Monroe · Licensed center

Creative Care Christian Preschool

creativecarenc.org

At a glance

Medium play-based center, licensed for 101 children.
Ages They list: 2 through 5 years old (Early Education Program: 2 Year Olds, 3 Year Olds, and 4 & 5 Year Old Pre-Kindergarten).
Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
Tuition $500 to $520 a month, half day; the age it is for isn’t stated. See costs
Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.

From their website, read July 2026:

“One’s Classroom 1:6”

“Two’s Classroom 1:10”

“Three’s Classroom 1:15”

“Four’s Classroom ‐ 1:25”

The state’s rule

North Carolina sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in 10A NCAC 09 .0713(a).

Children 0 to 12 months: one adult for every five.

Children 12 to 24 months: one adult for every six.

Children 2 to 3 years: one adult for every ten.

Children 3 to 4 years: one adult for every fifteen.

Children 4 to 5 years: one adult for every twenty.

Children 5 years and older: one adult for every 25.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since November 2023.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Oct 19, 2026Nothing cited
Mar 30, 20262 citations
- 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. Staff member K.A.C. did not have, on file, a TB test stating they were free of active TB.”
  Violation corrected during visit
- Citation
  “Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. A child did not have an updated form giving standing permission to give perscribed medication.”
  Violation corrected during visit
Oct 30, 2025Nothing cited
Apr 8, 2025Nothing cited
Nov 5, 2024Nothing cited
May 10, 20242 citations
- Citation
  “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 the foyer area where the children enter the building there was one aerosol air freshener that was on the welcome table under the parent board. This was secured and removed, placed in locked storage during the visit.”
  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. One staff, JF, did not complete the required training within 90 days of employment: 12/12/2023.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/10/2024
Nov 7, 20237 citations
- Citation
  “Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. Of the four children that had medication on site one child did not have a permission form completed and the other child's permission form had just been signed by parent with no information on when or how to administer medication (See children's worksheets).”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
- Citation
  “All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Six staff files were monitored, and one staff person did not have the required annual health questionnaire (see staff and training worksheet.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
- 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. Six staff files were reviewed, and one staff file did not have current emergency information (see staff and training worksheets).”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
- Citation
  “All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. Six staff files were monitored and two staff did not have certifications for First Aid.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
- Citation
  “All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. Six staff files were monitored and two staff did not have certifications for CPR.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
- Citation
  “The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. At the bottom of the slide in Playground #2 there was mulch, but the depth of surfacing material did not meet the required 6 inches.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
- 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. Six staff files were monitored, and one staff did not have their medical report maintained separately.”
  Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023

The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 65% of 86 had rules cited at 4 or more.

How all 86 Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times compare

Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None5%
1 of 78%
2 of 73%
3 of 719%This center
4 of 721%
5 of 726%
6 of 716%
All 72%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit: October 19, 2026
On file: 7 visits since November 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
Fixed?: All 11 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 nothing cited

Mar 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · March 30, 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. Staff member K.A.C. did not have, on file, a TB test stating they were free of active TB.

Violation corrected during visit

Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. A child did not have an updated form giving standing permission to give perscribed medication.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000425 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Apr 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Nov 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited

May 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · May 10, 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 the foyer area where the children enter the building there was one aerosol air freshener that was on the welcome table under the parent board. This was secured and removed, placed in locked storage during the visit.

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. One staff, JF, did not complete the required training within 90 days of employment: 12/12/2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/10/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000425 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 7 findings

Unannounced visit · November 7, 2023