Description: SCOTTS CREEK SCHOOL PRESCHOOL is a Four Star Center License in SYLVA NC, with a maximum capacity of 28 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 5. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-03-10 | 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. Screen was offered as a gross motor activity and screen time log was not completed. | |||
| 2026-03-10 | Violation | 898 | .0604(e) |
| All electrical appliances were not used in accordance with the manufacturers instruction. Appliances with heating elements, such as bottle warmers, crock pots, curling irons, irons, coffee pots, and/or their cords were accessible to preschool-age children. A Keurig coffee pot was located on the handwashing counter and accessible to preschool age children. | |||
| 2026-03-10 | 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 shelter in place was conducted on 10/28/25. The next shelter in place/locked down drill was due January 2026. | |||
| 2026-03-10 | Violation | 9995 | |
| A violation was found for which there is no item number. Sanitation Rule 15ANCAC18A. 2820 (c) Non-aerosol sanitizing solutions, approved disinfectants, detergent solutions, hand antiseptics, and hand lotions shall be kept inaccessible to children when not in use, but are not required to be in locked storage. These solutions shall be labeled as sanitizing, disinfecting, or detergent solutions. Hand soap other than that which is in bulk containers is not required to be kept inaccessible to children or in locked storage. Bulk soaps shall be kept inaccessible to children. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-04-11 | Violation | 714 | .0605(g) |
| Openings in equipment, steps, decks, handrails, and fencing were not less than 3 1/2 inches or greater than 9 inches. The outdoor fence had a gap at the bottom that measured 4.5 inches. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | Violation | 824 | GS 110-91(6); .0605((i) |
| Outdoor play area was not enclosed by fence with a minimum height of 4 feet. The top of the fence, less than six feet, was not free from protrusions. There were areas along fenced that measured as low as three feet, nine inches. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | Violation | 841 | 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d) |
| Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. A compounded diaper cream with prescription label in space #2B, the classroom with one and two year old children, was in an unlocked cabinet stored over five feet high. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | Violation | 844 | .0803(2)(a) |
| Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional. An albuterol in space #1, the classroom with children ages three through five, was in the box with the pharmacy label removed. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | 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 dated 1/13/25 did not include facility’s identifying information, witness to the incident, time the parent was notified and by whom, and steps taken to prevent reoccurrence. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident reports were not documented on the incident log each time an incident occurred. The incident log at the facility did not have any documented incident reports; two incident reports from January 2025 were reviewed during the visit. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | 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 #2A, the classroom with infant and one year old children, diapers in easily torn plastic sleeves were stored below five feet in an unlocked cabinet. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. An uncompensated provider, speech therapist employed Scotts Creek Elementary School, was conducting speech evaluations in the hallway outside the classroom with children enrolled from the licensed facility. The speech therapist was left alone with children. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | 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. An uncompensated provider, speech therapist employed by Scotts Creek Elementary School, did not have a qualification letter on file and available to review at the facility. | |||
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