10A NCAC 09 .0302 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/16/2025 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 5/16/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 100 Time In: 09:40 AM Time Out: 11:20 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable Child Care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. You, Melanie Bradley, assisted me with today’s visit. I observed the required posted in the foyer area including the following: five-star rated license, NC Summary of Child Care Law dated February 2025, sanitation placard, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Emergency Phone Numbers, First Aid poster, tobacco free signage, daily schedule, current activity plan, and safe arrival and departure procedures. Your program currently operates with a five-star license, issued on May 11, 2023, earning seven (7) points in staff education, six (6) points in program standards and one (1) quality point for having all lead teachers have an AAS or higher in EC/CD, for a total of 14 total points earned. Your facility operates with the following permit restrictions: daytime care only, meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. Your center's compliance history was 97% prior to today’s visit. Your last annual compliance visit was conducted on January 9, 2025. I monitored the indoor and outdoor areas. I observed children throughout the classrooms participating in free play in activity areas, transitions, and personal care routines. I monitored for general safety, storage of hazardous products, appropriate discipline, storage of medication and medication administration. Program records including emergency medical care plan, safe arrival and departure procedures, incident log, outdoor safety inspections, fire drills, emergency drills and your Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan were monitored. Today, I reviewed staff record files for three (3) returning staff members to verify current and valid Criminal Background Check qualification letters, valid CPR and First Aid training, completion of the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment and special trainings. There were no new staff members to monitor today. Your program Administrator sent me your current handbook by email and it included: written operational, administrative, and personnel policies and your parent participation plan. You stated your written policies and procedures had not changed. Children were adequately supervised, minimum staff-child ratios were maintained, adequate approved space was used, enhanced space capacities were maintained, and permit restrictions including daytime care only, meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space, were maintained during today’s visit. Today’s lunch listed on the menu was hamburger, crinkle French fries, cole slaw and 1% unflavored white milk. I monitored two (2) medications, two (2) medication permission to administer forms and two (2) Medical Action Plans. I monitored screen time logs, the incident report log and the 2024-2025 Bandy’s High School -School Risk Management plan. You stated that your program does not provide transportation. Your most recent fire drill was conducted on April 29, 2025, and has been completed monthly for the past twelve (12) months and your most recent shelter in place emergency drill was conducted on March 8, 2025, and has been completed quarterly. Your most recent fire inspection was completed on September 5, 2024, and was sent to me by email. Your most recent sanitation inspection was completed on December 6, 2024, with a superior classification. During today’s visit I monitored for all health and safety requirements. The following violation was cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 125 Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. One (1) child was not signed in on the daily sign in/out sheet. 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: • One (1) child was not signed in on the daily sign in/out sheet. As discussed, all children must be signed in at arrival and departure. I suggest that once all children are present and as children depart a staff person checks the daily sign-in sheet to ensure that all children have been signed in/out by a parent or staff member. This violation was corrected during the visit by the teacher signing the child in. CONSULTATION: • DCDEE Resources - Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. - Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Licensing/Getting-a-License - Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development - Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings - Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy - DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New • Child Care facility’s now have until May 31, 2025, to enroll in the lead in water testing, lead based paint testing and Asbestos testing through Clean Water for US Kids. The following link will take you to the website to enroll https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/. • ABCMS SYSTEM: The process of notifying the Division of any new child care providers working who are hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS in an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement as stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you. • Fire inspections are to be sent to the consultant within 7 business days of the inspection being completed. If the fire inspection report is not sent to the consultant within 7 business days a violation will be cited at the next monitoring visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you or the school principal forward the email containing the fire inspection report to me when you receive it from the fire inspector. • When reviewing Staff Files, Children’s Files, and Program Records, utilize the Staff Files Checklist, Children’s File Checklist, Volunteer Files Checklist and the Program Records File Checklist to ensure that you are maintaining compliance with all of the files that are monitored by DCDEE and that all of the documents within those files are current, accurate and relevant. These forms should be updated annually with staff files, children’s records and program record documents to ensure that all information stored in your facilities files are current and accurate prior to DCDEE monitoring visits. These file checklists can be found on the DCDEE website under provider documents. • Located on the DCDEE website there is an editable form of the staff and training worksheet that you may utilize when completing the staff and training worksheet to assist you with being prepared for your upcoming monitoring visits. This document can be downloaded to your computer and completed electronically. • Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ to get the latest information for child care settings and child care updates including the most up to date documents and forms. • Visit NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center at http://healthychildcare.unc.edu to find the following resources: technical assistance, coaching support, resources, handwashing and diapering posters, monthly newsletters, and a list of approved in-service trainings including, but not limited to, ITS-SIDS training and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. COMPLIANCE PLAN: No compliance documentation is needed. All violations that were cited during today’s visit were corrected during the visit. In the visit summary, I documented the corrective actions taken today to correct the violation. