Charlotte · Licensed center
Justice Kids Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 56 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 8 licensing inspections since February 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 14, 2026Nothing cited
Jun 30, 20263 citations
Citation
“Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. A three (3) year old was grouped in children between 12 and 24 months of age in space four (4).”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026
Citation
“Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations. The vehicle used to transport children enrolled in the child care center's current insurance information was not available.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026
Citation
“A child was yelled at, shamed, humiliated, frightened, threatened or bullied. A child was yelled at "I said stop", and told that they "would sit in time out until lunch".”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026
- Jan 8, 2026Nothing cited
- Jul 8, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 23, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 30, 2024Nothing cited
Jul 16, 20243 citations
Citation
“Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. One (1) child care provider's medical report was older than 12 months.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/30/2024
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. One (1) staff person's TB test or screening was older than 12 months.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/30/2024
Citation
“All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Two (2) staff did not complete an annual health questionnaire on or before the first day of work.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Feb 7, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 8 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 8 times had more: 95% of 73 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 73 Charlotte-area centers inspected 8 times compare
Of the 73 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 81%
- 2 of 84%This center
- 3 of 814%
- 4 of 812%
- 5 of 829%
- 6 of 823%
- 7 of 815%
- All 81%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 14, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since February 2024 — 6 cited nothing, 5 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 6 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.
Jun 2026 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · June 30, 2026
Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. A three (3) year old was grouped in children between 12 and 24 months of age in space four (4).
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026
Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations. The vehicle used to transport children enrolled in the child care center's current insurance information was not available.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026
A child was yelled at, shamed, humiliated, frightened, threatened or bullied. A child was yelled at "I said stop", and told that they "would sit in time out until lunch".
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 7/14/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003937 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · July 16, 2024
Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. One (1) child care provider's medical report was older than 12 months.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/30/2024
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. One (1) staff person's TB test or screening was older than 12 months.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/30/2024
All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Two (2) staff did not complete an annual health questionnaire on or before the first day of work.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003937 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (980) 237-1194
- Address
- 9137 Sharonbrook Drive, Charlotte, 28210
- License
- 60003937
- 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 60003937 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 60003937 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
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.