Four Star Center License
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BEGINNING YEARS DAYCARE # 3
Charlotte, NC
· Mecklenburg County
4313 THE PLAZA,
Charlotte, NC 28205
Quick Facts
Capacity
92 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Transportation
Yes
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
4
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Licensed Four Star Center License
Active License
License Number
60003580
License Holder
SCOTT, LINDA E
License Issued
Jul 7, 2022
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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Parent
2020-06-16 02:53:22
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I have used this provider for more than 6 months
This the worst daycare Center. They are dirty and nasty. They will also mistreat your child,they left my child with dirty diaper for hours and he got a really bad rash.
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2019-10-09 12:46:02
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I have used this provider for less than 6 months
They are soooooooo unorganized. Staff won't answer the phone, they don't pick up on time on a consistent basis. Its always something with this daycare. They put diapers on potty trained kids making it harder on parents that are actually doing what they are supposed to do. They refuse to hold themselves accountable for their mistakes. This has been the absolute worse daycare experience for us.
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About the Provider
BEGINNING YEARS DAYCARE # 3 is a Four Star Center License in CHARLOTTE NC, with a maximum capacity of 92 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.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0626-126A |
| 2026-06-12 | 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 staff member’s qualification letter expired June 8, 2026 and the required forms have not been submitted to complete a criminal background check. | |||
| 2026-06-12 | 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 staff member’s qualification letter expired June 8, 2026. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-01-28 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0126-244L |
| 2026-01-28 | 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 center's annual fire inspection was due no later than December 20, 2025. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | Violation | 528 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. The menu items listed on the posted menu were not the items served to children for lunch. The change in menu items was not recorded on the posted menus. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | Violation | 540 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(a) |
| An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child's parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted. (omit posting for centers located in a residence). Feeding schedules were monitored on a clip board and not posted in space #1. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | Violation | 705 | .0601(c) |
| Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. Books were monitored in poor repair in spaces #3 and #4. A metal vent cover was monitored tapped but not secured in space #4. Two ceiling panels in space #3 were monitored stained and bowing down. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. The wooden structure on the preschool/school age playground was monitored missing two wooden panels on the structure. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | 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 SIP drill was documented October 8, 2025. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | Violation | 1823 | .0607(d)(10) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and or the required information. The RTGF was missing an area map, children/staff allergy list and children's medical action plans attached to the child's application. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | 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. The EPR plan was monitored not current with former staff listed. | |||
| 2026-01-28 | Violation | 1834 | .0801(b) |
| Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. One child's application stated the child had asthma. There was not a medical action plan attached to the child's application. | |||
| 2025-12-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1225-072L |
| 2025-12-19 | 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 staff member's medical was not completed on the DCDEE staff medical report form. | |||
| 2025-12-19 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A former staff member was permitted on site and working with an expired DCDEE CBC qualification on November 18, 2025, and did not meet the preservice requirements. | |||
| 2025-12-19 | 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. An ABCMS report was run prior to the visit. No existing staff members were linked or listed. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Human milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child's home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child. Sippy cups and water bottles sent from children's homes were monitored not labeled or dated in spaces #2 and #5. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 705 | .0601(c) |
| Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. An indoor wall vent cover was removed and the vent filter and inside of wall contents were accessible to school age children in space #4. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 832 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. The posted EMC plan in space #1 was monitored not current. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 886 | .0606(a)(5) |
| The temperature in a room where infants aged 12 months or younger where sleeping exceeded 75 degrees. The infant room temperature was monitored at 75.4 degrees in space #1. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 1052 | .1103(a) |
| Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Two staff members did not obtain their required number of annual in-service training hours (20 hours per staff member) by their dates of hire. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 1124 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(d) |
| Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. School age children transported during summer field trips did not have photographs of the children transported. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | 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. The center's ABCMS roster report was run during the visit and no existing staff were linked. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The outdoor play areas/stationary equipment did not meet six inches in depth. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | 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 child with an epi pen did not have written permission to administer the prescribed medication, every six months. | |||
| 2025-07-21 | 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. Two staff members didn't obtain the required training within 90 days of employment (C. Anthony and B. Cowans). | |||
| 2025-07-21 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. One staff member didn't complete the required training within one year of employment. (B. Cowans) | |||
| 2025-05-01 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0425-274L |
| 2025-03-25 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0325-334A |
| 2025-02-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-02-03 | Violation | 540 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(a) |
| An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child's parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted. (omit posting for centers located in a residence). There were two toddlers under 15 months where their feeding schedules were not updated/current. | |||
| 2025-02-03 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. Monthly playground inspections were not completed for December and January. | |||
| 2025-02-03 | Violation | 1124 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(d) |
| Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. Two children were monitored without a photograph maintained in the vehicle used for transportation. | |||
| 2025-02-03 | 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. Six children were monitored without annual emergency authorization. | |||
| 2025-02-03 | 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. One staff member did not complete the required H & S training within one year from her date of employment. | |||
| 2025-01-27 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0125-189L |
| 2024-11-15 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-11-15 | Violation | 1052 | .1103(a) |
| Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. One staff member was required to obtain ten (10) annual in-service training hours when they obtained five (5) hours. | |||
| 2024-11-15 | 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 staff member hired as a cook, took on additional duties as the center van driver. The van driver didn't obtain CMT training within ninety (90) days of assuming child care duties. | |||
| 2024-07-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-25 | 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. Three new staff were hired in July and did not have a DCDEE medical report on file. | |||
