Charlotte · Licensed center
Fran's Kids After School
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 21 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 25, 20261 citation
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 member (CE) did not have documentation of completing the health and safety trainings within one year of the start date.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2026
- Mar 24, 2026Nothing cited
Sep 2, 20253 citations
Citation
“All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. I observed the hand rail on the ramp to enter the building not in good repair.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2025
Citation
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. One staff member (PH) did not have documentation of completing the EMC plan since annually since it expired on 8/19/25.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2025
Citation
“The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. One staff member (PH) did not have documentation of completing the EPR plan since annually since it expired on 8/19/25.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2025
Apr 11, 20251 citation
Citation
“Lavatories were not kept clean, in good repair and kept free of storage. I observed build up on the floor under the toilet.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/14/2025
- Sep 3, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 15, 20242 citations
Citation
“When screen time was provided to school-aged children, it was not offered as a free-choice activity; not used to meet a developmental goal; was not limited to 30 minutes per day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. The child that was present during today's visit was on their phone, the provider did not have a screen time log.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
Citation
“A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. Upon entering the building, I observed an overgrowth of a plant outside the OLE gate, E.I., which is considered poisonous.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
Sep 5, 20231 citation
Citation
“A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. At the bottom of the walking ramp, I observed loose wires hanging from the building, accessible to children.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/20/2023
The state cited rules at 5 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had fewer: 56% of 86 had rules cited at 4 or fewer.
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%
- 4 of 721%
- 5 of 726%This center
- 6 of 716%
- All 72%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- August 25, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 8 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.
Aug 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · August 25, 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 member (CE) did not have documentation of completing the health and safety trainings within one year of the start date.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/11/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001632 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · September 2, 2025
All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. I observed the hand rail on the ramp to enter the building not in good repair.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2025
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. One staff member (PH) did not have documentation of completing the EMC plan since annually since it expired on 8/19/25.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2025
The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. One staff member (PH) did not have documentation of completing the EPR plan since annually since it expired on 8/19/25.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001632 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 11, 2025
Lavatories were not kept clean, in good repair and kept free of storage. I observed build up on the floor under the toilet.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/14/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001632 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · April 15, 2024
When screen time was provided to school-aged children, it was not offered as a free-choice activity; not used to meet a developmental goal; was not limited to 30 minutes per day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. The child that was present during today's visit was on their phone, the provider did not have a screen time log.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. Upon entering the building, I observed an overgrowth of a plant outside the OLE gate, E.I., which is considered poisonous.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001632 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · September 5, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. At the bottom of the walking ramp, I observed loose wires hanging from the building, accessible to children.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/20/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001632 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 372-7850
- Address
- 1308 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, 28216
- License
- 60001632
- Quality program
- Four 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.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60001632 under License Number, and open the result.
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.