Charlotte · Licensed center
The Nest At Charlotte Latin School
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 72 children.
What to know
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 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 28, 20261 citation
Citation
“Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In space #1 and #3, there was a bottle of Benadryl stored in a clear bag that was not in locked storage.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Dec 10, 2025Nothing cited
May 15, 20253 citations
Citation
“Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. The wood boarder at the base of top of the slide and boarders around the garden beds had paint that was chipping.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/20/2025
Citation
“Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. An infant in space #1 was asleep. It was documented that the infant was placed in the crib at 9:15AM however, a visual check was not completed until 9:37AM while I was in the classroom.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“The EPR Plan did not include evacuation diagrams showing how the staff, children, and any other individuals who may be present will evacuate during an emergency. Evacuation diagrams were not included in the EPR plan.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/20/2025
Oct 31, 20242 citations
Citation
“All children were not held or placed in feeding chairs or other appropriate apparatus to be fed. An infant was placed on a boppy while eating a bottle.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/5/2024
Citation
“Each infant was not served only bottles labeled with their individual name. A child in the infant room was fed another child's bottle.”
Violation corrected during visit
Sep 4, 20246 citations
Citation
“Outdoor play area was not enclosed by fence with a minimum height of 4 feet. The top of the fence, less than six feet, was not free from protrusions. The chain link fencing measures 3'6" behind the hill slide, on the preschool playground.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
Citation
“A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. One sunscreen was observed in Space 3; the sunscreen expired 4/24.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. You have not reviewed the EMC plan with the substitute annual, she has been subbing since 2020.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
Citation
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. The substitute that has been employed since 2020, has not had an annual review or had a staff development plan.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
Citation
“All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. You have not reviewed the EPR plan with the substitute, she has been subbing since 2020.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
Citation
“Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. One Benadryl on site, for a child with a medical condition requiring the medication when needed, does not have written permission from his physician. The child is 4 years old and the Benadryl instructions states 2-5 years do not use unless directed by a doctor.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
- Mar 27, 2024Nothing cited
Sep 20, 20233 citations
Citation
“The written feeding plan was not modified as the child's needs changed. One feeding schedule was not current.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. Space 2 - 1 petroleum jelly expired 5/23. Space 4 - 1 sunscreen expired 6/23.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“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. 4 new staff that were hired 7/31/23 did not review or sign the policy until 8/22/23.”
Violation corrected during visit
The state cited rules at 5 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had fewer: 56% of 86 had rules cited at 4 or fewer.
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%
- 4 of 721%
- 5 of 726%This center
- 6 of 716%
- All 72%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- April 28, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 15 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.
Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 28, 2026
Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In space #1 and #3, there was a bottle of Benadryl stored in a clear bag that was not in locked storage.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003199 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
May 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · May 15, 2025
Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. The wood boarder at the base of top of the slide and boarders around the garden beds had paint that was chipping.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/20/2025
Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. An infant in space #1 was asleep. It was documented that the infant was placed in the crib at 9:15AM however, a visual check was not completed until 9:37AM while I was in the classroom.
Violation corrected during visit
The EPR Plan did not include evacuation diagrams showing how the staff, children, and any other individuals who may be present will evacuate during an emergency. Evacuation diagrams were not included in the EPR plan.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/20/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003199 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 31, 2024
All children were not held or placed in feeding chairs or other appropriate apparatus to be fed. An infant was placed on a boppy while eating a bottle.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/5/2024
Each infant was not served only bottles labeled with their individual name. A child in the infant room was fed another child's bottle.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003199 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2024 Unannounced visit 6 findings
Unannounced visit · September 4, 2024
Outdoor play area was not enclosed by fence with a minimum height of 4 feet. The top of the fence, less than six feet, was not free from protrusions. The chain link fencing measures 3'6" behind the hill slide, on the preschool playground.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. One sunscreen was observed in Space 3; the sunscreen expired 4/24.
Violation corrected during visit
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. You have not reviewed the EMC plan with the substitute annual, she has been subbing since 2020.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. The substitute that has been employed since 2020, has not had an annual review or had a staff development plan.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. You have not reviewed the EPR plan with the substitute, she has been subbing since 2020.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. One Benadryl on site, for a child with a medical condition requiring the medication when needed, does not have written permission from his physician. The child is 4 years old and the Benadryl instructions states 2-5 years do not use unless directed by a doctor.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/16/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003199 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · September 20, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
The written feeding plan was not modified as the child's needs changed. One feeding schedule was not current.
Violation corrected during visit
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. Space 2 - 1 petroleum jelly expired 5/23. Space 4 - 1 sunscreen expired 6/23.
Violation corrected during visit
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
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. 4 new staff that were hired 7/31/23 did not review or sign the policy until 8/22/23.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003199 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 846-7270
- Address
- 9502 Providence Road, Charlotte, 28277
- License
- 60003199
- 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
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003199 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website charlottelatin.org
- Ages they serve charlottelatin.org
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.