Gastonia · Licensed center
Chapel Grove Elementary Pre-Kindergarten
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 72 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 10 licensing inspections since October 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 27, 2026Nothing cited
Apr 22, 20262 citations
Citation
“The health assessment did not include a vision screening. The vision screening for one (1) child, enrolled on August 20, 2025, was conducted on March 11, 2026.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
Citation
“The health assessment did not include a hearing screening. The health assessment for one (1) child, enrolled on August 20, 2025, did not include a hearing screening.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
- Nov 24, 2025Nothing cited
May 13, 20251 citation
Citation
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The most recent shelter-in-place/lockdown drill documented was conducted on August 23, 2025.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/21/2025
Aug 27, 20243 citations
Citation
“When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. Administration of a prescription medication (Creon), which has been administered daily, was not documented.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024
Citation
“Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. No playground inspection was conducted in April 2024 or May 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024
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 Emergency Information Form on file for the Administrator was last updated on August 10, 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024
- Jan 23, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 10, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 3, 2024Nothing cited
- Nov 27, 2023Nothing cited
- Oct 25, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 10 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: more than 99% of 271.
How all 271 Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 271 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Someover 99%This center
- Allunder 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 27, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since October 2023 — 7 cited nothing, 7 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.
Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · April 22, 2026
The health assessment did not include a vision screening. The vision screening for one (1) child, enrolled on August 20, 2025, was conducted on March 11, 2026.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
The health assessment did not include a hearing screening. The health assessment for one (1) child, enrolled on August 20, 2025, did not include a hearing screening.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000519 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
May 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · May 13, 2025
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The most recent shelter-in-place/lockdown drill documented was conducted on August 23, 2025.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/21/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000519 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · August 27, 2024
When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. Administration of a prescription medication (Creon), which has been administered daily, was not documented.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024
Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. No playground inspection was conducted in April 2024 or May 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024
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 Emergency Information Form on file for the Administrator was last updated on August 10, 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000519 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 866-6077
- Address
- 5201 Lewis Road, Gastonia, 28052
- License
- 36000519
- 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 36000519 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 36000519 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.