Mooresville · Licensed center

Advance Preschool/Mera Jams

At a glance

Small center, licensed for 30 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since October 2023.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Jun 12, 20265 citations
- Citation
  “A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current activity plan was not posted. Current activity plan was posted during my visit.”
  Violation corrected during visit
- Citation
  “Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. Documentation on the fire log drill showed the last fire drill was 3/3/2026”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026
- 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. Employee with the hire date of 6/12/2026 did not have a medical report on file the first day of employment.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026
- Citation
  “Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. employee with the hire date of 6/12/2026 did not have a Criminal Background Check completed.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026
- Citation
  “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. Employee with the employment date of 06/12/2026 did not have a tuberculosis test on file.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026
Jan 28, 2026Nothing cited
Aug 8, 20256 citations
- Citation
  “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. Fire inspection for the facility was dated 6/4/24.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2025
- Citation
  “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. Staff with the hire dates of 8/25/22,3/22/17 and 1/31/12 did not have First Aid training on file.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/22/2025
- Citation
  “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. Staff with the hire dates of 8/25/22,3/22/17 and 1/31/12 have not completed CPR training.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/22/2025
- Citation
  “Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Staff with the hire dates of 8/25/22 3/22/17 and 1/31/12 have not complete all the required training hours for year.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/22/2025
- Citation
  “Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A child with the enrollment date of 3/3/25 did not have a medical exam on file.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/22/2025
- Citation
  “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. Facility has not created an ABCMC portal.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/22/2025
Mar 24, 2025Nothing cited
Sep 30, 20244 citations
- Citation
  “Diaper changing surfaces were not kept free of storage. Diaper changing area needs to be clear of items not used for diaper changing.”
  Violation corrected during visit
- Citation
  “All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. Walls and doors need to be cleaned. In classroom 1 door to the outside needs to be repaired. Handle needs to be replaced.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/14/2024
- Citation
  “All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. Children chairs need to be cleaned in all rooms. Some shelves that store children toys need to be repaired.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/14/2024
- Citation
  “Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Staff with hire dates 8/25/22 and 3/22/17 need to complete on-going training hours.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/14/2024
Apr 8, 2024Nothing cited
Oct 10, 20234 citations
- Citation
  “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. Materials in the One and two year old class was not in sufficient quantity.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/23/2023
- Citation
  “All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. Equipment and furnishing in all classrooms need to be checked, repaired and cleaned.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/23/2023
- Citation
  “Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Staff did not have the required on-going training hours needed.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/23/2023
- Citation
  “Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. One staff member did not complete health and safety training as required.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/23/2023

The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 7 inspections. Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times split three ways: 35% had fewer, 21% the same, and 44% more (86 centers).

How all 86 Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times compare

Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None5%
1 of 78%
2 of 73%
3 of 719%
4 of 721%This center
5 of 726%
6 of 716%
All 72%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit: June 12, 2026
On file: 7 visits since October 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?: All 19 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.

Jun 2026 Unannounced visit 5 findings

Unannounced visit · June 12, 2026

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current activity plan was not posted. Current activity plan was posted during my visit.

Violation corrected during visit

Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. Documentation on the fire log drill showed the last fire drill was 3/3/2026

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026

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. Employee with the hire date of 6/12/2026 did not have a medical report on file the first day of employment.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026

Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. employee with the hire date of 6/12/2026 did not have a Criminal Background Check completed.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026

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. Employee with the employment date of 06/12/2026 did not have a tuberculosis test on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/19/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 49000454 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Jan 2026 Announced visit nothing cited

Aug 2025 Unannounced visit 6 findings

Unannounced visit · August 8, 2025

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. Fire inspection for the facility was dated 6/4/24.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2025

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. Staff with the hire dates of 8/25/22,3/22/17 and 1/31/12 did not have First Aid training on file.