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Peachtree Elementary Pre-kindergarten
Murphy, NC
· Cherokee County
30 UPPER PEACHTREE ROAD,
Murphy, NC 28906
Quick Facts
Capacity
18 children
Age Range
4 through 5
Transportation
Yes
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
5
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Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
20000107
License Holder
Cherokee County Schools
License Issued
Mar 27, 2024
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
License Conditions: Other - Meets reduced ratios
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About the Provider
PEACHTREE ELEMENTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN is a Five Star Center License in MURPHY NC, with a maximum capacity of 18 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 4 through 5. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 862 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The substitue SP did not have documentation on file that the Emergency medical care plan had been reviewed annually. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. The substitute SP did not have a current health questionnaire on file for review. The one in the file was dated 11/20/2023. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | 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 substitute did not have a current Emergency Information on file for review. The emergency information was 11/17/2023. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. Two (2) teachers did not have the correct orientation on file for review for orientation. The facility was using the orientation form for school -age. One (1) substitute did not have orientation form on file for review. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1826 | .0607(g) |
| Substitutes and volunteers counted in ratio were not informed of the center's EPR Plan and its location. Documentation of this notice was not maintained on file or in a file designated for emergency preparedness and response plan documents. Documentation of review of the facilities EPR was not on file for review for the substitute. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. SP substitute that has worked more than 10 days in a 12-month period has completed four (4) of the eleven (11) required health and safety trainings. | |||
| 2025-09-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-09-09 | 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 available for review was dated 10/12/23. | |||
| 2025-09-09 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. C. Garland, Principal, did not complete the Criminal Background Check prior to employment. | |||
| 2025-09-09 | Violation | 1043 | G.S. 110-91( 9) |
| All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. Today a substitute provider (AB) hired through ESS did not have all the required items available for review. | |||
| 2025-09-09 | 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. C. Garland, Principal, did not have a valid qualification letter on file. | |||
| 2025-09-09 | 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. The last emergency drill was conducted on 3/31/25. | |||
| 2025-09-09 | 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 substitute provider did not have a signed acknowledgement that the facility's Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy had been reviewed with them. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-09-18 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-09-18 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A child was left in the bathroom for one (1) minute while the children were lead to the playground by the lead teacher. The Assistant teacher walked out right after the teacher had closed the door with the 13 children. There was no head count done. The child walked out of the bathroom a minute later and questioned where everyone was. I walked him to the playground and notified the teachers he had been left inside. | |||
| 2024-09-18 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The bricks that line the porch area leading to the Pre-K playground have missing bricks. There were seven half bricks that need to be replaced due to tripping hazard. | |||
| 2024-02-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-22 | Violation | 475 | .0510(c)(3) |
| Sand and water play activities were not available weekly to each group. Per staff reports, water play is only offered outdoors during warmer weather and not weekly as required. | |||
| 2024-02-22 | Violation | 524 | .0510(d)(2)(A-C) |
| When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a 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. Per staff reports, a child was offered screen time to stimulate a developmental goal as a choice during large group activity on 2/6/24. The screen time on the television screen was documented on 2/6/24 for a whole group activity for six (6) minutes. Screen time was not documented for a child that used a tablet for fifteen (15) minutes. | |||
| 2024-02-22 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The “S” hooks on the swings were more than 0.04 inches, more than the thickness of a dime. | |||
| 2024-02-22 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The pea gravel measured between two (2) and four (4) inches, rather than six (6) inches within the fall zone of the climbing structure and swings. | |||
| 2024-01-17 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-17 | 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. Upon arrival Children were watching a read a long book and no screen time log available. | |||
| 2024-01-17 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The bricks that line the porch area leading to the Pre-K playground have missing bricks. There were seven half bricks that need to be replaced due to tripping hazard. | |||
| 2024-01-17 | 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. Under the sink in the classroom there were multiple hazardous items in an unlocked cabinet under 5 ft.. The items were two (2) aerosol air freshener, three (3) gallon Bleaches, one(1) Pine Glo Disinfectant, one (1) Fire Guard, one (1) Goo Gone, one (1) Heavy Starch Aersol. | |||
| 2024-01-17 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. Playground inspection was last done on 11/28/23. There was no December 2023 playground inspection. | |||
| 2023-11-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-11-01 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 705 | .0601(c) |
| Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. There was rust on the swing chains where children place their hands to hold on to the swing and higher on the swing chain. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 805 | .0604(t); .0302(d)(5) |
| Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. The fire drill dated 10/31/23 was not documented on the emergency drill log. The last fire drill documented on the emergency drill log was 9/29/23. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | 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. The substitute working today did not have a TB Test or TB screening on file for review. Refer to the staff and training worksheets. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. One (1) staff that was hired on 8/9/21 had a staff health questionnaire on file dated 8/23/22. The substitute working today did not have a health questionnaire on file. Refer to the staff and training worksheets. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | 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. The substitute working today did not have an emergency information form on file. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. Justin Swaggers substituted today for the first time at this licensed facility, per the substitute log, and has not completed a DCDEE Criminal Background Check. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | 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. One (1) staff hired on 7/1/23 had 4.5 hours of training in the required topic areas. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | 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 (1) child with an enrollment date of 8/28/23 did not have immunizations on file. Refer to the child record worksheet. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1324 | .1804(c) |
| Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child's file. One (1) child file had a discipline policy that was not signed by the parent. Refer to the child record worksheet. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1325 | .1804(b) |
| Parent’s statement includes the child’s name and date of enrollment and the date the parent signed the statement. Three (3) child files did not include the date of enrollment. Refer to the child record worksheet. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | 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. Justin Swaggers, substitute, does not have a valid qualification letter on file and available to review at the facility. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1766 | .3005 (a)(2) |
| The health assessment did not include updated immunizations. One (1) child file did not include immunizations. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1826 | .0607(g) |
| Substitutes counted in ratio were not informed of the center's EPR Plan and its location. Documentation of this notice was not maintained on file or in a file designated for emergency preparedness and response plan documents. There was no documentation on file that the EPR plan was reviewed with the substitute working today. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | 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 bus driver that began transporting children once the facility was licensed on 9/27/23 and is counted in staff child ratio did not have the review and acknowledgement on file until 10/25/23. The substitute caring for staff today did not have the acknowledgement on file during the visit. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1890 | .0701(d) |
| Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. On site staff files are in a binder. The staff member's individual personnel files contain the medical report, staff health questionnaire, and proof of tuberculosis test or screening. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | 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 (1) staff hired on 8/9/21 does not have a certificate of completion on file for the training. Refer to the staff and training worksheets. | |||
| 2023-11-01 | Violation | 1908 | .0608(b)(1-6) |
| A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. Two (2) child files did not have the date of enrollment on the acknowledgement form. Refer to the child record worksheet. | |||
| 2023-06-20 | Announced Inspection | No | |
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