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you and your staff do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (980)434-3877 or by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/16/2025 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 5/16/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 100 Time In: 09:40 AM Time Out: 11:20 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable Child Care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. You, Melanie Bradley, assisted me with today’s visit. I observed the required posted in the foyer area including the following: five-star rated license, NC Summary of Child Care Law dated February 2025, sanitation placard, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Emergency Phone Numbers, First Aid poster, tobacco free signage, daily schedule, current activity plan, and safe arrival and departure procedures. Your program currently operates with a five-star license, issued on May 11, 2023, earning seven (7) points in staff education, six (6) points in program standards and one (1) quality point for having all lead teachers have an AAS or higher in EC/CD, for a total of 14 total points earned. Your facility operates with the following permit restrictions: daytime care only, meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. Your center's compliance history was 97% prior to today’s visit. Your last annual compliance visit was conducted on January 9, 2025. I monitored the indoor and outdoor areas. I observed children throughout the classrooms participating in free play in activity areas, transitions, and personal care routines. I monitored for general safety, storage of hazardous products, appropriate discipline, storage of medication and medication administration. Program records including emergency medical care plan, safe arrival and departure procedures, incident log, outdoor safety inspections, fire drills, emergency drills and your Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan were monitored. Today, I reviewed staff record files for three (3) returning staff members to verify current and valid Criminal Background Check qualification letters, valid CPR and First Aid training, completion of the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment and special trainings. There were no new staff members to monitor today. Your program Administrator sent me your current handbook by email and it included: written operational, administrative, and personnel policies and your parent participation plan. You stated your written policies and procedures had not changed. Children were adequately supervised, minimum staff-child ratios were maintained, adequate approved space was used, enhanced space capacities were maintained, and permit restrictions including daytime care only, meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space, were maintained during today’s visit. Today’s lunch listed on the menu was hamburger, crinkle French fries, cole slaw and 1% unflavored white milk. I monitored two (2) medications, two (2) medication permission to administer forms and two (2) Medical Action Plans. I monitored screen time logs, the incident report log and the 2024-2025 Bandy’s High School -School Risk Management plan. You stated that your program does not provide transportation. Your most recent fire drill was conducted on April 29, 2025, and has been completed monthly for the past twelve (12) months and your most recent shelter in place emergency drill was conducted on March 8, 2025, and has been completed quarterly. Your most recent fire inspection was completed on September 5, 2024, and was sent to me by email. Your most recent sanitation inspection was completed on December 6, 2024, with a superior classification. During today’s visit I monitored for all health and safety requirements. The following violation was cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 125 Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. One (1) child was not signed in on the daily sign in/out sheet. 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: • One (1) child was not signed in on the daily sign in/out sheet. As discussed, all children must be signed in at arrival and departure. I suggest that once all children are present and as children depart a staff person checks the daily sign-in sheet to ensure that all children have been signed in/out by a parent or staff member. This violation was corrected during the visit by the teacher signing the child in. CONSULTATION: • DCDEE Resources - Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. - Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Licensing/Getting-a-License - Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development - Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings - Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy - DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New • Child Care facility’s now have until May 31, 2025, to enroll in the lead in water testing, lead based paint testing and Asbestos testing through Clean Water for US Kids. The following link will take you to the website to enroll https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/. • ABCMS SYSTEM: The process of notifying the Division of any new child care providers working who are hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS in an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement as stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you. • Fire inspections are to be sent to the consultant within 7 business days of the inspection being completed. If the fire inspection report is not sent to the consultant within 7 business days a violation will be cited at the next monitoring visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you or the school principal forward the email containing the fire inspection report to me when you receive it from the fire inspector. • When reviewing Staff Files, Children’s Files, and Program Records, utilize the Staff Files Checklist, Children’s File Checklist, Volunteer Files Checklist and the Program Records File Checklist to ensure that you are maintaining compliance with all of the files that are monitored by DCDEE and that all of the documents within those files are current, accurate and relevant. These forms should be updated annually with staff files, children’s records and program record documents to ensure that all information stored in your facilities files are current and accurate prior to DCDEE monitoring visits. These file checklists can be found on the DCDEE website under provider documents. • Located on the DCDEE website there is an editable form of the staff and training worksheet that you may utilize when completing the staff and training worksheet to assist you with being prepared for your upcoming monitoring visits. This document can be downloaded to your computer and completed electronically. • Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ to get the latest information for child care settings and child care updates including the most up to date documents and forms. • Visit NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center at http://healthychildcare.unc.edu to find the following resources: technical assistance, coaching support, resources, handwashing and diapering posters, monthly newsletters, and a list of approved in-service trainings including, but not limited to, ITS-SIDS training and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. COMPLIANCE PLAN: No compliance documentation is needed. All violations that were cited during today’s visit were corrected during the visit. In the visit summary, I documented the corrective actions taken today to correct the violation. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you and your staff do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (980)434-3877 or by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