| 2024-07-25 | 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 staff person hired March 4, 2024, did not obtain the required CMT training within 90 days of employment. The staff person completed the required CMT training on Jully 18, 2024. | |||
| 2024-06-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-06-05 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. At least three incident reports were monitored maintained with the incident log, not filed in the applicable child's file, and were not completed with parents' signature, date or all required fields were not completed. The three monitored incident reports were not logged onto the incident log. | |||
| 2024-06-05 | 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. Either drill was not completed at least once every three months. The last drill should have been completed by April 10th instead of April 24th. | |||
| 2024-04-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0324-274L |
| 2024-04-09 | Violation | 620 | 15A NCAC 18A .2825(a) |
| All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. A double paned window in space #3 was not repaired or safety measures put in place to ensure children do not access the window area until replaced from inside and outside. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0324-274L |
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. two-year-old children received an injury. One staff person was in the bathroom toileting five children and the other staff person was on the opposite side of the classroom, supposedly assisting one child washing their hands. Neither of the two staff witnessed what occurred to the child but heard the cries of the child after the injury occurred. Neither of the two staff present were actively moving about the space or aware of what the children were doing when the incident occurred. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 620 | 15A NCAC 18A .2825(a) |
| All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. A large outside double paned window located in space #3 was monitored with a hole and encircled crack around the hole. Children have access to the broken window from their outside play area. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 1756 | 10A NCAC 09 .2818 |
| Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. A staff member left a group of two- and three-year-olds with one caregiver in space #3 for approximately one minute to go to the kitchen and retrieve a breakfast plate of food for a child who had just arrived at the classroom. There were twelve (12) children present with one caregiver, when the staff member left the classroom. The required ratio was 1:9. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 1794 | .2802(d) |
| A Four- or Five- Star program serving four-year-old children was not implementing an approved curriculum. On February 6, 2024, a violation was cited for failure to implement an approved curriculum for four-year-old children. Additional time was granted for compliance. The center now has the approved curriculum teacher's guidebooks/kit, but the curriculum has not been implemented in the classroom/space #3. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 468 | .0510(d)(1) |
| When three-year-old children and older were in care, the materials and equipment in the activity area was not in sufficient quantity to allow at least three children to use the area regardless of whether the children choose the same or different activities. There were not at least multiple of three of the same toys accessible to them. (spaces #3, 4 and 5). | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 488 | .0510(e)(3) |
| For children under three years of age, materials were not offered in sufficient quantity to allow all children to use them at some time during the day and to allow for a range of choices. Multiples of three toys per each type of toy were not present in spaces #1 and #2. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. The side back fence is in poor repair due to a fallen tree limb. The fence is bowed over and caused an entrapment. The side wooden ramp is in poor condition with rotten wooden railings and exposed hardware, missing slats on railing by 2/3 classroom. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. There were several exposed tree roots in the back outdoor learning environment. One of the roots was monitored coming through the mulch. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 826 | .0605(i) |
| Gates to the fenced outdoor play area did not remain closed while children occupied the area. Two outdoor gates were monitored dragging on the ground. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 832 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. The center EMC plan was not current. The posted plan listed Shawn Wilson who retired from the Health Department over two years ago. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 891 | 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a)(1-8) |
| The safe sleep policy did not contain the required information. The center's posted ITS-SIDS policy was not customized. The sample policy was posted but did not specify what is required in a SIDS policy. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | 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. Three new staff hires had medical reports on file but were not completed on the DCDDEE Staff Medical Report form. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 1124 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(d) |
| Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. Children routinely transported did not have a photograph maintained in the vehicle used to transport them. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 1322 | .1005(b)(4) |
| A written statement from each child's parent giving standing permission which may be valid for up to twelve months for participation in off premise activities that occur on a regular basis was not available. Seven children were monitored without an annual off premises activities form on file. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 1794 | .2802(d) |
| A Four- or Five- Star program serving four-year-old children was not implementing an approved curriculum. The center administrator stated the Creative Curriculum was implemented. However, there was not one Teacher's Guide on site, no charting of children's responses, or no quarterly assessments. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 1823 | .0607(d)(10) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and or the required information. The Ready to Go File was not current. Children's medical action plans were not attached or maintained with the child's emergency contact information. The center's allergy list and an area map were not monitored maintained in the RTGF. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | 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. The center's EPR plan was not updated annually in the DCDEE electronic template. | |||
| 2024-02-06 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. There were not at least six inches in depth of mulch under and around the stationary play equipment or at the exit points. | |||
| 2023-07-18 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-18 | 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. A prescription medication was not in a container that was labeled or accompanied by written instructions from the prescribing doctor or health care professional. | |||
| 2023-07-18 | 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. A lockdown drill was last conducted March 8, 2023. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-09 | Violation | 707 | .0601(d) |
| Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There were two places on the smaller climbing structure that the plastic was split causing a hazard to walk across. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. Verification was not on file that a playground inspection was completed for January 2023. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | 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 climbers on the preschool playground measured three and four inches in depth instead of the required six inches. | |||
| 2022-07-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-02-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-02-14 | 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 space #2, there was a bottle of correction fluid located in an unlocked cabinet. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Violation | 1207 | 10A NCAC 09 .0515(a) |
| Parent participation plan was not discussed with parents on or before the child's first day of attendance and/or a copy was not given to them or posted in the center. Five children did not have verification on file that the parent participation plan had been reviewed with the parents nor was the plan posted. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Violation | 1314 | .0802(c)(2) |
| Emergency information did not name childs health care professional. One child did not have the name of the health care professional listed on the emergency information. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Violation | 1850 | .0604(i) |
| Signage was not posted regarding the smoking and tobacco restriction at the entrance of the center and/or in vehicles used to transport children. Signage regarding the smoking and tobacco restriction was not posted in the van used to transport children. | |||
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