Rockfish-Hoke Elementary Pre-K Program

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: ROCKFISH-HOKE ELEMENTARY PRE-K PROGRAM Facility ID: 47000172 Consultant: ALECIA PASCHAL Operation Type: Center Case Number: 1124-248L Visit Date: 11/25/2024 Number Present: 29 Completed Date: 11/25/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 195 Time In: 09:15 AM Time Out: 12:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Complaint Visit Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to obtain information regarding alleged violations of child care requirements. Pamela O’Brien, principal, assisted me with today’s visit. The allegations are as follows: 1. There is a concern that the posted staff/child ratio is not being followed. 2. There is a concern of inadequate supervision. Staff/child ratio, group size, supervision, use of licensed space, space capacity, license restrictions, and the indoor environment were monitored. The license and emergency care plan were posted. Fire drills, medication administration, and storage of hazardous products were also monitored. There have been no new staff since my last visit. Additionally, I observed the indoor and outdoor space used by the children. I observed the teachers properly supervising and interacting and with the children while they returned to the classroom and began washing their hands. I interviewed the administrator and the lead teacher regarding supervision and the required staff: child ratio of children in the classroom. The administrator and the teachers described their supervision strategies in the classroom. The allegation that there was inadequate supervision was not substantiated. The administrator stated that they have additional staff who can assist teachers so staff: child ratios are always met. She reported that the drop off procedure to assure staff: child ratio is that parents in the car line drop off their children to her or another adult with a qualifying CBC letter and they are walked down to their classroom. All teaching staff are scheduled to be in their classroom at 7:00 am through 2:30 pm. The children begin arriving at 7:15 am. The substitute scheduled to be in the classroom did not come today. The assistant principal, D. Smith, went to the classroom to meet the required staff: child ratio until another substitute arrived. She stated that there were 11 (eleven) children in the classroom when she arrived. The teacher, N. Perez, stated that she was alone with 13 (thirteen) children from 7:25 am-7:45am. The required staff: child ratio is 1:10 in a NC Pre-K classroom. The allegation that the posted staff: child ratio is not being followed was substantiated. The following violation was documented. Violation Number Comment Rule 1775 NC Pre-K program staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. The teacher in group one was alone with more than 10 children for approximately 20 minutes until a qualified staff arrived to meet the required staff/child ratios. This was corrected after 20 minutes. .3009 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. Due to the nature of violation documented, a follow-up visit will be completed. Technical Assistance: On staff: child ratio: Today, we discussed that assuring a substitute is available who holds all applicable requirements can be challenging. You have partnered with Annette Fernandez, NC Pre-K Coordinator, to ensure you always have additional staff available. You plan on adding to the procedures to assure that children are always in the required staff: child ratios. For the latest information on childcare 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, the Visit Summary was reviewed with you and signed. The Visit Summary and the Center Space Capacity and Staff Child Ratio Worksheet was completed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Alecia Paschal, Child Care Consultant, by phone at 910-489-0413, or by email at alecia.paschal@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Consultant, by phone at (910) 709-4160, or by email at 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: ROCKFISH-HOKE ELEMENTARY PRE-K PROGRAM Facility ID: 47000172 Consultant: ALECIA PASCHAL Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/4/2024 Number Present: 33 Completed Date: 11/4/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 191 Time In: 10:19 AM Time Out: 01:30 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. The lead teacher, in each classroom, assisted me with the visit. This program currently operates with a five-star license, issued May 9, 2023. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under three years old, meets enhanced ratios minus one; meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. 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 center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-nine percent (99%) as of November 4, 2024. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The last annual compliance visit was completed on November 21, 2023. The last sanitation report was conducted March 25, 2024, with 0 demerits and received a superior status. The last fire inspection was conducted on September 12, 2024, and was approved for daytime care only. A walk-through of the facility was completed today, all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in the indoor and outdoor environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in routine free play, transitions, and personal care routines. The teachers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. The Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist, Children’s Records Worksheet and the Staff and Training Worksheet was completed today. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with current program and education components as well as the quality point. Lunch was chicken tenders, peaches, broccoli, mashed potatoes and milk. The following violations were observed: Violation Number Comment Rule 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. There were two gallon sized hand lotion/soap and one gallon sized glass cleaner observed under the sink area in the bathroom, several Lysol wipe containers stored in an unlocked bin on the floor of the bathroom area. All items were corrected during visit. .2820(b) 1044 Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). P. O'Brian did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check. Her qualification letter expired on August 14, 2024. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. P. O'Brian did not have a valid qualification letter on file and available for review. 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. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you and signed. On or before November 18, 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. Due to the nature of the violations cited during today’s visit, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Alecia Paschal, Child Care Consultant, 509 Pilot Ave., Fayetteville, NC 28303. 