10A NCAC 09 .3009 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/9/2025 Number Present: 16 Completed Date: 1/9/2025 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 155 Time In: 10:40 AM Time Out: 01:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit, including compliance with requirements located in Child Care Rule Section .3000 in spaces # 401, where children participating in the NC Pre-K program are cared for. Melanie Bradley, Lead Teacher, assisted me with today’s visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on January 19, 2024. Your facilities compliance history score was 98% as of January 8, 2025. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated that there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, or corporate contact for the facility. I reviewed the facility permit with you today. Your program currently operates with a five-star license, issued May 11, 2023, earning 7 points in staff education component, 6 points in the program standards component (meets enhanced space and meets enhanced ratios) and 1 quality point for all lead teachers have an AAS or higher in ECE/CD. Your facility operates with the following permit restrictions: daytime care only meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. The following required postings were prominently posted throughout the classroom: Five-star rated license, NC Summary of Child Care Law dated September 2023, safe arrival and departure procedure, First Aid poster, sanitation placard, tobacco free signage, daily schedule, menu, emergency numbers, and the Emergency Medical Care Plan. Adequate/approved space, capacity, supervision, staff/child ratios, group size, and appropriate discipline were observed today. Your most recent fire inspection was conducted on September 5, 2024, and your most recent sanitation inspection was completed December 6, 2024, with a “Superior” classification. On December 16, 2024, you completed a lockdown emergency drill. I monitored your incident report log, and playground inspections. Screen time was logged on your activity plan. Daily sign in/out sheets and attendance were monitored. You stated that your program uses the Bandy’s Elementary’s School Risk Management Plan for the 2024-2025 school year. Your EPR plan was monitored and current. Your program was also monitored for compliance with NC Pre-K requirements including: The Creative Curriculum being used as the approved curriculum as required for all four and five star licensed facilities where four-year-old children are enrolled. Today I visited your indoor and outdoor space. Children were interacting positively with their teachers and peers as they participated in free choice play, toileting routines, transitions and whole group learning. Teacher interactions with children were positive and nurturing. The lunch listed on the menu for today included cheese or pepperoni pizza, mashed potatoes, golden corn, and 1% unflavored white milk. The NC Pre-K requirements in section .3000 of the child care rules were monitored for compliance. The NC Pre-K Program Site Monitoring Tool was reviewed today. Staff-child ratios and maximum group sizes required in Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .3009 were verified in compliance. The current NC PreK staff includes lead teacher, Melanie Bradley, Lead Teacher, Britany Weaver, Teacher Assistant. A selection of files was monitored for completed health assessments and developmental screenings. You stated you were in the process of completing the ASQ and the Dial 4 formative assessments. The center uses the Teaching Strategies Gold instrument to document evidence of children's ongoing progress. The checkpoint assessments are conducted three times per year: at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. You stated that there was 1 medication, 1 medication permission to administer form and no Medical Action plans to monitor. Your facility does not provide transportation. A random sampling of 3 children’s records were monitored. I monitored 1 existing staff file was monitored. All health and safety requirements were monitored. The “Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Child Care Centers” was used during today’s visit. The following violation was cited. Violation Number Comment Rule 1882 Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. One medication permission to administer form for Ventolin HFA 90mcg did not identify the beginning and end dates of the standing order. .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) Technical Assistance: • One medication permission to administer form for Ventolin HFA 90mcg did not identify the beginning and end dates of the standing order. As discussed, when completing documents all information must be identified accurately on the form. Medication permission to administer forms providing standing orders must list the specific dates of the standing orders. I suggest that when receiving documents that have been completed by a parent/guardian that you review the forms for accuracy prior to filing placement. Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before January 23, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware that any information submitted by you is considered legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant P.O. Box 6591 Statesville, NC 28677 meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Consultation: • Fire inspections are to be sent to the consultant within 7 business days of the inspection being completed. If the fire inspection report is not sent to the consultant within 7 business days a violation will be cited at the next monitoring visit. • One staff member with a hire date of 2/1/2021, has a criminal background letter that will expire on 6/8/2025. Be sure to begin the process of updating the criminal background check in enough time that will prevent the current letter from expiring. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting DCDEE new website at http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/general/home.asp. • In other great news, at the urging of NCLCCA and our members and advocates, state legislators approved Senate Bill 425 today (June 27, which extends the “hold-harmless” period for licensed child care providers’ star ratings and the ongoing pause on mandatory Rated-License assessments until a new, modernized QRIS (star-rating system) is implemented. (DCDEE does not expect it to be ready before at least the fall of 2025.) This means that NO licensed child care providers have to undergo a Rated-License assessment after June 30, not even those in “Cohort 1.” Effectively, there is no longer a plan to resume assessments until after we have a new QRIS system, which the NC Child Care Commission is currently working to implement through rulemaking. * Senate Bill 425 still has to be signed by the governor to take effect, but Governor Cooper is expected to sign it before the June 30 deadline that would have eliminated the “hold-harmless” period and pause on assessments. This is a huge relief for licensed child care providers statewide and a testament to the power of advocacy when work together! Senate Bill 425 also immediately implements the new accreditation pathway for achieving star-ratings, meaning that once Governor Cooper signs the bill, any licensed child care program with the following early childhood accreditations will automatically receive a 5-Star rating – without having to do anything else. • As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS in an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant, by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov, 980-434-3877 or Erin Pickard, Licensing Supervisor, erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/9/2025 Number Present: 16 Completed Date: 1/9/2025 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 155 Time In: 10:40 AM Time Out: 01:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit, including compliance with requirements located in Child Care Rule Section .3000 in spaces # 401, where children participating in the NC Pre-K program are cared for. Melanie Bradley, Lead Teacher, assisted me with today’s visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on January 19, 2024. Your facilities compliance history score was 98% as of January 8, 2025. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated that there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, or corporate contact for the facility. I reviewed the facility permit with you today. Your program currently operates with a five-star license, issued May 11, 2023, earning 7 points in staff education component, 6 points in the program standards component (meets enhanced space and meets enhanced ratios) and 1 quality point for all lead teachers have an AAS or higher in ECE/CD. Your facility operates with the following permit restrictions: daytime care only meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. The following required postings were prominently posted throughout the classroom: Five-star rated license, NC Summary of Child Care Law dated September 2023, safe arrival and departure procedure, First Aid poster, sanitation placard, tobacco free signage, daily schedule, menu, emergency numbers, and the Emergency Medical Care Plan. Adequate/approved space, capacity, supervision, staff/child ratios, group size, and appropriate discipline were observed today. Your most recent fire inspection was conducted on September 5, 2024, and your most recent sanitation inspection was completed December 6, 2024, with a “Superior” classification. On December 16, 2024, you completed a lockdown emergency drill. I monitored your incident report log, and playground inspections. Screen time was logged on your activity plan. Daily sign in/out sheets and attendance were monitored. You stated that your program uses the Bandy’s Elementary’s School Risk Management Plan for the 2024-2025 school year. Your EPR plan was monitored and current. Your program was also monitored for compliance with NC Pre-K requirements including: The Creative Curriculum being used as the approved curriculum as required for all four and five star licensed facilities where four-year-old children are enrolled. Today I visited your indoor and outdoor space. Children were interacting positively with their teachers and peers as they participated in free choice play, toileting routines, transitions and whole group learning. Teacher interactions with children were positive and nurturing. The lunch listed on the menu for today included cheese or pepperoni pizza, mashed potatoes, golden corn, and 1% unflavored white milk. The NC Pre-K requirements in section .3000 of the child care rules were monitored for compliance. The NC Pre-K Program Site Monitoring Tool was reviewed today. Staff-child ratios and maximum group sizes required in Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .3009 were verified in compliance. The current NC PreK staff includes lead teacher, Melanie Bradley, Lead Teacher, Britany Weaver, Teacher Assistant. A selection of files was monitored for completed health assessments and developmental screenings. You stated you were in the process of completing the ASQ and the Dial 4 formative assessments. The center uses the Teaching Strategies Gold instrument to document evidence of children's ongoing progress. The checkpoint assessments are conducted three times per year: at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. You stated that there was 1 medication, 1 medication permission to administer form and no Medical Action plans to monitor. Your facility does not provide transportation. A random sampling of 3 children’s records were monitored. I monitored 1 existing staff file was monitored. All health and safety requirements were monitored. The “Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Child Care Centers” was used during today’s visit. The following violation was cited. Violation Number Comment Rule 1882 Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. One medication permission to administer form for Ventolin HFA 90mcg did not identify the beginning and end dates of the standing order. .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) Technical Assistance: • One medication permission to administer form for Ventolin HFA 90mcg did not identify the beginning and end dates of the standing order. As discussed, when completing documents all information must be identified accurately on the form. Medication permission to administer forms providing standing orders must list the specific dates of the standing orders. I suggest that when receiving documents that have been completed by a parent/guardian that you review the forms for accuracy prior to filing placement. Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before January 23, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware that any information submitted by you is considered legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant P.O. Box 6591 Statesville, NC 28677 meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Consultation: • Fire inspections are to be sent to the consultant within 7 business days of the inspection being completed. If the fire inspection report is not sent to the consultant within 7 business days a violation will be cited at the next monitoring visit. • One staff member with a hire date of 2/1/2021, has a criminal background letter that will expire on 6/8/2025. Be sure to begin the process of updating the criminal background check in enough time that will prevent the current letter from expiring. