G.S. 110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: DCS CORNATZER PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 30000107 Consultant: DEBORAH HOWELL Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 9/5/2025 Number Present: 17 Completed Date: 9/5/2025 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 180 Time In: 09:30 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 compliance for applicable child care requirements during an annual compliance visit. Your last annual compliance visit was conducted on September 17, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 100%. You, Tam Hudson, Lead Teacher, assisted me with today’s visit. I observed the Five Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, Safe Procedures for Arrival & Departure, current menus, Sanitation placard, Emergency Numbers, Emergency Medical Care Plan (please update, as you had a recent staff change this week), daily schedules, activity plans, and staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Today, children were adequately supervised, enhanced staff-child ratios were maintained, adequate approved space was used, and permit restrictions were maintained during today’s visit. I observed children engaged in story time, transition to the playground, group time, and centers. I observed age-appropriate child-sized tables, chairs, shelving, and storage provided. I observed developmentally appropriate materials provided in sufficient quantities. I observed all materials, furniture, and equipment to be in good repair. The bathrooms were stocked with necessary supplies and handwashing procedure signs posted at the classroom and handwashing sink areas. I monitored the outdoor play area. You stated there were no medications on site. You stated your program does not provide transportation. Inspections/Drills/Logs Sanitation Inspection-April 2, 2025, with a Superior rating and zero demerits Fire Inspection- April 25, 2025 Playground Inspection- August 28, 2025 Fire Drill- Has not occurred this school year. Please conduct prior to the end of the month. Emergency Drill- Has not occurred this school year. Please conduct prior to the end of the month. Incident Log- Completed as required. Screentime Log-Completed as required. Water/Lead/Asbestos- Completed as required. I monitored NC PreK requirements during today’s visit. I observed the Administrator, does not serve as the Lead Teacher or Assistant Teacher in the classroom. I observed a staff-child ratio of one adult to nine children with a group size maximum of two adults to eighteen children maintained. I observed the Dial-4 as the Developmental Screening tool and Creative Curriculum Gold Teaching Strategies as the Formative Assessment tool. You stated you used Creative Curriculum. I observed family involvement activities in the classroom including take home folders and all about me posters. I monitored a random selection of two children’s files. One new employee has been hired since my last visit, Paula Ijames did not have a file for review. There was also no proof of a CBC qualifying letter. Ms. Ijames was immediately replaced with a teacher possessing the required CBC Qualifying letter and other file documents. There was not a Staff and Training Worksheet available for my review. Please send me a signed worksheet within two business days so I may add it to the visit packet. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. There were three violations observed or cited during this visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. One new employee serving as a teacher assistant in the classroom, Paula Ijames, did not have a CBC completed prior to employment. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1043 All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. One new employee, serving as a teacher assistant did not have a personnel file available for review. G.S. 110-91( 9) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. One new employee serving as a teacher assistant, Paula Ijames, did not have a qualification letter on file for review. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) Compliance Plan: All violations cited must be corrected immediately. Please submit a written, signed, and dated statement to me at the email/address below detailing the steps taken to correct each violation. For your convenience, your letter may be sent by email to: Deborah.k.howell@dhhs.nc.gov I must receive your compliance letter no later than September 19, 2025. Please Note: If you state in your letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. If you cannot meet the requirements by this date you shall contact me with a timeline of the corrections. In some cases, this timeline may be extended. Failure to correct the violations and send the written statement by the due date listed above may result in an unannounced follow-up visit being conducted or an administrative action may be recommended. Based on Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 Section .2200, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may take administrative action against the license and/or impose civil penalties based on the failure of the operator to correct any documented violations within the established time period. Due to the nature of the violations, a follow-up visit may be required. Technical Assistance: 1. Child Care Law G.S. 110-90.2 (b)(d) and Child Care Rule .2703(e) requires that all staff have a qualifying letter prior to employment and that the qualifying letter is on file for review by a representative of the Division. Ensure that every staff member who works in the classroom has a file containing a qualifying letter from the CBC Unit. Verify prior to allowing someone to work that a letter is on file at the central office. 2. Child Care Law G.S. 110-91(9) requires that all staff have a personnel file available for review. Request employee’s personnel file prior to allowing anyone to work in the classroom. Request documents from the central office upon arrival of an employee who will be working in your classroom. Consultation: 1. I discussed maintaining a staff and training worksheet which includes the preschool director and classroom teachers and having it available for review. This makes file monitoring go smoothly and is a way to document what was monitored. Compliance History: You are required to always maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations. 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 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. Thank you for your time today. Feel free to contact me by phone at (704)798-5220 or by email at deborah.k.howell@dhhs.nc.gov or Lead Consultant, Erin Pickard at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov, if you have any 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

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