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Belmont · Licensed center

Preschool Connection, Inc.

preschoolconnectionlearningacademy.com

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 47 children.

What to know

They serve: Ages 2 years through 5th grade (Twos, Threes, Pre-K 4-5 years, and After School K-5th grade programs) (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 8 licensing inspections since October 2023.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Sep 28, 20262 citations
    • 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. The most recent fire inspection on file was conducted on May 23, 2026.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/6/2026

    • 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. One (1) staff member, employed on May 26, 2026, and one (1) staff member, employed on February 28, 2026, did not have a certificate of completion of Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment Training on file.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/6/2026

  • Apr 27, 2026Nothing cited
  • Oct 14, 20252 citations
    • 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 member, employed on October 14, 2025, did not have a TB test or TB screening on file.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/27/2025

    • Citation
      • “Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The most recent shelter-in-place/lockdown drill was conducted on May 9, 2025.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/27/2025

  • Apr 23, 2025Nothing cited
  • Nov 12, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jun 12, 20242 citations
    • 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. An approved fire inspection was conducted on December 15, 2022, and not again until April 29, 2024.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/21/2024

    • Citation
      • “Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. On the ramp to the playground, one (1) yellow, plastic dump truck, was cracked causing sharp, plastic edges.”

        Violation corrected during visit

  • Nov 29, 20233 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) staff member, employed on August 19, 2023, had a medical exam on file dated July 12, 2022.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/13/2023

    • 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 member, employed on August 19, 2023, had the results of a TB test on file dated July 12, 2022.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/13/2023

    • 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. One (1) staff member, employed on August 19, 2023, did not have an emergency information form on file.”

        Violation corrected during visit

  • Oct 16, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 8 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 8 times had more: 68% of 73 had rules cited at 5 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%
  • 4 of 812%This center
  • 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 28, 2026
On file
8 visits since October 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 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.

Sep 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · September 28, 2026

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. The most recent fire inspection on file was conducted on May 23, 2026.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/6/2026

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. One (1) staff member, employed on May 26, 2026, and one (1) staff member, employed on February 28, 2026, did not have a certificate of completion of Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment Training on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/6/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000267 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Apr 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · October 14, 2025

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 member, employed on October 14, 2025, did not have a TB test or TB screening on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/27/2025

Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The most recent shelter-in-place/lockdown drill was conducted on May 9, 2025.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/27/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000267 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Apr 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · June 12, 2024

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. An approved fire inspection was conducted on December 15, 2022, and not again until April 29, 2024.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/21/2024

Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. On the ramp to the playground, one (1) yellow, plastic dump truck, was cracked causing sharp, plastic edges.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000267 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · November 29, 2023

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) staff member, employed on August 19, 2023, had a medical exam on file dated July 12, 2022.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/13/2023

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 member, employed on August 19, 2023, had the results of a TB test on file dated July 12, 2022.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/13/2023

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. One (1) staff member, employed on August 19, 2023, did not have an emergency information form on file.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000267 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Oct 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(704) 827-5525
Address
301 Beatty Road, Belmont, 28012
License
36000267
Quality program
Five 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

Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.

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