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting DCDEE new website at http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/general/home.asp. • In other great news, at the urging of NCLCCA and our members and advocates, state legislators approved Senate Bill 425 today (June 27, which extends the “hold-harmless” period for licensed child care providers’ star ratings and the ongoing pause on mandatory Rated-License assessments until a new, modernized QRIS (star-rating system) is implemented. (DCDEE does not expect it to be ready before at least the fall of 2025.) This means that NO licensed child care providers have to undergo a Rated-License assessment after June 30, not even those in “Cohort 1.” Effectively, there is no longer a plan to resume assessments until after we have a new QRIS system, which the NC Child Care Commission is currently working to implement through rulemaking. * Senate Bill 425 still has to be signed by the governor to take effect, but Governor Cooper is expected to sign it before the June 30 deadline that would have eliminated the “hold-harmless” period and pause on assessments. This is a huge relief for licensed child care providers statewide and a testament to the power of advocacy when work together! Senate Bill 425 also immediately implements the new accreditation pathway for achieving star-ratings, meaning that once Governor Cooper signs the bill, any licensed child care program with the following early childhood accreditations will automatically receive a 5-Star rating – without having to do anything else. • As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS in an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant, by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov, 980-434-3877 or Erin Pickard, Licensing Supervisor, erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/9/2025 Number Present: 16 Completed Date: 1/9/2025 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 155 Time In: 10:40 AM Time Out: 01:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit, including compliance with requirements located in Child Care Rule Section .3000 in spaces # 401, where children participating in the NC Pre-K program are cared for. Melanie Bradley, Lead Teacher, assisted me with today’s visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on January 19, 2024. Your facilities compliance history score was 98% as of January 8, 2025. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated that there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, or corporate contact for the facility. I reviewed the facility permit with you today. Your program currently operates with a five-star license, issued May 11, 2023, earning 7 points in staff education component, 6 points in the program standards component (meets enhanced space and meets enhanced ratios) and 1 quality point for all lead teachers have an AAS or higher in ECE/CD. Your facility operates with the following permit restrictions: daytime care only meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. The following required postings were prominently posted throughout the classroom: Five-star rated license, NC Summary of Child Care Law dated September 2023, safe arrival and departure procedure, First Aid poster, sanitation placard, tobacco free signage, daily schedule, menu, emergency numbers, and the Emergency Medical Care Plan. Adequate/approved space, capacity, supervision, staff/child ratios, group size, and appropriate discipline were observed today. Your most recent fire inspection was conducted on September 5, 2024, and your most recent sanitation inspection was completed December 6, 2024, with a “Superior” classification. On December 16, 2024, you completed a lockdown emergency drill. I monitored your incident report log, and playground inspections. Screen time was logged on your activity plan. Daily sign in/out sheets and attendance were monitored. You stated that your program uses the Bandy’s Elementary’s School Risk Management Plan for the 2024-2025 school year. Your EPR plan was monitored and current. Your program was also monitored for compliance with NC Pre-K requirements including: The Creative Curriculum being used as the approved curriculum as required for all four and five star licensed facilities where four-year-old children are enrolled. Today I visited your indoor and outdoor space. Children were interacting positively with their teachers and peers as they participated in free choice play, toileting routines, transitions and whole group learning. Teacher interactions with children were positive and nurturing. The lunch listed on the menu for today included cheese or pepperoni pizza, mashed potatoes, golden corn, and 1% unflavored white milk. The NC Pre-K requirements in section .3000 of the child care rules were monitored for compliance. The NC Pre-K Program Site Monitoring Tool was reviewed today. Staff-child ratios and maximum group sizes required in Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .3009 were verified in compliance. The current NC PreK staff includes lead teacher, Melanie Bradley, Lead Teacher, Britany Weaver, Teacher Assistant. A selection of files was monitored for completed health assessments and developmental screenings. You stated you were in the process of completing the ASQ and the Dial 4 formative assessments. The center uses the Teaching Strategies Gold instrument to document evidence of children's ongoing progress. The checkpoint assessments are conducted three times per year: at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. You stated that there was 1 medication, 1 medication permission to administer form and no Medical Action plans to monitor. Your facility does not provide transportation. A random sampling of 3 children’s records were monitored. I monitored 1 existing staff file was monitored. All health and safety requirements were monitored. The “Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Child Care Centers” was used during today’s visit. The following violation was cited. Violation Number Comment Rule 1882 Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. One medication permission to administer form for Ventolin HFA 90mcg did not identify the beginning and end dates of the standing order. .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) Technical Assistance: • One medication permission to administer form for Ventolin HFA 90mcg did not identify the beginning and end dates of the standing order. As discussed, when completing documents all information must be identified accurately on the form. Medication permission to administer forms providing standing orders must list the specific dates of the standing orders. I suggest that when receiving documents that have been completed by a parent/guardian that you review the forms for accuracy prior to filing placement. Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before January 23, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware that any information submitted by you is considered legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant P.O. Box 6591 Statesville, NC 28677 meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Consultation: • Fire inspections are to be sent to the consultant within 7 business days of the inspection being completed. If the fire inspection report is not sent to the consultant within 7 business days a violation will be cited at the next monitoring visit. • One staff member with a hire date of 2/1/2021, has a criminal background letter that will expire on 6/8/2025. Be sure to begin the process of updating the criminal background check in enough time that will prevent the current letter from expiring. