 children lunchboxes that were not label with a current date. | |||
| 2024-05-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0424-325L |
| 2024-05-01 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0424-325L |
| 2024-05-01 | Violation | 902 | G.S. 110-91(10) |
| Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. A child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner after being pulled by the leg to come out under the parachute. A teacher told the child "get from under there" and was left standing by the parachute while the other children went under the parachute. | |||
| 2024-05-01 | Violation | 904 | .1803(a)(1) |
| Child was handled roughly. A teacher pulled a child by the leg to come out under the parachute because it was not time to go under the parachute. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-12-13 | 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 facility is past due for an annual fire inspection. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Violation | 843 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(d) |
| A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. In space #5, there was expired permission to give dates for a childs Boogie diaper rash. In space #10, there was expired permission to give dates for a child's Triple past diaper cream. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. There was no medical on file for D. Clowe, B. Nicoletti and K. Long. R. Oliver needs an updated medical report. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. R. Oliver needs an updated TB completed. There was no TB on file for B. Nicoletti. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. There was no annual health questionnaire on file for B. Harris, T. McClurkin and N. Edmond. B. Harris updated the form during the visit. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | 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. There was no updated Emergency information form for P. Garney B. Harris, T. Mcclurkin, K. Parrish, N. Edmond and G.Bynum. P. Garney and B. Harris updated the form during the visit. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | 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 documentation of required orientation trainings within 6 weeks of employment for J. Dalton, R. Oliver, B. Teague, L. Lubrano and A. Kaur. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | 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 documentation of the required orientation tranings within 2 two week of employment for D. Wright-boyd, J. DAlton, D. Clowe, R. Oliver, B. teague, L. Lubrano, A. Kaur and K. Long. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | Violation | 1320 | GS 110-91(1);.0302(d)(2); .0304(g) |
| Children's records that include an application for enrollment, medical and immunization records, and permission to seek emergency medical care was not on file for each child. A child's file had an incomplete medical report. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | 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. There was no valid qualification letter on file for B. Nicoletti. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | 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. There was no documentation of a required drill for November 2023. | |||
| 2023-12-13 | 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. There was no documentation of the required training within 90 days of employment for L. Jones and J. Azucey-reynoo. | |||
| 2023-11-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1123-128L |
| 2023-11-28 | Violation | 509 | .0901(h) |
| Food required for any special diet was not provided by parent or center. A child with vegetarian selections for meals, was served chicken and turkey at the center. | |||
| 2023-11-28 | Violation | 526 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. A snack menu was not posted. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-09-12 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In space #11, there was an electrical outlet not covered. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. J. Simpson does not have a current medical form on file. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. J. Simpson does not have a current TB on file. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | 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. T. Carson does not have a current first aid training. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | 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. T. Carson does not have a current CPR training. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | 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 documentation on file of the required 2 week orientation trainings for A. Patterson. | |||
| 2023-09-12 | 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. C. Diggs did not complete the training within 90 days of employment. Her start date is 3/28/2023. She completed the training on 9/7/2023. | |||
| 2023-06-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-06-08 | Violation | 1030 | .0302(d)(1)(A) |
| Application for employment and date of birth was not on file for all staff. We did not observe applications on file for T.C. and C.D. | |||
| 2023-06-08 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. We observed an employee (T.C) with a medical form that was updated prior to the employment. | |||
| 2023-06-08 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. We observed a new employee (C.D) hired on 3/28/23, missing the documented hours of orientation within the first six weeks of employment. | |||
| 2023-06-08 | 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. We observed a new employee (C.D) hired on 3/28/23, missing the documented hours of orientation within the first two weeks of employment. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-22 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. I reviewed staff file (P.K), as of today's date she did not have a health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | 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. I observed (3) three new employees staff orientation document, either not completed or missing information for the first two weeks of employment. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | Violation | 1313 | .0802(c)(1) |
| Emergency information did not include name, address, and telephone number of parent or other emergency contact person. Two (2) enrolled children's applications did not have emergency information listed. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | Violation | 1314 | .0802(c)(2) |
| Emergency information did not name child's health care professional. During today's visit, I monitored two (2) children's files that did not list the information for a health care professional. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | Violation | 1318 | .0802(d) |
| Medical authorization was not present on child's first day. One child's file did not have a medical authorization on file during today's visit. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | Violation | 1323 | 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(2) |
| Each child was not immunized as per Article 6 of Chapter 130A and an immunization record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission One child's file did not have an immunization record on file during today's visit. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | 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. Two staff members (T.M and F.G) both hired after 90 days did not have documentation of completion of Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment on file. | |||
| 2023-01-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-01-25 | Violation | 465 | GS 110-91(12); .0510(a) |
| Four of the five activity area(s): art/creative play, children’s books, blocks/block building, manipulatives, family living/dramatic play was not available daily. One space caring for preschool age children did not have a second set of blocks available for the children. | |||
| 2023-01-25 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. Throughout the entire facility, I observed several electrical outlets uncovered in classroom environments. | |||
| 2023-01-25 | 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. I observed plastic bags behind a cabinet that was not kept locked and accessible to children under the age of three. | |||
| 2023-01-25 | 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. I observed one child's documentation that was not completed on the safe sleep log. | |||
| 2022-12-20 | Announced Inspection | No | |
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