The Learning Tree

Center · Huntersville · 8519 Gilead Road

What kind of place is this?

Size 140 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 4 of the 8 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

License status Active
Website lakeforest.org

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
March 26, 2026
On file
8 visits since October 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 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.

Mar 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · September 25, 2025

A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to a parent of every child enrolled in the center. Two children files did not have documentation that the parent received information regarding the summary of the law.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/26/2025

Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. In space #9, there was a torn climbing structure accessible to children.

Violation corrected during visit

A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. In space#9 there was a child's diaper cream with expired permission to give dates. In space #8, there was a child's diaper cream with expired permission to give dates.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/26/2025

The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. Two staff files did have signed acknowledgement of the policy.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Jul 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · March 26, 2025

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. In spaces #3 there was a teacher's Sprite and Duncan donuts drink. In space #2, there was teacher's diet cola drink.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

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

Unannounced visit · April 10, 2024

All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. In space #9, there is peeling paint on wall near trash can and book area.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/19/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · October 2, 2023

A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. All children's medication that required an action plan was on file. However, in space #8 a child's epi-pen was on the incorrect medication administering form. In space #5, there was no medication administering form for the prescribed cream for G. H. In space 10, a child's epi-pen was on the incorrect medication administering form. In space #2, a child's epi-pen was on the incorrect medication administering form. In the locked cabinet in the office, incorrect medication administering forms for a child's Benadryl, Motrin, and Genzxia allergy medicine.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/6/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

The Learning Tree 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.

Do you run The Learning Tree? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.