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting DCDEE new website at http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/general/home.asp. • In other great news, at the urging of NCLCCA and our members and advocates, state legislators approved Senate Bill 425 today (June 27, which extends the “hold-harmless” period for licensed child care providers’ star ratings and the ongoing pause on mandatory Rated-License assessments until a new, modernized QRIS (star-rating system) is implemented. (DCDEE does not expect it to be ready before at least the fall of 2025.) This means that NO licensed child care providers have to undergo a Rated-License assessment after June 30, not even those in “Cohort 1.” Effectively, there is no longer a plan to resume assessments until after we have a new QRIS system, which the NC Child Care Commission is currently working to implement through rulemaking. * Senate Bill 425 still has to be signed by the governor to take effect, but Governor Cooper is expected to sign it before the June 30 deadline that would have eliminated the “hold-harmless” period and pause on assessments. This is a huge relief for licensed child care providers statewide and a testament to the power of advocacy when work together! Senate Bill 425 also immediately implements the new accreditation pathway for achieving star-ratings, meaning that once Governor Cooper signs the bill, any licensed child care program with the following early childhood accreditations will automatically receive a 5-Star rating – without having to do anything else. • As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS in an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant, by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov, 980-434-3877 or Erin Pickard, Licensing Supervisor, erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/19/2024 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 1/19/2024 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 161 Time In: 09:49 AM Time Out: 12:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor your program for compliance with all applicable child care requirements during an annual compliance visit. You, Dawn Bradley, Lead Teacher, assisted me, Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant, with today’s visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on February 1, 2023. Your compliance history score was 100% prior to today’s visit. Your facility operates with a Five-Star license that was issued on March 22, 2019. Your program earned 6 points in program standards, 7 points in staff education and 1 quality point for a total of 14 points earned. Your program operates with the following restrictions: 1st shift (daytime care), Meets enhanced space and meets enhanced ratios. The following required postings was posted in outside of the classroom: Five-Star License, NC Summary of Child Care Law, Sanitation placard, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Emergency Phone Numbers, safe arrival and departure procedures, First Aid poster, menu, daily schedule, and activity plan. I observed the following inspections, sanitation inspection conducted on 12/1/23, fire inspection conducted on 12/14/23, playground inspection conducted on 1/4/23, and the last quarterly shelter-in-place emergency drill conducted on 9/19/23. I observed the menu to be current and chicken wrap, siracha chicken wings, peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches, sweet potato fries, steamed broccoli and 1% unflavored white milk was listed for lunch. NC PreK requirements were monitored and observed to be in compliance during today’s visit. I monitored your incident log and found incident reports to be logged with the child’s file. I monitored your screen time log. I monitored your daily sign in/out records and daily attendance and found it to be current. I monitored your indoor and outdoor environment for safety hazards. You stated you do not have any medications. I observed adequate and approved space, supervision, group size and staff child ratios. I observed children being adequately supervised and cared for in a nurturing way. I observed children working independently during free choice play time and transitioning to outside time. I observed toys and materials to be child size and developmentally appropriate. I observed furnishings to be clean and in good repair. I monitored 1 existing staff file and there were no new staff files to monitor. I monitored a random sampling of 2 children’s records and 1 of them being for a child enrolled through NC PreK. The following violations were cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1321 Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. One child with an enrollment date of 8/28/23 did not have a medical exam or health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment. GS110-91(1) 1811 Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. A quarterly emergency drill was not completed during the month of December. .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) Technical Assistance: • One child with an enrollment date of 8/28/23 did not have a medical exam on file within 30 days of enrollment. As discussed, I recommend when receiving documents that you review the document prior to adding it to the child’s record to ensure all required information is completed and there are no blank places left on the form. • During the month of December 2023 an emergency drill was due to be completed and has not been completed. As discussed, I recommend an emergency drill be completed as soon as possible and quarterly thereafter. You may set a reminder to ensure that you remember to complete this drill to maintain compliance. All violations cited must be corrected immediately and a compliance letter for violations cited during today’s visit must be sent to me by February 2, 2024. Comments: Child care facilities must comply with all state laws, federal laws and local ordinances that pertain to child health, safety, and welfare of children (GS110-91 – Mandatory standards for a license). Failure to comply may lead to an administrative action (General statue 110-102-2- Administrative penalties). Any observed violations cited during visits will negatively affect the center’s Compliance History Score. Your program must maintain a compliance score of at least 75% as required by G.S. 110-90 (4)(c) in order to be eligible for a star rated license. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting DCDEE new website at http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/general/home.asp. You must maintain at least 75% Compliance History for each 18-month period as required by GS110-90(4)(c). Prior to today’s visit, your program maintained a compliance history of 97%. Please note any violations cited during future visits may negatively impact your compliance history. Repeated violations or violations left unresolved may lead to an administrative action. Also, please remember in order to maintain an enhanced rated license your compliance history must remain above 75% at all times. Email information to: Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant P.O. Box 6591 Statesville, NC 28677 Email: meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent to me by November 27, 2023, from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: Name, position, Facility name, Facility ID number Violation Item number Date of violation correction How the violation was corrected How the violation will be prevented in the future Consultation: • As of September 2023, the Summary of NC Child Care Law was updated and available on the DCDEE website. Please print this form to post in your foyer with your required postings and give the updated information to parents and have them sign and date that they have received the updated document and place each signed acknowledgement in each child’s file. • Your program is in cohort 2 for the rated license reassessment. Your program’s planning year will be from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. Your program’s reassessment year will be 2024 to 2025 and the month of your reassessment will be the month that your current rated license expires. As you plan for the reassessment of the rated license, please be sure that all staff has their most recent education updated and verified in WORKS and that you are in touch with your local Partnership and Resource and Referral agencies to provide technical assistance and help you prepare for reassessment. You may contact me by phone at (980) 434-3877 or by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov or Erin Pickard by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov, if you have questions. Thank you for your time and assistance today. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

