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Alliance Center For Education At Mulberry

ac4ed.org

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 150 children.
  • Ages They list: birth through 12th grade.
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 8 licensing inspections since November 2023.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Oct 27, 2026Nothing cited
  • Mar 9, 2026Nothing cited
  • Nov 25, 2025Nothing cited
  • Aug 1, 2025Nothing cited
  • Dec 9, 20242 citations
    • 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. One (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024

    • 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. One (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024

  • Sep 18, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jan 4, 2024Nothing cited
  • Nov 1, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 8 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 8 times had more: 99% of 73 had rules cited at 2 or more.

How all 73 Charlotte-area centers inspected 8 times compare

Of the 73 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • 1 of 81%This center
  • 2 of 84%
  • 3 of 814%
  • 4 of 812%
  • 5 of 829%
  • 6 of 823%
  • 7 of 815%
  • All 81%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
October 27, 2026
On file
8 visits since November 2023 — 7 cited nothing, 5 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.

Oct 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Nov 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2025 Announced visit nothing cited
Dec 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · December 9, 2024

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 (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024

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 (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003944 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Sep 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited

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Who cares for your child

Jared Keaton (Chief Executive Officer) since 1998 and Brian Luckadoo (Chief Financial Officer) since 2007.

28 years · Charlotte-area median 22, among 32 that publish

Details

Phone
(704) 362-3901
Address
6450 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, 28214
License
60003944
Quality program
Five Star License
Ages they serve
Birth through 12th grade
Established
1940

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Who cares for your child

State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003944 under License Number, and open the result.
  • Website, Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org
  • Established — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org
  • Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003944 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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