East Robeson Preschool

10A NCAC 09 .0304 · Violation

Name of Operation: EAST ROBESON PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 78000323 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 2/13/2025 Number Present: 47 Completed Date: 2/13/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 165 Time In: 10:30 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 compliance with applicable childcare requirements pertinent to an annual compliance visit. Valen Rogers, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five-star license, issued April 4, 2019, earning seven points for education, seven points for program standards, and one quality point for complying with a programmatic option. License restrictions include daytime care only, enhanced ratios, and meets enhanced space. The last annual compliance visit was conducted February 27, 2024. The sanitation inspection was completed December 11, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted February 12, 2024, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. The program’s compliance history was ninety-eight percent as of February 12, 2025. Children were observed during teacher lead activities and transition to lunch. Age-appropriate materials and equipment were accessible to children. Children were adequately supervised. Lunch consisted of walking chicken taco, uncrustable peanut butter, jelly, ranchero beans, salsa, lettuce, tomato, and milk. Violation Number Comment Rule 104 Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating. The last sanitation inspection was dated December 11, 2023. The Administrator has requested an inspection from Environmental Health. 10A NCAC 09 .0304(b) 106 Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The last fire inspection received is dated February 12, 2024. The Administrator has requested a fire inspection from the Fire Marshal. 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) 439 Space and time for active indoor activities was not provided when children could not play outside. Space #2, children observed watching movie during outdoor play time due to the weather. Teachers turned off the movie and allowed children to do gross motor activities inside the classroom. 524 When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. Space #2, children were observed watching the Lion King cartoon which was not capture on the activity plan or screen time documented on a log. The teacher assistance printed the log, updated the activity plan and log. .0510(d)(2)(A-C) 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 documented must be corrected immediately. On or before February 27, 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: Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant 2201 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-2201 or Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov. I verified the following information: Mailing address, telephone number, email address, and ownership. There were not any changes. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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: EAST ROBESON PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 78000323 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 2/13/2025 Number Present: 47 Completed Date: 2/13/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 165 Time In: 10:30 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 compliance with applicable childcare requirements pertinent to an annual compliance visit. Valen Rogers, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five-star license, issued April 4, 2019, earning seven points for education, seven points for program standards, and one quality point for complying with a programmatic option. License restrictions include daytime care only, enhanced ratios, and meets enhanced space. The last annual compliance visit was conducted February 27, 2024. The sanitation inspection was completed December 11, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted February 12, 2024, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. The program’s compliance history was ninety-eight percent as of February 12, 2025. Children were observed during teacher lead activities and transition to lunch. Age-appropriate materials and equipment were accessible to children. Children were adequately supervised. Lunch consisted of walking chicken taco, uncrustable peanut butter, jelly, ranchero beans, salsa, lettuce, tomato, and milk. Violation Number Comment Rule 104 Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating. The last sanitation inspection was dated December 11, 2023. The Administrator has requested an inspection from Environmental Health. 10A NCAC 09 .0304(b) 106 Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The last fire inspection received is dated February 12, 2024. The Administrator has requested a fire inspection from the Fire Marshal. 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) 439 Space and time for active indoor activities was not provided when children could not play outside. Space #2, children observed watching movie during outdoor play time due to the weather. Teachers turned off the movie and allowed children to do gross motor activities inside the classroom. 524 When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. Space #2, children were observed watching the Lion King cartoon which was not capture on the activity plan or screen time documented on a log. The teacher assistance printed the log, updated the activity plan and log. .0510(d)(2)(A-C) 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 documented must be corrected immediately. On or before February 27, 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: Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant 2201 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-2201 or Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov. I verified the following information: Mailing address, telephone number, email address, and ownership. There were not any changes. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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: EAST ROBESON PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 78000323 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 10/23/2023 Number Present: 52 Completed Date: 10/23/2023 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 180 Time In: 08:45 AM Time Out: 11:45 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 compliance with applicable childcare requirements pertinent to a routine unannounced visit. Valen Rogers, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five-star license, issued April 4, 2019, earning seven points for education, seven points for program standards, and one quality point for complying with a programmatic option. License restrictions include daytime care only, meets enhanced ratios, and meets enhanced space. The program’s compliance history was one hundred percent as of October 23, 2023. You stated Public Schools of Robeson County are still the legal owners of East Robeson Preschool. A walk-through of the facility was completed today, all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in group time, free play in activity areas, transitions and personal care routines. Teachers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. Three new files for new staff were reviewed. Fire and sanitation inspections have not occurred since the last visit and remain current. Violation Number Comment Rule 604 Lavatories were not kept clean, in good repair and kept free of storage. Space #1, #2, and #3 lavatories stored cots, toys, and supplies. 15A NCAC 18A .2818(a) 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. Monica Britt did not have a current Background Check completed prior to employment. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. No qualification letter was on file or available for review for Monica Britt. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) 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. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before November 6,2023, 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 any information submitted by you is 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: Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, 3059 N Main St Ste 19 PMB#62, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Nakita.Bellamyl@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 Technical assistance was also offered on using activities to promote children’s higher-order thinking skills and cognition. Have conversations that encourage children to problem solve, predict what will happen, compare, and evaluate. Provide opportunities for children to come up with a range of ideas for how they can creatively plan to complete tasks. Use expansion, back-and-forth exchanges and follow-up questions to aid children who are learning and encourage them to keep communicating. Use nonverbal techniques such as modeling and repeating actions. For example, point out photos on the shelves that show where material belongs or model cleaning-up. Recognize and affirm children’s involvement in activities. Identify what is working and what is not and encourage them to keep trying. Reminder There was no qualification letter for Ms. Monica Britt on file or available for review. Ms. Britt was present during the visit today. Ms. Rogers stated that Ms. Britt left the preschool classroom and will not return until she has her current qualifying letter check from DCDEE. I discussed with Ms. Rogers that Ms. Britt could not return until she had received her current qualifying criminal background check. Ms. Rogers stated that she understood. The hold harmless legislation was extended and signed into law on Monday June 12th, 2023. This legislation allows facilities to remain at their current star level without a reassessment until June 30, 2024, and when reassessed it reduces the education evaluation requirements for lead teachers from 75% to 50% until June of 2026. To prepare for the reassessment process, DCDEE has developed a cohort system. You are part of cohort two, I recommend you consider completing the following tasks and activities that will help prepare you for your reassessment year, which will be sometime between July 1,2024 and June 30, 2025. If possible, we will align the reassessment with your annual compliance visit timeframe. • Have all staff update WORKS accounts to reflect all currently completed coursework (DCDEE-WORKS) • Request technical assistance with your child care consultant and local partners • Participate in local CCR&R and NCPC quality related training/workshops (CCRR Information) • Review NCRLAP website ERS resources (www.NCRLAP.org). To help review ERS requirements and think carefully about the current characteristics and practices in your program and classrooms, check out the Thinking More worksheets. A worksheet is available for each subscale of each rating scale. • Consider requesting an ERS assessment (free of charge) during the preparation year. Remember the scores can be used in a variety of ways o ERS assessments can be requested during the preparation year and scores can be used as guidance to enhance program quality o If desired, assessment scores can be used during the preparation year if the operator wants to move forward with a rated license reassessment o Assessment scores can be saved to use during the reassessment year o Facilities can request another ERS assessment (free of charge) in your reassessment year for any ERS assessment scoring less than a 5.0 For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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: EAST ROBESON PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 78000323 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 10/23/2023 Number Present: 52 Completed Date: 10/23/2023 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 180 Time In: 08:45 AM Time Out: 11:45 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 compliance with applicable childcare requirements pertinent to a routine unannounced visit. Valen Rogers, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five-star license, issued April 4, 2019, earning seven points for education, seven points for program standards, and one quality point for complying with a programmatic option. License restrictions include daytime care only, meets enhanced ratios, and meets enhanced space. The program’s compliance history was one hundred percent as of October 23, 2023. You stated Public Schools of Robeson County are still the legal owners of East Robeson Preschool. A walk-through of the facility was completed today, all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in group time, free play in activity areas, transitions and personal care routines. Teachers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. Three new files for new staff were reviewed. Fire and sanitation inspections have not occurred since the last visit and remain current. Violation Number Comment Rule 604 Lavatories were not kept clean, in good repair and kept free of storage. Space #1, #2, and #3 lavatories stored cots, toys, and supplies. 15A NCAC 18A .2818(a) 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. Monica Britt did not have a current Background Check completed prior to employment. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. No qualification letter was on file or available for review for Monica Britt. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) 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. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before November 6,2023, 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 any information submitted by you is 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: Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, 3059 N Main St Ste 19 PMB#62, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Nakita.Bellamyl@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 Technical assistance was also offered on using activities to promote children’s higher-order thinking skills and cognition. Have conversations that encourage children to problem solve, predict what will happen, compare, and evaluate. Provide opportunities for children to come up with a range of ideas for how they can creatively plan to complete tasks. Use expansion, back-and-forth exchanges and follow-up questions to aid children who are learning and encourage them to keep communicating. Use nonverbal techniques such as modeling and repeating actions. For example, point out photos on the shelves that show where material belongs or model cleaning-up. Recognize and affirm children’s involvement in activities. Identify what is working and what is not and encourage them to keep trying. Reminder There was no qualification letter for Ms. Monica Britt on file or available for review. Ms. Britt was present during the visit today. Ms. Rogers stated that Ms. Britt left the preschool classroom and will not return until she has her current qualifying letter check from DCDEE. I discussed with Ms. Rogers that Ms. Britt could not return until she had received her current qualifying criminal background check. Ms. Rogers stated that she understood. The hold harmless legislation was extended and signed into law on Monday June 12th, 2023. This legislation allows facilities to remain at their current star level without a reassessment until June 30, 2024, and when reassessed it reduces the education evaluation requirements for lead teachers from 75% to 50% until June of 2026. To prepare for the reassessment process, DCDEE has developed a cohort system. You are part of cohort two, I recommend you consider completing the following tasks and activities that will help prepare you for your reassessment year, which will be sometime between July 1,2024 and June 30, 2025. If possible, we will align the reassessment with your annual compliance visit timeframe. • Have all staff update WORKS accounts to reflect all currently completed coursework (DCDEE-WORKS) • Request technical assistance with your child care consultant and local partners • Participate in local CCR&R and NCPC quality related training/workshops (CCRR Information) • Review NCRLAP website ERS resources (www.NCRLAP.org). To help review ERS requirements and think carefully about the current characteristics and practices in your program and classrooms, check out the Thinking More worksheets. A worksheet is available for each subscale of each rating scale. • Consider requesting an ERS assessment (free of charge) during the preparation year. Remember the scores can be used in a variety of ways o ERS assessments can be requested during the preparation year and scores can be used as guidance to enhance program quality o If desired, assessment scores can be used during the preparation year if the operator wants to move forward with a rated license reassessment o Assessment scores can be saved to use during the reassessment year o Facilities can request another ERS assessment (free of charge) in your reassessment year for any ERS assessment scoring less than a 5.0 For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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