Harrisburg · Licensed center
Harrisburg Elementary Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 36 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 16, 20264 citations
Citation
“Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. A Medication Administration Permission Form was not completed for an EpiPen in Space 1.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
Citation
“The health assessment did not include a hearing screening. The health assessment for one (1) child (DOE: 8/3/26) did not include a hearing screening.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
Citation
“A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The operator did not notify the Division of five staff members employed by the facility (DOH: 3/1/11, 8/10/20, 3/1/21, 8/1/25, and 10/17/22). The ABCMS Center Roster does not contain staff members.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
Citation
“Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. A child enrolled on 8/3/2026 did not have a medical action plan completed or attached to their application for a peanut allergy requiring an EpiPen in Space 1.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
- Nov 25, 2025Nothing cited
May 14, 20251 citation
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. A staff member hired on 3/1/11 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment on file and available for review during today's visit.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/28/2025
- Jan 8, 2025Nothing cited
Jan 24, 20242 citations
Citation
“Application was not signed by the parent. The four children files monitored did not have parent signatures.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/7/2024
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. Two staff member files that were monitored did not have their health questionnaires in a separate file. Once was located in the the Licensing Notebook and the other was in the Training Notebook.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Aug 15, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times split three ways: 35% had fewer, 19% the same, and 46% more (79 centers).
How all 79 Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 79 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None10%
- 1 of 65%
- 2 of 620%
- 3 of 619%This center
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 16, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since August 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 7 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 4 findings
Unannounced visit · October 16, 2026
Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. A Medication Administration Permission Form was not completed for an EpiPen in Space 1.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
The health assessment did not include a hearing screening. The health assessment for one (1) child (DOE: 8/3/26) did not include a hearing screening.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The operator did not notify the Division of five staff members employed by the facility (DOH: 3/1/11, 8/10/20, 3/1/21, 8/1/25, and 10/17/22). The ABCMS Center Roster does not contain staff members.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. A child enrolled on 8/3/2026 did not have a medical action plan completed or attached to their application for a peanut allergy requiring an EpiPen in Space 1.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000561 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 14, 2025
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. A staff member hired on 3/1/11 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment on file and available for review during today's visit.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/28/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000561 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · January 24, 2024
Application was not signed by the parent. The four children files monitored did not have parent signatures.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/7/2024
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. Two staff member files that were monitored did not have their health questionnaires in a separate file. Once was located in the the Licensing Notebook and the other was in the Training Notebook.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000561 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 260-6190
- Address
- 3900 Stallings Road, Harrisburg, 28075
- License
- 13000561
- 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 13000561 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 13000561 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
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.