The Growing Years Learning Center - Cary
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My grandson has been attending this facility for almost 3 months now. He has been sick since his 3rd week. Each time I keep him home for almost a week and send him back well, then he comes home 2 days later with another illness. The staff and director turn around is too great for this to be a child care center. I have observed children not being attended to, as well as not having staff that are engaging with the children, especially at drop off in the morning. Management has told me on three occasions that they are working on their staff and my concerns but yet they seem ready to kick my child out because he is not warming up to the new teacher. She put a glove on to handle my grandson and she does not talk to the children. I would be scared of her too. This just doesn't seem fair to these little guys. I regret my whole experience here and now I am trying to find another daycare, I have ignored my gut for too long and now that I am sharing my experience, mothers are telling me that I should have left when the assistant director called me because she couldn't get the kids on the playground to listen to her and several including my grandson had taken their clothes off and were running around laughing at the teacher while she tried to get them in order.
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Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0726-184L |
| 2026-07-01 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2026-05-26 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0526-195L |
| 2026-04-20 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0426-166L |
| 2026-01-20 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-12-10 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1025-382A |
| 2025-12-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1025-382A |
| 2025-12-03 | Violation | 301 | GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-d) |
| Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. During the visit, I observed seven children present in the classroom for one-year-old children. | |||
| 2025-12-03 | Violation | 318 | 10A NCAC 09 .0713(a)(6) |
| Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. During the visit, I observed a six-year-old child in the classroom for one-year-old children. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1025-382A |
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On October 24, 2025, a staff member failed to adequately supervise a group of two-year-old children when the staff member brought the children into the center's front lobby and the staff member had their back turned to the children. | |||
| 2025-07-17 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0725-166A |
| 2025-07-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-07-07 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The two year old playground has an area where the ground cover has eroded away creating a tripping hazard where the ground cover meets the sidewalk. | |||
| 2025-03-12 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-01-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0125-036L |
| 2024-07-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-22 | Violation | 1316 | .0802 (c)(4) |
| Emergency medical care information did not contain information needed for safe medical treatment. One (1) child was identified as having a medical condition that required emergency medication but the medication was not on cite and available in the event it was needed and no medical action plan was completed and submitted by the child's parent. | |||
| 2024-07-22 | 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. One (1) child was missing the required medical form completed by a physician and one (1) child was missing the required medical information completed by the child's parent. | |||
| 2024-02-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-16 | 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. One emergency medication had the Parent Authorization but the parent had not signed the form every six months as required in rule. | |||
| 2023-08-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-08-14 | Violation | 1311 | .0802(c) |
| Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. One child's emergency information was not updated annually as required. | |||
| 2023-08-14 | Violation | 1821 | .0607(d)(8) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. The facility EPR plan has not been documented as updated since April 8, 2020. | |||
| 2023-08-14 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The mulch around the play structure on the toddler yard and under the monkey bars on the preschool yard was not the required 6 inches deep based on the height of each piece of play equipment. | |||
| 2023-08-14 | 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. One staff member was missing the required medical report. | |||
| 2023-03-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-03-21 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-21 | 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. A current Fire Inspection which was not older than 12 months was not on file during my visit. | |||
| 2023-03-21 | 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. 4 staff did not have a current Staff Medical Report on file which was not older than 12 months. | |||
| 2023-03-21 | 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. 1 staff member did not have a TB test on file which was not older than 12 months prior to their employment. | |||
| 2023-03-21 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. One staff member did not have an annual health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2023-03-21 | 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. 1 staff member did not have Emergency Information on file. | |||
| 2023-03-21 | 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. One staff member did not have current First Aid on file. | |||
| 2023-03-21 | 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. One staff member did not have current CPR on file. | |||
| 2023-03-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-13 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On 3-7-2023 around 5:25pm a child was left unattended on the playground for two (2) year olds, for approximately one minute. | |||
| 2022-12-20 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-09-09 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-08-26 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-08-26 | Violation | 908 | .1803(b) |
| Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development. On 7/28/22 an incident of inappropriate discipline occurred with a child in the three - year old classroom. | |||
| 2022-02-16 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-02-10 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
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