Three Star Center License
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Lisa's Lovable Learning Ii
Southern Pines, NC
· Moore County
715 S GAINES STREET,
Southern Pines, NC 28387
Quick Facts
Capacity
82 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Transportation
Yes
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
3
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Licensed Three Star Center License
Active License
License Number
63000358
License Holder
CHAVIS, LISA W
License Issued
Sep 17, 2019
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
LISA'S LOVABLE LEARNING II is a Three Star Center License in SOUTHERN PINES NC, with a maximum capacity of 82 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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Three Star Center License
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-08-07 | Violation | 840 | .2820(b) |
| All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In the space used by the young preschoolers, a bottle of sanitizer and disinfectant were left on the changing table inside the classroom. | |||
| 2026-08-07 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. A. Wall hired on 5/21/2026, K. Blake hired on 5/27/2026 and K. Prendergrast hired on 3/18/2026 have not received orientation. | |||
| 2026-08-07 | Violation | 1805 | G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) |
| A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. K. Harner and O. McNeill are no longer employed and have not been removed from the ABCMS portal. M. Cox was employed on 7/27/2026 and D. Powell on 9/25/2026 and have not been added. | |||
| 2026-08-07 | 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. K. Prendergrast began employment of 3/18/2026 and has not completed the training. | |||
| 2026-04-07 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2026-03-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0326-310L |
| 2026-03-25 | Violation | 608 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(c) |
| Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. Two children in the space used by the two year olds did not wash their hands upon arrival to the center for the day. | |||
| 2026-03-25 | Violation | 609 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(a) |
| Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. Two staff members in the spaces used by the one year olds and the two year olds were observed on video recording not washing their hands upon reentry into those spaces. | |||
| 2026-03-25 | Violation | 803 | 10A NCAC 09 .0806(b) |
| There were no clean clothes available for the children to wear when children's clothes became wet or soiled. A parent of a two year old who soiled themselves was called to bring a change of clothes after the administrator stated that she does not keep extra clothes at the facility. | |||
| 2026-03-25 | 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. Teacher A in the space used by the two year olds was observed on video recording yelling "Stop screaming" to a two year old in that space during today's visit. | |||
| 2026-03-25 | Violation | 904 | .1803(a)(1) |
| A child was handled in a rough way, including shaking, pushing, shoving, pinching, slapping, biting, kicking, or spanking. A teacher in the space used by the two years olds was observed on video recording taking a child by the upper arm slightly lifting them off the floor to place them in a chair to sit after they bit another child. | |||
| 2026-03-25 | 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. This statement was not on file for four (4) new staff members hired since February 2026. | |||
| 2025-09-08 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0925-032L |
| 2025-08-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-08-19 | Violation | 852 | .0802 (e) |
| Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. Two incident reports for June 2025 include staff signatures or steps to prevent reoccurence. | |||
| 2025-08-19 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident reports completed for 2025 had not been logged on the incident log. | |||
| 2025-08-19 | Violation | 1044 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) |
| Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). A. Brown's previous qualifying letter expired on 11/6/2024 and a new one was received on 4/3/2025. | |||
| 2025-08-19 | Violation | 1899 | .1103(b) |
| Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. D. Powell and L. Chavis had health and safety trainings that expired in January 2020. | |||
| 2025-04-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-04-08 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. A staff who began employment on 1/21/2025 had not completed orientation at the time of the visit. | |||
| 2025-04-08 | 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. Acknowledgement statements for two new employees hire in December 2024 and January 2024 were not on file. | |||
| 2025-04-08 | 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 who began employment on 12/9/2024 had not completed the training. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-09-05 | Violation | 104 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(b) |
| Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating. The center's previous inspection was on 8/23/2023 and they did not receive a new superior inspection until 8/29/2024. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident logs were not completed for documented incident reports. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | Violation | 862 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The plan was not reviewed annually with 4 staff. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. One employee hired on 2/19/2024 did not receive at least 16 hrs. within the first 6 weeks. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Six employees did not receive an annual staff evaluation or either a staff development plan. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | Violation | 1824 | .0607(e) |
| The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. Five employees did not review the EPR plan annually. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | 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. An employee who began on 8/5/2024 did not sign the statement until 8/8/2024. | |||
| 2024-09-05 | Violation | 1882 | .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) |
| Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. Medication authorization for A. Jones expired 6/26/2024 and G. Moore on 1/18/2024. | |||
| 2024-06-11 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-02-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-27 | Violation | 1030 | .0302(d)(1)(A) |
| Application for employment and date of birth was not on file for all staff. An application for E. Harrington was not on file. | |||
| 2024-02-27 | Violation | 1301 | GS 110-91(9) |
| Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance. In the space 1B used by the young toddlers, attendance was last recorded on 2/23/2024. | |||
| 2024-02-27 | 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. The policy acknowledgment statement was not on file for two new staff members. | |||
| 2024-02-27 | Violation | 1877 | .1803(a)(10) |
| A child was restrained as a form of discipline and the child's safety or the safety of others was not at risk. A one year old in space 1A was observed secured in a high chair from 10:01am-10:03am due to pushing another child while in line waiting to go outside. | |||
| 2024-01-23 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-23 | 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. An employee who began employment on 1/22/2024 did not have a medical report on file. | |||
| 2023-12-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-11-20 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-10-10 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-09-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-09-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0923-274L |
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. While reviewing recordings date 9/14/2023, a staff member was observed several times leaving the children in the space used by the two and three year olds unatttended. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 872 | .1803 |
| Appropriate discipline practices were not followed. A three year old in the space used by the two and three year olds was placed in time out for seven minutes. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 904 | .1803(a)(1) |
| Child was handled roughly. A staff member was observed on a video recording from 9/14/2023 roughly handling a two year old and a three year old on two different occasions by the upper and forearms and placed them in chairs. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A criminal background check was not on file for A. Mallard. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 1043 | G.S. 110-91( 9) |
| All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. A staff file for an employee was not available prior to the employee working with the children. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | 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 valid qualification letter was not on file for A. Mallard. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 104 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(b) |
| Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating. An inspection was conducted on 8/8/2022 and again on 8/23/2023. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | 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. One employee who began employment on 5/16/2022 did not have a medical statement on file. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. One employee who began employment on 9/18/2023 did not have a health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | 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 employee who began employment on 9/18/2023 did not have the emergency information form on file. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. One staff member had an annual staff evaluation and staff development plan on file dated for 5/13/2022. | |||
| 2023-09-28 | 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. The policy was not on file for one employee who began employment on 9/18/2023. | |||
| 2023-05-08 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-11-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-07-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-06-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-06-07 | 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. One new staff member whose employment began on 5/2/2022 did not have a medical report on file. | |||
| 2022-05-04 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-04-26 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-04-26 | 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. The director was on the playground used by the preschoolers with 17 children ranging in ages from 3 to 5 years old. | |||
| 2022-04-26 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. Video footage reviewed from 4/20/2022, showed the teacher in the space used by the one-year old's, step outside of the classroom onto the playground leaving the children in the space by themselves. That teacher was also observed in the bathroom with two children while the remaining children were in the classroom by themselves. | |||
| 2022-04-26 | Violation | 852 | .0802 (e) |
| Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. An incident report was not completed for an incident that took place on 4/20/2022. | |||
| 2022-04-26 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident reports were not logged onto an incident log. | |||
| 2022-04-26 | 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. An employee who began on 1/10/2022 did not have an acknowledgement signature on file. | |||
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