Concord · Licensed center
La Petite Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 126 children.
- La Petite Academy: owned by American Securities (private equity).
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 6 of its 16 licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Apr 14, 2026Nothing cited
Mar 25, 20261 citation
Citation
“A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On March 20, 2026, a staff member placed an iPad sitting on the windowsill on a charger in proximity to where a child was napping. The iPad fell from windowsill, hitting a three-year-old child in the left eye causing an injury to the child’s eye.”
Violation corrected during visit
Jan 12, 20266 citations
Citation
“Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. Today rice was substituted for pasta and the menu was not updated.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. Two children in space 2 had feeding plans that were not dated when received by the center.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
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. A staff member hired on 6/16/25 did not have a medical report on file prior to employment. The report on file today was completed over four months after hire.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
Citation
“Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. A staff member hired on 11/28/22 did not have a current Emergency Information Form on file and available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
Citation
“Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. Staff members hired on 11/4/25 and 6/16/25 work in the infant classroom and do not have an ITS/SIDS training certificate on file and available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/4/2026
Citation
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on 11/28/22 did not have a staff development plan on file and available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
Mar 4, 20258 citations
Citation
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space 5 and space 4 a current activity plan was not posted.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Citation
“The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 2 three written feeding plans did not include the parent signature and was not dated when received by the center.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Citation
“Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 2 two medications did not have Permission to Administer forms.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Citation
“Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In space 3, two leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after authorization had expired.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Citation
“Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. A staff member hired on 9/23/24 and 6/3/24 did not did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file, which included all the required information.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Citation
“Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. A school age child did not have emergency and identifying information available on the bus used for transportation.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Citation
“Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns. An application on file for an infant did not include health care needs or concerns.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
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 9/4/24 did not complete the required Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
- Oct 28, 2024Nothing cited
- Sep 4, 2024Nothing cited
- Aug 14, 2024Nothing cited
Aug 7, 20247 citations
Citation
“Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. In space 1, three one 1 year old children, two 2 year old children and one 3 year old child was grouped together in one classroom.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Citation
“A child's hands were not washed after each diaper change. After a child's diaper was changed a teacher did not wash the child's hands.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Citation
“The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. Feeding schedules for four children did not have a parent signature or a date.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Citation
“Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. Two children were asleep and there were no sleep checks completed or documented.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22, 3/4/24, and 8/15/24 did not have a current First Aid certification on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 and 11/2/23 did not have a current CPR certification on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Citation
“Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. A staff member hired on 2/12/24 that works in the infant room did not have a current ITS/SIDS certificate on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
- Jul 23, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 16, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 12, 2024Nothing cited
- May 1, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 17, 20241 citation
Citation
“Children were not adequately supervised at all times. In space 1, one child that was two-years-old was left unsupervised. In space 1, one child that was two-years-old was left unsupervised for approximately 2.5 minutes.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 5/1/2024
Apr 16, 20249 citations
Citation
“All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. All classrooms had soiled walls and chipping paint.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
Citation
“All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In space 3 there a stool that was soiled. In space 2 a high chair was peeling.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2024
Citation
“A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On all playgrounds there was rust and chipping paint on playground equipment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
Citation
“Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In space 4 there were paper towel rolls in plastic packaging, wipes in plastic packaging, Ziploc bags and pull ups in plastic packaging.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Documentation of staff's education, training, and experience was not on file. Four staff members did not have documentation of their education in their file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2024
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member did not have a First Aid certificate on file.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member did not have a CPR certificate on file.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Three staff members did not have staff development plans completed.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2024
Citation
“Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. In space 2 one of the diaper creams did not have a permission to administer form. In space 2 a permission to administer form was expired. In space 2 the amount of diaper cream to administer was missing on the permission to administer form.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Sep 28, 2023Nothing cited
- Sep 20, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 16 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: more than 99% of 271.
How all 271 Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 271 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Someover 99%This center
- Allunder 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- April 14, 2026
- On file
- 16 visits since September 2023 — 10 cited nothing, 10 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 32 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 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · March 25, 2026
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On March 20, 2026, a staff member placed an iPad sitting on the windowsill on a charger in proximity to where a child was napping. The iPad fell from windowsill, hitting a three-year-old child in the left eye causing an injury to the child’s eye.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000088 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2026 Unannounced visit 6 findings
Unannounced visit · January 12, 2026
Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. Today rice was substituted for pasta and the menu was not updated.
Violation corrected during visit
The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. Two children in space 2 had feeding plans that were not dated when received by the center.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
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. A staff member hired on 6/16/25 did not have a medical report on file prior to employment. The report on file today was completed over four months after hire.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. A staff member hired on 11/28/22 did not have a current Emergency Information Form on file and available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. Staff members hired on 11/4/25 and 6/16/25 work in the infant classroom and do not have an ITS/SIDS training certificate on file and available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/4/2026
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on 11/28/22 did not have a staff development plan on file and available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/23/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000088 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 8 findings
Unannounced visit · March 4, 2025
A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space 5 and space 4 a current activity plan was not posted.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 2 three written feeding plans did not include the parent signature and was not dated when received by the center.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 2 two medications did not have Permission to Administer forms.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In space 3, two leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after authorization had expired.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. A staff member hired on 9/23/24 and 6/3/24 did not did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file, which included all the required information.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. A school age child did not have emergency and identifying information available on the bus used for transportation.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns. An application on file for an infant did not include health care needs or concerns.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
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 9/4/24 did not complete the required Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000088 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 7 findings
Unannounced visit · August 7, 2024
Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. In space 1, three one 1 year old children, two 2 year old children and one 3 year old child was grouped together in one classroom.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
A child's hands were not washed after each diaper change. After a child's diaper was changed a teacher did not wash the child's hands.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. Feeding schedules for four children did not have a parent signature or a date.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. Two children were asleep and there were no sleep checks completed or documented.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22, 3/4/24, and 8/15/24 did not have a current First Aid certification on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 and 11/2/23 did not have a current CPR certification on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. A staff member hired on 2/12/24 that works in the infant room did not have a current ITS/SIDS certificate on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/21/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000088 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 17, 2024
Children were not adequately supervised at all times. In space 1, one child that was two-years-old was left unsupervised. In space 1, one child that was two-years-old was left unsupervised for approximately 2.5 minutes.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 5/1/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000088 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 9 findings
Unannounced visit · April 16, 2024
All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. All classrooms had soiled walls and chipping paint.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In space 3 there a stool that was soiled. In space 2 a high chair was peeling.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2024
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On all playgrounds there was rust and chipping paint on playground equipment.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/14/2024
Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In space 4 there were paper towel rolls in plastic packaging, wipes in plastic packaging, Ziploc bags and pull ups in plastic packaging.
Violation corrected during visit
Documentation of staff's education, training, and experience was not on file. Four staff members did not have documentation of their education in their file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member did not have a First Aid certificate on file.
Violation corrected during visit
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member did not have a CPR certificate on file.
Violation corrected during visit
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Three staff members did not have staff development plans completed.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2024
Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. In space 2 one of the diaper creams did not have a permission to administer form. In space 2 a permission to administer form was expired. In space 2 the amount of diaper cream to administer was missing on the permission to administer form.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000088 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 786-1517
- Address
- 100 Transit Court NW, Concord, 28025
- License
- 13000088
- 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 13000088 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website, Who runs it — Checked October 2026 lapetite.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 american-securities.com
La Petite Academy is one of Learning Care Group's brands. The private-equity firm American Securities lists Learning Care Group among its current companies, an investment it made in 2014. american-securities.com
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.