Midland · Licensed center
Bethel Elementary Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 27, 20267 citations
Citation
“Individual applications were not on file for each child. The application for a child enrolled on 8/12/2026.”
Violation pending provider response
Citation
“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. The emergency medical care information was not on file for a child enrolled on 8/12/2026.”
Violation pending provider response
Citation
“Authorization for emergency medical care information was not signed by child's parent. A child enrolled on 8/12/2026 did not have a signed authorization for emergency medical care on file.”
Violation pending provider response
Citation
“Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child's file. A signed and dated discipline policy was not on file for a child enrolled 8/12/2026.”
Violation pending provider response
Citation
“A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review for a staff member hired 8/10/2026.”
Violation corrected during visit
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. The Division was not notified of child care providers working in the facility within five business days. The ABCMS Provider Portal Roster did not contain any staff members.”
Violation pending provider response
Citation
“A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. A child enrolled on 8/12/2026 did not have a signed statement acknowledge receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy.”
Violation pending provider response
Dec 2, 20255 citations
Citation
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the EMC plan annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
Citation
“Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. The administrator did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
Citation
“Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. The administrator did not have documentation of on-going training on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
Citation
“All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the center's EPR Plan on an annual basis.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
Citation
“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. The administrator did not have the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
Jan 30, 20255 citations
Citation
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. No lesson plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
Citation
“When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. Screen time was observed during today's visit. Screen time was not documented on a cumulative log or an activity plan available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
Citation
“Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. Safe Arrival and Departure procedures was not posted in the classroom or available for review.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. No emergency medical care plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
Citation
“All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. The administrator's file was not available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/24/2025
- Aug 20, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 29, 20243 citations
Citation
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current activity plan was not posted in the classroom.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. One child's file did not have documentation of the parent participation plan.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“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. A staff member hired on 8/2/23 did not have documentation of completing Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/8/2024
Aug 30, 20236 citations
Citation
“All openings to the outer air were not protected against the entrance of flying insects. The door to the outside was propped open while children were outside playing.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2023
Citation
“Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. There was not record of a fire drill being conducted in June 2023.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There was not record of a playground inspection being completed in June 2023.”
Violation corrected during visit
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. The medical statement for one staff, date of employment 8/2/23, was dated 3/8/20.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2023
Citation
“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. The TB test for one staff, date of employment 8/2/23, was dated 1/1/20.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2023
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. Two staff did not have a separate file for medical information.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/19/2023
The state cited rules at 5 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had fewer: 75% of 79 had rules cited at 4 or fewer.
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%
- 3 of 619%
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%This center
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 27, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since August 2023 — 1 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- 20 of 26 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 7 findings
Unannounced visit · October 27, 2026
Individual applications were not on file for each child. The application for a child enrolled on 8/12/2026.
Violation pending provider response
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. The emergency medical care information was not on file for a child enrolled on 8/12/2026.
Violation pending provider response
Authorization for emergency medical care information was not signed by child's parent. A child enrolled on 8/12/2026 did not have a signed authorization for emergency medical care on file.
Violation pending provider response
Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child's file. A signed and dated discipline policy was not on file for a child enrolled 8/12/2026.
Violation pending provider response
A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review for a staff member hired 8/10/2026.
Violation corrected during visit
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 Division was not notified of child care providers working in the facility within five business days. The ABCMS Provider Portal Roster did not contain any staff members.
Violation pending provider response
A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. A child enrolled on 8/12/2026 did not have a signed statement acknowledge receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy.
Violation pending provider response
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings
Unannounced visit · December 2, 2025
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the EMC plan annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. The administrator did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. The administrator did not have documentation of on-going training on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the center's EPR Plan on an annual basis.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
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. The administrator did not have the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings
Unannounced visit · January 30, 2025
A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. No lesson plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. Screen time was observed during today's visit. Screen time was not documented on a cumulative log or an activity plan available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. Safe Arrival and Departure procedures was not posted in the classroom or available for review.
Violation corrected during visit
There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. No emergency medical care plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. The administrator's file was not available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/24/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · April 29, 2024
A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current activity plan was not posted in the classroom.
Violation corrected during visit
Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. One child's file did not have documentation of the parent participation plan.
Violation corrected during visit
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. A staff member hired on 8/2/23 did not have documentation of completing Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/8/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2023 Unannounced visit 6 findings
Unannounced visit · August 30, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
All openings to the outer air were not protected against the entrance of flying insects. The door to the outside was propped open while children were outside playing.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. There was not record of a fire drill being conducted in June 2023.
Violation corrected during visit
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There was not record of a playground inspection being completed in June 2023.
Violation corrected during visit
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 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. The medical statement for one staff, date of employment 8/2/23, was dated 3/8/20.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
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. The TB test for one staff, date of employment 8/2/23, was dated 1/1/20.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 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. Two staff did not have a separate file for medical information.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/19/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 260-6070
- Address
- 2425 Midland Road, Midland, 28107
- License
- 13000562
- 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, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000562 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 13000562 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.