Belmont · Licensed center
Childcare Network #144
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 155 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Childcare Network: owned by Glencoe Capital (private equity).
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 27, 2026Nothing cited
- Jan 12, 2026Nothing cited
- Jun 9, 2025Nothing cited
Feb 12, 20251 citation
Citation
“Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In Space #3, one (1) package of Ricola Cough Suppressant Oral Anesthetic was in the unlocked drawer of a plastic storage container on top of the cubbies used by children.”
Violation corrected during visit
May 21, 20242 citations
Citation
“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 #1, three packages of baby wipes in the plastic packaging were stored on the bottom shelf, less than five feet from the floor surface and accessible to seven toddlers, one year of age and three children, two years of age.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. In space #6, the sleep chart documentation noted that one infant, five months of age was initially placed on their side for sleeping at 9:45am, on their tummy at 12pm, and on their side at 2pm on May 20, 2024.In space #6, the sleep chart documentation noted that one infant, five months of age was initially placed on their tummy for sleeping at 9:45am on May 21, 2024. In space #6, the sleep chart documentation noted that one infant, nine months of age was initially placed on their tummy for sleeping at 9:30am and again at 11:45am on May 20, 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/23/2024
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections. Charlotte-area centers inspected 5 times split three ways: 20% had fewer, 45% the same, and 35% more (20 centers).
How all 20 Charlotte-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 20 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None15%
- 1 of 55%
- 2 of 545%This center
- 3 of 520%
- 4 of 55%
- All 510%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 27, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since May 2024 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 3 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.
Feb 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · February 12, 2025
Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In Space #3, one (1) package of Ricola Cough Suppressant Oral Anesthetic was in the unlocked drawer of a plastic storage container on top of the cubbies used by children.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000638 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
May 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · May 21, 2024
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 #1, three packages of baby wipes in the plastic packaging were stored on the bottom shelf, less than five feet from the floor surface and accessible to seven toddlers, one year of age and three children, two years of age.
Violation corrected during visit
Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. In space #6, the sleep chart documentation noted that one infant, five months of age was initially placed on their side for sleeping at 9:45am, on their tummy at 12pm, and on their side at 2pm on May 20, 2024.In space #6, the sleep chart documentation noted that one infant, five months of age was initially placed on their tummy for sleeping at 9:45am on May 21, 2024. In space #6, the sleep chart documentation noted that one infant, nine months of age was initially placed on their tummy for sleeping at 9:30am and again at 11:45am on May 20, 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/23/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000638 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 825-5115
- Address
- 310 Rl Stowe Road, Belmont, 28012
- License
- 36000638
- 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 36000638 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website, Who runs it — Checked October 2026 schools.childcarenetwork.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000638 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 glencap.com
Childcare Network is run by Child Development Schools, which the private-equity firm Glencoe Capital lists among its current companies, an investment it made in May 2006. A Congressional Research Service report (R48252) names Glencoe as the majority owner. glencap.com
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.