Kidz Are Fun Child Development Center #2

Center · Charlotte · 4262 Freedom Dr

What kind of place is this?

Size 40 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 3 of the 6 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 Five Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
March 26, 2026
On file
6 visits since September 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 2 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.

Mar 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
May 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · May 15, 2025

Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. Some children enrolled were did not have documentation of daily departure times from the center.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/27/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Sep 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · September 19, 2024

All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. The wall panels on the OLE have three holes in them.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/1/2024

The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of. Today I observed the following on the OLE: a rusted metal crate, table and two chairs not in good repair, toy containers not in good repair, muddy/ dirty foam mats and rugs (trash).

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/1/2024

A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. One (1) therapist that was present during today's visit, was alone with a student doing therapy. The provider did not have a qualification letter on file.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

May 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · September 21, 2023

The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of. During the walkthrough of the outdoor learning environment, I observed 2 storage bins that were full of molded rotted toys at the bottom of the stairs, along with 1 black storage bin full of water.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023

A violation was found for which there is no item number. During the walkthrough of the center, I noticed that there was an unlocked door in space #1 near the cozy corner, that leads to space #2. Space #2 leads to the kitchen, and during today's visit, the kitchen door was wide open/ not locked/ accessible to chidlren.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Kidz Are Fun Child Development Center #2 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.

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

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 Kidz Are Fun Child Development Center #2? 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.