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At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 64 children.
  • Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 6 licensing inspections since December 2025.

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Licensing inspections

  • Jul 27, 20261 citation
    • Citation
      • “The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The mulch is measuring less that 6 inches at the base of the slides.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/31/2026

  • Jun 8, 2026Nothing cited
  • Apr 28, 20261 citation
    • Citation
      • “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 (1) staff member did not have a medical report on file.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2026

  • Mar 10, 2026Nothing cited
  • Feb 9, 2026Nothing cited
  • Dec 18, 2025Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 65% of 79 had rules cited at 3 or more.

How all 79 Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times compare

Of the 79 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None10%
  • 1 of 65%
  • 2 of 620%This center
  • 3 of 619%
  • 4 of 620%
  • 5 of 615%
  • All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
July 27, 2026
On file
6 visits since December 2025 — 4 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 2 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
Most serious
North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.

Jul 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · July 27, 2026

The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The mulch is measuring less that 6 inches at the base of the slides.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/31/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004429 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Jun 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · April 28, 2026

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 (1) staff member did not have a medical report on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004429 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Mar 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Feb 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Dec 2025 Announced visit nothing cited

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

Details

Phone
(980) 497-3697
Address
4821 E Wt Harris Blvd, Charlotte, 28215
License
60004429
Quality program
Five Star License

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State record

From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60004429 under License Number, and open the result.
  • Quality program — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60004429 under License Number, and open the result.
  • Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60004429 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.

Medium means the middle half of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 51 to 162 children. Small is 11 to 50; large is 163 to 528.

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