G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: COUNTRY DAY PRESCHOOL AND NURSERY Facility ID: 19000401 Consultant: BRANDON FRY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/8/2025 Number Present: 15 Completed Date: 1/8/2025 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 100 Time In: 09:25 AM Time Out: 11:05 AM 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. Your program currently operates with a three-star license, issued November 1, 2024, earning 7 points in the education component, 1 point in the program standards component meeting minimum requirements and 1 quality point for the child care administrator having at least 10 years of documented child care administration work experience in a licensed program. The last annual compliance visit was conducted January 22, 2024. The sanitation inspection was completed December 18, 2024, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted December 10, 2024, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety eight percent as of January 8, 2025. Children participating in free play activities including blocks, sensory play, manipulatives, readings, and dramatic play. The provider was observed walking the room and engaging with the children. I observed children transitioning from activities and participating in personal care routines. The following was also inspected during today’s inspection: indoor/outdoor learning environments, emergency drills, sanitation inspection, fire inspection, medication administration, program records, and all childcare requirements. Lunch consisted of scrambled eggs, toast, hash browns, oranges, and milk. The following was cited during today’s inspection. Violation Number Comment Rule 859 Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The last recorded monthly playground inspection was October 2024. .0605(q) 1034 All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. LL did not update their annual health questionnaire. .0701(a) 1035 Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. LL did not update their emergency information form annually. .0701(a) 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 22, 2024, 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: Brandon Fry, Child Care Consultant, 80 Blake Blvd; PO Box 4441, Pinehurst, NC 28374, brandon.fry@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: Lori Lay, Administrator, Country Day Preschool and Nursery, ID # 19000401 Technical Assistance: We discussed the importance of completing the monthly outdoor checklist, the annual health questionnaire and emergency contact information. Your ITS-SIDS certification is valid through January 20, 2025. Please complete another training prior to the expiration date to maintain compliance. 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) 814-8601 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 at brandon.fry@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

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Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: COUNTRY DAY PRESCHOOL AND NURSERY Facility ID: 19000401 Consultant: BRANDON FRY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/8/2025 Number Present: 15 Completed Date: 1/8/2025 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 100 Time In: 09:25 AM Time Out: 11:05 AM 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. Your program currently operates with a three-star license, issued November 1, 2024, earning 7 points in the education component, 1 point in the program standards component meeting minimum requirements and 1 quality point for the child care administrator having at least 10 years of documented child care administration work experience in a licensed program. The last annual compliance visit was conducted January 22, 2024. The sanitation inspection was completed December 18, 2024, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted December 10, 2024, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety eight percent as of January 8, 2025. Children participating in free play activities including blocks, sensory play, manipulatives, readings, and dramatic play. The provider was observed walking the room and engaging with the children. I observed children transitioning from activities and participating in personal care routines. The following was also inspected during today’s inspection: indoor/outdoor learning environments, emergency drills, sanitation inspection, fire inspection, medication administration, program records, and all childcare requirements. Lunch consisted of scrambled eggs, toast, hash browns, oranges, and milk. The following was cited during today’s inspection. Violation Number Comment Rule 859 Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The last recorded monthly playground inspection was October 2024. .0605(q) 1034 All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. LL did not update their annual health questionnaire. .0701(a) 1035 Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. LL did not update their emergency information form annually. .0701(a) 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 22, 2024, 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: Brandon Fry, Child Care Consultant, 80 Blake Blvd; PO Box 4441, Pinehurst, NC 28374, brandon.fry@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: Lori Lay, Administrator, Country Day Preschool and Nursery, ID # 19000401 Technical Assistance: We discussed the importance of completing the monthly outdoor checklist, the annual health questionnaire and emergency contact information. Your ITS-SIDS certification is valid through January 20, 2025. Please complete another training prior to the expiration date to maintain compliance. 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) 814-8601 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 at brandon.fry@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: COUNTRY DAY PRESCHOOL AND NURSERY Facility ID: 19000401 Consultant: BRANDON FRY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/22/2024 Number Present: 5 Completed Date: 1/22/2024 Age: From 2 To 3 Total Minutes: 90 Time In: 10:00 AM Time Out: 11:30 AM 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. Your program currently operates with a four-star license, issued September 18, 2023, earning 7 points in the education component, 2 points in the program standards component meeting all enhanced requirements and 1 quality point for the administrator having at least 10 years of documented child care administration work experience in a licensed program. Your program was also monitored for compliance with implementing an approved curriculum as required for all four- and five-star licensed facilities where four-year-old children are enrolled. The last Temporary Time Period visit was conducted June 27, 2023. The sanitation inspection was completed December 4, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted December 21, 2023, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety eight percent as of January 22, 2024. Children were participating in free play activities. Activities included blocks, dramatic play, and coloring. The owner was walking throughout the program space talking and interacting with the children. I found supervision and ratios to be in compliance. All program records were reviewed including, staff records, children records, emergency drills, pet records, indoor and out door learning environments, as well as all child care requirements. One violation was cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 507 A private water supply was used by the center and it had not been tested by or did not meet the requirements of the Commission for Public Health. Well water was tested on January 16, 2024 and cam back positive for elevated levels of coliform. The center is working with environmental health and using bottle water while they treat their well water system. .0901(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. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before February 5, 2024, 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: Brandon Fry, Child Care Consultant, 80 Blake Blvd, PO Box 4441, Pinehurst, NC 28374, brandon.fry@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: Lori Lay, Administrator Country Day Preschool and Nursery ID # 19000401 Technical Assistance: We discussed your new climbing structure in your outdoor learning environment. Continue to keep it inaccessible to children until you can put ground cover and a fall zone of 6 feet around the entire structure. You mentioned you took a CPR/First Aid class on January 18, 2024 but have not received the card for the class. please add the new card to your record when it arrives. Your cat, Spooky, has a vaccination that in expiring January 25, 2024. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Brandon Fry, Child Care Consultant, 80 Blake Blvd, PO Box 4441, Pinehurst, NC 28374, brandon.fry@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

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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.