Cornelius · Licensed center
Leafspring School At Cornelius-The Village
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 199 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since December 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 22, 20262 citations
Citation
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member did not have an annual staff development plan on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/4/2026
Citation
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. There was no documentation of required shelter in place and or lockdown drill for June and September 2026.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/4/2026
Apr 21, 20262 citations
Citation
“New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 6 weeks of employment for a staff member.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 2 weeks of employment for a staff member.”
Violation corrected during visit
Oct 28, 20253 citations
Citation
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. There was no current activity plan posted for the school age group of children.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. There was no documentation on file of an annual EMC plan review for 3 staff members.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. There was no documentation on file of an annual EPR review for 3 staff members.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Apr 8, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 6, 20252 citations
Citation
“Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have a medical exam/health assessment record on file during today's visit.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025
Citation
“Each child was not immunized as per Article 6 of Chapter 130A and an immunization record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have an immunization record on file during today's visit.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025
- Dec 10, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had fewer: 54% of 79 had rules cited at 3 or fewer.
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%
- 4 of 620%This center
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 22, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since December 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 9 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 2 findings
Unannounced visit · October 22, 2026
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member did not have an annual staff development plan on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/4/2026
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. There was no documentation of required shelter in place and or lockdown drill for June and September 2026.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/4/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004372 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · April 21, 2026
New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 6 weeks of employment for a staff member.
Violation corrected during visit
Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 2 weeks of employment for a staff member.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004372 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · October 28, 2025
A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. There was no current activity plan posted for the school age group of children.
Violation corrected during visit
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. There was no documentation on file of an annual EMC plan review for 3 staff members.
Violation corrected during visit
The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. There was no documentation on file of an annual EPR review for 3 staff members.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004372 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · March 6, 2025
Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have a medical exam/health assessment record on file during today's visit.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025
Each child was not immunized as per Article 6 of Chapter 130A and an immunization record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have an immunization record on file during today's visit.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004372 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 235-3020
- Address
- 18120 Statesville Road, Cornelius, 28031
- License
- 60004372
- Quality program
- Four Star License
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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 60004372 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website leafspringcornelius.com
Large means the biggest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 163 to 528 children. Small is 11 to 50; medium is 51 to 162.