Save The Children East C Street Academy

Center · Kannapolis · 505 East C Street

What kind of place is this?

Size 60 children licensed In the middle half for 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 6 of the 13 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?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Four Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
February 24, 2026
On file
13 visits since September 2023 — 7 cited nothing, 7 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 7 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.

Feb 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Feb 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · February 17, 2026

New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. A staff member hired on 11/24/25 did not have documentation of receiving at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/19/2026

DCDEE facility lookup

Sep 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · November 6, 2024

Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. On three different occasions I observed by video a staff member roughly handle two different children, ages one and two.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/11/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · August 29, 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 5/28/24 did not have a current First Aid certificate on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2024

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 5/28/24 did not have a current CPR certificate on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Apr 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · April 22, 2024

A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. The kitchen door was unlocked while not in use.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Feb 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Dec 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · December 8, 2023

Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In space 3 and space 4, a bottle of Benadryl was observed in the red emergency bag. You removed the Benadryl and placed it in locked storage during today's visit.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · September 29, 2023

Application for enrollment did not include all required information. One child's file did not document health concerns and symptoms on the application.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/10/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Save The Children East C Street Academy 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.

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.

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