Charlotte · Licensed center
Smithfield Church Road Elementary 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 7 licensing inspections since October 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 28, 2026Nothing cited
- Sep 18, 2025Nothing cited
- May 27, 2025Nothing cited
Nov 4, 20241 citation
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 photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported. This is a repeat violation.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024
Oct 2, 20242 citations
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 photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024
Citation
“Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. All health and safety training topics were not complete within one (1) year for two employees.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/14/2024
- Apr 9, 2024Nothing cited
Oct 18, 20232 citations
Citation
“Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. Children did not wash their after outside play before transitioning to indoor play.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023
Citation
“Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. One (1) staff member was observed with a McDonalds cup.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 65% of 86 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 86 Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None5%
- 1 of 78%
- 2 of 73%
- 3 of 719%This center
- 4 of 721%
- 5 of 726%
- 6 of 716%
- All 72%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 28, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since October 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 5 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.
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · November 4, 2024
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 photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported. This is a repeat violation.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · October 2, 2024
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 photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024
Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. All health and safety training topics were not complete within one (1) year for two employees.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/14/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · October 18, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 18, 2026
Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. Children did not wash their after outside play before transitioning to indoor play.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 18, 2026
Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. One (1) staff member was observed with a McDonalds cup.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (980) 343-6550
- Address
- 3200 Smithfield Church Road, Charlotte, 28210
- License
- 60000378
- 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 60000378 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 60000378 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.