Concord · Licensed center
Cabarrus Bilingual Preschool At St. James Lutheran
At a glance
- Small Reggio Emilia center, licensed for 36 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since October 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 15, 2026Nothing cited
Jan 6, 20262 citations
Citation
“The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The mulch did not measure the required 6 inches under the slide, or the climbing wall.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/12/2026
Citation
“Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. One staff with a hire date of 3/9/19 did not complete the health and safety trainings within five years.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/16/2026
Feb 25, 20252 citations
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. A staff with a hire date of 9/30/24 had a medical report dated after the hire date.”
Violation corrected during visit
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. A staff with a hire date of 9/30/24 did not receive a TB skin test until after their hire date.”
Violation corrected during visit
Sep 5, 20242 citations
Citation
“A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. An Epi Pen stored in the classroom had expired.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2024
Citation
“Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional. An inhaler did not have a pharmaceutical label or instructions from the prescribing physician.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2024
- Mar 14, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 13, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times split three ways: 35% had fewer, 19% the same, and 46% more (79 centers).
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%This center
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 15, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since October 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 6 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.
Jan 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · January 6, 2026
The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The mulch did not measure the required 6 inches under the slide, or the climbing wall.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/12/2026
Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. One staff with a hire date of 3/9/19 did not complete the health and safety trainings within five years.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/16/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000539 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Feb 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · February 25, 2025
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. A staff with a hire date of 9/30/24 had a medical report dated after the hire date.
Violation corrected during visit
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. A staff with a hire date of 9/30/24 did not receive a TB skin test until after their hire date.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000539 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · September 5, 2024
A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. An Epi Pen stored in the classroom had expired.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2024
Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional. An inhaler did not have a pharmaceutical label or instructions from the prescribing physician.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000539 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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How they teach
Reggio Emilia and developmental
“We utilize a developmental play-based bilingual curriculum! We believe children learn and develop best in a structured play-based, safe and fun environment.”
Policies
- Special needs
- Includes children with diverse backgrounds and special needs in the mainstream of the childcare center (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Phone
- (704) 786-0166
- Address
- 104 Union Street S, Concord, 28025
- License
- 13000539
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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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.
How they teach
- Approach familiesfirstcc.org
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Policies
- Special needs familiesfirstcc.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000539 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website familiesfirstcc.org
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.