Waxhaw · Licensed center
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Child Dev Ctr
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 83 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since October 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jun 17, 20261 citation
Citation
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space four (4) a current activity plan was not posted.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Mar 10, 2026Nothing cited
Mar 17, 20251 citation
Citation
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last emergency drill was recorded as occurring 11/2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/21/2025
- Oct 16, 2024Nothing cited
Mar 20, 20242 citations
Citation
“The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. The staff had completed a review of the EPR plan but the actual plan was not updated from the previous year.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. In the classroom serving four (4) and five (5) year old's a child's medication recently expired and while the facility has reached out to the parents to bring in a non-expired medication, the parents have not.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/28/2024
Oct 19, 20231 citation
Citation
“All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In the main hallway there was a closet that houses cleaning supplies and it was unlocked.”
Violation corrected during visit
The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had fewer: 54% of 79 had rules cited at 3 or fewer.
How all 79 Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 79 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None10%
- 1 of 65%
- 2 of 620%
- 3 of 619%
- 4 of 620%This center
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- June 17, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 2 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.
Jun 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · June 17, 2026
A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space four (4) a current activity plan was not posted.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000177 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · March 17, 2025
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last emergency drill was recorded as occurring 11/2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/21/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000177 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · March 20, 2024
The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. The staff had completed a review of the EPR plan but the actual plan was not updated from the previous year.
Violation corrected during visit
Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. In the classroom serving four (4) and five (5) year old's a child's medication recently expired and while the facility has reached out to the parents to bring in a non-expired medication, the parents have not.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/28/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000177 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · October 19, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 19, 2026
All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In the main hallway there was a closet that houses cleaning supplies and it was unlocked.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000177 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 843-5577
- Address
- 8100 Old Waxhaw Monroe Rd, Waxhaw, 28173
- License
- 90000177
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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 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 90000177 under License Number, and open the result.
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.