Around The World Learning Center Inc.

Center · Dallas · 841 Lower Dallas Highway

What kind of place is this?

Size 45 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 4 of the 6 visits below. Across Charlotte centers it cites something at about 57% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Charlotte with Charlotte and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Three Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
April 29, 2026
On file
6 visits since June 2024 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
All 7 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.

Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · April 29, 2026

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. One staff member employed on February 9, 2026, was not listed on the ABCMS Provider Portal roster for this facility.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/6/2026

DCDEE facility lookup

Dec 2025 Announced visit nothing cited
May 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · May 19, 2025

Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. One (1) staff member employed on March 5, 2024, did not have verification of seven (7) of the eleven (11) required training topics on file and available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/2/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · January 16, 2025

Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In Space #1B, four (4) plastic packages containing diapers were stored under the unlocked diaper changing table and accessible to one (1) infant and one (1) child two years of age.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2024 Announced visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · June 5, 2024

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 #1a/b, one (1) container of Clorox Healthcare Bleach Germicide Wipes and one (1) bottle of Clorox Cleanup Disinfectant Cleaner with Bleach, both with multiple warnings, were in an unlocked cabinet above the right handwashing sink. In Space #1a/b, one (1) container of Clorox Healthcare Bleach Germicide Wipes with multiple warnings was on a shelf above the paper towel dispenser to the right of the window.

Violation corrected during visit

Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There was no playground inspection form on file for November 2023 or December 2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/18/2024

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. One (1) staff member, employed on March 21, 2024, had the results of a TB Test on file dated January 21, 2022.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/18/2024

Parent’s statement includes the child’s name and date of enrollment and the date the parent signed the statement. The signed discipline policy for one (1) child, enrolled on December 4, 2023, did not include the child’s name or date of enrollment.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/18/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Around The World Learning Center Inc. hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious.North Carolina DCDEE records the correction in its own words, but never says how serious it was.

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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