Early Visions Academy

Center · Gastonia · 818 S. Church Street

What kind of place is this?

Size 50 children licensed In the middle half for Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit North Carolina DCDEE names a limited company as the licensee, and it is not in the IRS register of tax-exempt organisations. ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 2 of the 5 visits below. Across Charlotte centers it cites something at about 57% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Charlotte with Charlotte and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Four Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
July 15, 2026
On file
5 visits since August 2025 — 3 cited nothing, 2 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.

Jul 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jan 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · December 17, 2025

Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. One incident report dated October 28, 2025, was not maintained in the child's file. The incident report was maintained in a the file with the incident log.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · October 16, 2025

Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. Children in space #2 were served ham, wheat bread, mozzarella cheese sticks, green beans, clementines, "Cheez Doodles," and milk for lunch. The menu that was posted in space #2, and dated October 13, 2025 through October 17, 2025, listed the following food items for lunch on October 16, 2025, turkey lunchmeat, wheat bread, tator tots, green beans, and milk.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/28/2025

Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. Two staff, with hire dates of October 1, 2025, did not have documentation on file that six clock hours of training in the required topic areas were received within the first two weeks of employment.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/28/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2025 Announced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Early Visions Academy hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious.North Carolina DCDEE records the correction in its own words, but never says how serious it was.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Early Visions Academy? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.