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GS110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/19/2024 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 1/19/2024 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 161 Time In: 09:49 AM Time Out: 12:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor your program for compliance with all applicable child care requirements during an annual compliance visit. You, Dawn Bradley, Lead Teacher, assisted me, Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant, with today’s visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on February 1, 2023. Your compliance history score was 100% prior to today’s visit. Your facility operates with a Five-Star license that was issued on March 22, 2019. Your program earned 6 points in program standards, 7 points in staff education and 1 quality point for a total of 14 points earned. Your program operates with the following restrictions: 1st shift (daytime care), Meets enhanced space and meets enhanced ratios. The following required postings was posted in outside of the classroom: Five-Star License, NC Summary of Child Care Law, Sanitation placard, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Emergency Phone Numbers, safe arrival and departure procedures, First Aid poster, menu, daily schedule, and activity plan. I observed the following inspections, sanitation inspection conducted on 12/1/23, fire inspection conducted on 12/14/23, playground inspection conducted on 1/4/23, and the last quarterly shelter-in-place emergency drill conducted on 9/19/23. I observed the menu to be current and chicken wrap, siracha chicken wings, peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches, sweet potato fries, steamed broccoli and 1% unflavored white milk was listed for lunch. NC PreK requirements were monitored and observed to be in compliance during today’s visit. I monitored your incident log and found incident reports to be logged with the child’s file. I monitored your screen time log. I monitored your daily sign in/out records and daily attendance and found it to be current. I monitored your indoor and outdoor environment for safety hazards. You stated you do not have any medications. I observed adequate and approved space, supervision, group size and staff child ratios. I observed children being adequately supervised and cared for in a nurturing way. I observed children working independently during free choice play time and transitioning to outside time. I observed toys and materials to be child size and developmentally appropriate. I observed furnishings to be clean and in good repair. I monitored 1 existing staff file and there were no new staff files to monitor. I monitored a random sampling of 2 children’s records and 1 of them being for a child enrolled through NC PreK. The following violations were cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1321 Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. One child with an enrollment date of 8/28/23 did not have a medical exam or health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment. GS110-91(1) 1811 Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. A quarterly emergency drill was not completed during the month of December. .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) Technical Assistance: • One child with an enrollment date of 8/28/23 did not have a medical exam on file within 30 days of enrollment. As discussed, I recommend when receiving documents that you review the document prior to adding it to the child’s record to ensure all required information is completed and there are no blank places left on the form. • During the month of December 2023 an emergency drill was due to be completed and has not been completed. As discussed, I recommend an emergency drill be completed as soon as possible and quarterly thereafter. You may set a reminder to ensure that you remember to complete this drill to maintain compliance. All violations cited must be corrected immediately and a compliance letter for violations cited during today’s visit must be sent to me by February 2, 2024. Comments: Child care facilities must comply with all state laws, federal laws and local ordinances that pertain to child health, safety, and welfare of children (GS110-91 – Mandatory standards for a license). Failure to comply may lead to an administrative action (General statue 110-102-2- Administrative penalties). Any observed violations cited during visits will negatively affect the center’s Compliance History Score. Your program must maintain a compliance score of at least 75% as required by G.S. 110-90 (4)(c) in order to be eligible for a star rated license. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting DCDEE new website at http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/general/home.asp. You must maintain at least 75% Compliance History for each 18-month period as required by GS110-90(4)(c). Prior to today’s visit, your program maintained a compliance history of 97%. Please note any violations cited during future visits may negatively impact your compliance history. Repeated violations or violations left unresolved may lead to an administrative action. Also, please remember in order to maintain an enhanced rated license your compliance history must remain above 75% at all times. Email information to: Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant P.O. Box 6591 Statesville, NC 28677 Email: meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent to me by November 27, 2023, from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: Name, position, Facility name, Facility ID number Violation Item number Date of violation correction How the violation was corrected How the violation will be prevented in the future Consultation: • As of September 2023, the Summary of NC Child Care Law was updated and available on the DCDEE website. Please print this form to post in your foyer with your required postings and give the updated information to parents and have them sign and date that they have received the updated document and place each signed acknowledgement in each child’s file. • Your program is in cohort 2 for the rated license reassessment. Your program’s planning year will be from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. Your program’s reassessment year will be 2024 to 2025 and the month of your reassessment will be the month that your current rated license expires. As you plan for the reassessment of the rated license, please be sure that all staff has their most recent education updated and verified in WORKS and that you are in touch with your local Partnership and Resource and Referral agencies to provide technical assistance and help you prepare for reassessment. You may contact me by phone at (980) 434-3877 or by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov or Erin Pickard by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov, if you have questions. Thank you for your time and assistance today. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

