Charlotte · Licensed center
Lincoln Heights Montessori Asep
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 150 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 8 licensing inspections since October 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 29, 20261 citation
Citation
“Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. The snack menu posted was not current with what the children were eating for snack.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Apr 14, 2026Nothing cited
Oct 6, 20251 citation
Citation
“Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. There was no documentation of a current fire inspection on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/7/2025
- Apr 30, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 7, 2024Nothing cited
- May 14, 2024Nothing cited
Jan 10, 20241 citation
Citation
“Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. The menu was not current with what the children were having for snack.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Oct 9, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 8 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 8 times had more: 81% of 73 had rules cited at 4 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%
- 3 of 814%This center
- 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
- September 29, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since October 2023 — 5 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 3 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.
Sep 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · September 29, 2026
Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. The snack menu posted was not current with what the children were eating for snack.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004299 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · October 6, 2025
Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. There was no documentation of a current fire inspection on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/7/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004299 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · January 10, 2024
Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. The menu was not current with what the children were having for snack.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004299 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (980) 343-5567
- Address
- 1900 Newcastle Street, Charlotte, 28216
- License
- 60004299
- Quality program
- Three 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 60004299 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 60004299 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.