Four Star Center License
✓ Licensed
Tiny Tots
Hillsborough, NC
· Orange County
323 CRAWFORD ROAD,
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Quick Facts
Capacity
100 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Transportation
Yes
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
4
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Contact Information
📞 (919) 732-3102
Licensed Four Star Center License
Active License
License Number
68000427
License Holder
SHINING STARZ ACADEMY INC
License Issued
Feb 7, 2020
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
The first several years of a child's life are very important and every child should have the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential. A child consists of the following parts: physical, emotional, social, and academic needs.
A lot of love, encouragement, and patience provided by educators and families are essential in producing quality lives and learning for our children. Parents and educators working together towards positive goals for children are extremely helpful for their maximum development in all areas of their life.
Family involvement and support of a child especially in their earlier stages are of utmost pertinence. Parents who recognize the needs of their children and develop time and energy in nurturing those needs produces children who are usually independent, happy, and feel good about themselves. Such children are self-assured with high self-esteem and ready to grow around their environment.
Quality family time is positively correlated with family bonding. It is very imperative for parents and educators to work together in the care and support of a child, identify their needs and concerns and communicate that appropriately. Whether a parent or educator, one should report a problem as soon as it is identified so that it can be addressed at an early age.
Our children needs to be nurtured with love, patience, tenderness, compassion, consistency, smiles, attention, and encouragement, and the result of these will produce a healthy and happy children feeling good about themselves and ready to move on to the next stage of their life with love and confidence.
A lot of love, encouragement, and patience provided by educators and families are essential in producing quality lives and learning for our children. Parents and educators working together towards positive goals for children are extremely helpful for their maximum development in all areas of their life.
Family involvement and support of a child especially in their earlier stages are of utmost pertinence. Parents who recognize the needs of their children and develop time and energy in nurturing those needs produces children who are usually independent, happy, and feel good about themselves. Such children are self-assured with high self-esteem and ready to grow around their environment.
Quality family time is positively correlated with family bonding. It is very imperative for parents and educators to work together in the care and support of a child, identify their needs and concerns and communicate that appropriately. Whether a parent or educator, one should report a problem as soon as it is identified so that it can be addressed at an early age.
Our children needs to be nurtured with love, patience, tenderness, compassion, consistency, smiles, attention, and encouragement, and the result of these will produce a healthy and happy children feeling good about themselves and ready to move on to the next stage of their life with love and confidence.
Additional Information:
Four Star Center License
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
- Open HoursMonday-Friday 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-11-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-11-04 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In Space 2 there was no activity plan posted. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | 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. Surge protector in Space 5 outlets were not covered. In Space 2 there were two outlets not covered. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | 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 was employed on 8/12/25 and their medical report was dated 8/28/25. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | 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 staff member was employed on 8/12/25 and their tb test was dated for 8/28/25. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. Two children files did not contain a health assessment. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | 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 did not have immunizations on file. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | Violation | 1851 | .0604(j) |
| The operator did not notify the parent of each child enrolled in writing of the smoking and tobacco restriction. One child did not have a signed tobacco restriction on file. | |||
| 2025-11-04 | 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. One child's file that was reviewed did not have a signed policy. | |||
| 2025-05-29 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-05-29 | 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 Spaces 6 and & there were four outlets that were not covered. Space 7 also had a power strip were the outlets were not covered. | |||
| 2025-05-29 | Violation | 1125 | .1003(i)(j) |
| Before children were transported, written permission from a parent was not obtained that included when and where the child was to be transported, expected time of departure and arrival, and the transportation provider. Permission to transport forms were not available for the three children transported in the afternoons. | |||
| 2025-05-29 | Violation | 9999 | |
| A violation was found for which there is no item number. Two tubes of Aquaphor were administered to a child that expired. One tube expired December 2022 and the other tube expired April 2025. The director removed the cream from the classroom. | |||
| 2024-12-05 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-08-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0724-380L |
| 2024-07-18 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-18 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. There was less than 6 inches of surfacing material, 4-5 inches, around the slide structure in the middle playground. | |||
| 2024-07-18 | Violation | 1043 | G.S. 110-91( 9) |
| All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. Ms. Amadi told me the two new staff members ( D. F. and J.W.) are in the process of completing the orientation. However, the orientation form showing the items completed was not available for reveiw for both employees. | |||
| 2024-01-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-08-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-08-08 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. "There has been no playground inspection completed in the last few months." | |||
| 2023-08-08 | 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. "No shelter-in or lockdown drills were practiced every three months since February 2023." | |||
| 2023-02-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-02 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. 'The mulch around the stationary eqipment taller than 18 inches were less than three to four inches in most areas.' | |||
| 2023-02-02 | Violation | 802 | .1003(b) |
| Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. "Safe picck up and delivery procedures were not posted." | |||
| 2023-02-02 | Violation | 843 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(d) |
| A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. "The authorization to admminister a diaper cream for one infant child had expiired on 1/30/2023." | |||
| 2023-02-02 | Violation | 892 | .0606(b) |
| The center's safe sleep policy was not posted in a prominent place in the infant room where parents and caregivers were able to view daily. "There was no safe sleep policy posted in the infant room." | |||
| 2022-11-08 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-07-15 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-07-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-07-12 | Violation | 1756 | 10A NCAC 09 .2818 |
| Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. 'Two caregivers were supervising 20 children, youngest child 4 yrs old, in the playgorund. I observed one teacher leave the playgounnd to retrieve a can of spray from her car. The car was paked in front of the child care building, away from the children. Later in the same playground, I observed the director's assistant supervising 20 chilldren while the two classroom teachers were inside the child care building. The youngest child present was 4 yrs old. This program is meeting enhanced ratios.' | |||
| 2022-07-12 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. 'I observed two groups of children with two caregivers in the playgournd for 20 minutes. Both caregivers sat in the chair up on the balcony away from the children the entire 20 minutes, not moving about and interacting with the children. They were not able to hear or see the children coming down the slide which faces away from the child care building. I observed one school age child leave the playground and enter the child care builing alone. He came out 2-3 minutes later. The side door remained closed during the time he was gone The director told me neither teachers called for assistance to supervise the child.' | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-02-14 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. It was determined based upon the consultant's observation of playground inspections that an inspection had not been completed since September 2021. | |||
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