GS110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: BANDY'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 1855049 Consultant: MERIA WILDER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/19/2024 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 1/19/2024 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 161 Time In: 09:49 AM Time Out: 12:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor your program for compliance with all applicable child care requirements during an annual compliance visit. You, Dawn Bradley, Lead Teacher, assisted me, Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant, with today’s visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on February 1, 2023. Your compliance history score was 100% prior to today’s visit. Your facility operates with a Five-Star license that was issued on March 22, 2019. Your program earned 6 points in program standards, 7 points in staff education and 1 quality point for a total of 14 points earned. Your program operates with the following restrictions: 1st shift (daytime care), Meets enhanced space and meets enhanced ratios. The following required postings was posted in outside of the classroom: Five-Star License, NC Summary of Child Care Law, Sanitation placard, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Emergency Phone Numbers, safe arrival and departure procedures, First Aid poster, menu, daily schedule, and activity plan. I observed the following inspections, sanitation inspection conducted on 12/1/23, fire inspection conducted on 12/14/23, playground inspection conducted on 1/4/23, and the last quarterly shelter-in-place emergency drill conducted on 9/19/23. I observed the menu to be current and chicken wrap, siracha chicken wings, peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches, sweet potato fries, steamed broccoli and 1% unflavored white milk was listed for lunch. NC PreK requirements were monitored and observed to be in compliance during today’s visit. I monitored your incident log and found incident reports to be logged with the child’s file. I monitored your screen time log. I monitored your daily sign in/out records and daily attendance and found it to be current. I monitored your indoor and outdoor environment for safety hazards. You stated you do not have any medications. I observed adequate and approved space, supervision, group size and staff child ratios. I observed children being adequately supervised and cared for in a nurturing way. I observed children working independently during free choice play time and transitioning to outside time. I observed toys and materials to be child size and developmentally appropriate. I observed furnishings to be clean and in good repair. I monitored 1 existing staff file and there were no new staff files to monitor. I monitored a random sampling of 2 children’s records and 1 of them being for a child enrolled through NC PreK. The following violations were cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1321 Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. One child with an enrollment date of 8/28/23 did not have a medical exam or health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment. GS110-91(1) 1811 Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. A quarterly emergency drill was not completed during the month of December. .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) Technical Assistance: • One child with an enrollment date of 8/28/23 did not have a medical exam on file within 30 days of enrollment. As discussed, I recommend when receiving documents that you review the document prior to adding it to the child’s record to ensure all required information is completed and there are no blank places left on the form. • During the month of December 2023 an emergency drill was due to be completed and has not been completed. As discussed, I recommend an emergency drill be completed as soon as possible and quarterly thereafter. You may set a reminder to ensure that you remember to complete this drill to maintain compliance. All violations cited must be corrected immediately and a compliance letter for violations cited during today’s visit must be sent to me by February 2, 2024. Comments: Child care facilities must comply with all state laws, federal laws and local ordinances that pertain to child health, safety, and welfare of children (GS110-91 – Mandatory standards for a license). Failure to comply may lead to an administrative action (General statue 110-102-2- Administrative penalties). Any observed violations cited during visits will negatively affect the center’s Compliance History Score. Your program must maintain a compliance score of at least 75% as required by G.S. 110-90 (4)(c) in order to be eligible for a star rated license. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting DCDEE new website at http://ncchildcare.nc.gov/general/home.asp. You must maintain at least 75% Compliance History for each 18-month period as required by GS110-90(4)(c). Prior to today’s visit, your program maintained a compliance history of 97%. Please note any violations cited during future visits may negatively impact your compliance history. Repeated violations or violations left unresolved may lead to an administrative action. Also, please remember in order to maintain an enhanced rated license your compliance history must remain above 75% at all times. Email information to: Meria Wilder, Child Care Consultant P.O. Box 6591 Statesville, NC 28677 Email: meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent to me by November 27, 2023, from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: Name, position, Facility name, Facility ID number Violation Item number Date of violation correction How the violation was corrected How the violation will be prevented in the future Consultation: • As of September 2023, the Summary of NC Child Care Law was updated and available on the DCDEE website. Please print this form to post in your foyer with your required postings and give the updated information to parents and have them sign and date that they have received the updated document and place each signed acknowledgement in each child’s file. • Your program is in cohort 2 for the rated license reassessment. Your program’s planning year will be from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. Your program’s reassessment year will be 2024 to 2025 and the month of your reassessment will be the month that your current rated license expires. As you plan for the reassessment of the rated license, please be sure that all staff has their most recent education updated and verified in WORKS and that you are in touch with your local Partnership and Resource and Referral agencies to provide technical assistance and help you prepare for reassessment. You may contact me by phone at (980) 434-3877 or by email at meria.wilder@dhhs.nc.gov or Erin Pickard by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov, if you have questions. Thank you for your time and assistance today. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times