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: The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) is mandated to ensure all children who attend licensed /regulated child care facilities are protected and cared for in a nurturing and safe environment. The agency accomplishes this by assuring all caregivers working in licensed child care programs have a valid qualification letter on file with the facility prior to employment. This includes but is not limited to the following: •Any employee in a public school, who is ever left alone with a child or group of children or counted in the staff: child ratio for any length of time shall have a background check completed through DCDEE. •Specialized Service Provider (i.e. feeding therapist, ABA therapist (applied behavior analysis) (persons who work with or shadow a child as support in a classroom). •The administrator (principal), teachers, assistant teachers, and substitutes for NC Pre-K and licensed EC, before and after school programs who are housed in a public school. •A principal not serving as the administrator, assistant principal, school secretary, school nurse, elective teachers, resource teachers, school librarians, school psychologist, school social worker, bus driver, therapists, cafeteria staff, contracted transportation through the school system if ever left alone with a child or counted in the staff child ratio. Contact me at Alecia Paschal, Child Care Consultant, at 910-489-0413 or by email at alecia.paschal@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: ROCKFISH-HOKE ELEMENTARY PRE-K PROGRAM Facility ID: 47000172 Consultant: ALECIA PASCHAL Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/4/2024 Number Present: 33 Completed Date: 11/4/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 191 Time In: 10:19 AM Time Out: 01:30 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. The lead teacher, in each classroom, assisted me with the visit. This program currently operates with a five-star license, issued May 9, 2023. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under three years old, meets enhanced ratios minus one; meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. 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 center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-nine percent (99%) as of November 4, 2024. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The last annual compliance visit was completed on November 21, 2023. The last sanitation report was conducted March 25, 2024, with 0 demerits and received a superior status. The last fire inspection was conducted on September 12, 2024, and was approved for daytime care only. A walk-through of the facility was completed today, all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in the indoor and outdoor environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in routine free play, transitions, and personal care routines. The teachers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. The Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist, Children’s Records Worksheet and the Staff and Training Worksheet was completed today. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with current program and education components as well as the quality point. Lunch was chicken tenders, peaches, broccoli, mashed potatoes and milk. The following violations were observed: Violation Number Comment Rule 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. There were two gallon sized hand lotion/soap and one gallon sized glass cleaner observed under the sink area in the bathroom, several Lysol wipe containers stored in an unlocked bin on the floor of the bathroom area. All items were corrected during visit. .2820(b) 1044 Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). P. O'Brian did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check. Her qualification letter expired on August 14, 2024. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. P. O'Brian did not have a valid qualification letter on file and available for review. 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. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you and signed. On or before November 18, 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. Due to the nature of the violations cited during today’s visit, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Alecia Paschal, Child Care Consultant, 509 Pilot Ave., Fayetteville, NC 28303. 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: The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) is mandated to ensure all children who attend licensed /regulated child care facilities are protected and cared for in a nurturing and safe environment. The agency accomplishes this by assuring all caregivers working in licensed child care programs have a valid qualification letter on file with the facility prior to employment. This includes but is not limited to the following: •Any employee in a public school, who is ever left alone with a child or group of children or counted in the staff: child ratio for any length of time shall have a background check completed through DCDEE. •Specialized Service Provider (i.e. feeding therapist, ABA therapist (applied behavior analysis) (persons who work with or shadow a child as support in a classroom). •The administrator (principal), teachers, assistant teachers, and substitutes for NC Pre-K and licensed EC, before and after school programs who are housed in a public school. •A principal not serving as the administrator, assistant principal, school secretary, school nurse, elective teachers, resource teachers, school librarians, school psychologist, school social worker, bus driver, therapists, cafeteria staff, contracted transportation through the school system if ever left alone with a child or counted in the staff child ratio. Contact me at Alecia Paschal, Child Care Consultant, at 910-489-0413 or by email at alecia.paschal@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: ROCKFISH-HOKE ELEMENTARY PRE-K PROGRAM Facility ID: 47000172 Consultant: ALECIA PASCHAL Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/7/2024 Number Present: 34 Completed Date: 5/7/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 120 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 11:30 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 an annual compliance visit. The lead teacher, in each classroom, assisted me with the visit. Angel Baker, assistant principal, also assisted me with today’s visit. This program currently operates with a five-star license, issued May 9, 2023. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under three years old, meets enhanced ratios minus one; meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. 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 center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred percent (100%) as of May 6,2024. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The last annual compliance visit was completed on November 21, 2023. The last sanitation report was conducted March 25, 2024, with 0 demerits and received a superior status. The last fire inspection was conducted on September 20, 2023 and was approved for daytime care only. A walk-through of the facility was completed today, all indoor areas were monitored. I observed children in the indoor environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in routine free play. The teachers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with current program and education components as well as the quality point. The following violations were observed: Violation Number Comment Rule 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. J. Kelly, substitute, did not complete a Criminal Background Check. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. J. Kelly, substitute, did not have a valid qualification letter on file and available for review. 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. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented were corrected on-site so a letter of compliance is not required. You were able to place another substitute, S. Edge, in the classroom. She had a valid Criminal Record Check qualification letter. However, due to the nature of the violation, a second visit will be mad in the near future. Technical Assistance: The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) is mandated to ensure all children who attend licensed/regulated child care facilities are protected and cared for in a nurturing and safe environment. The agency accomplishes this by assuring all caregivers working in licensed child care programs have a valid qualification letter on file with the facility prior to employment. This includes but is not limited to the following: •Any employee in a public school, who is ever left alone with a child or group of children or counted in the staff: child ratio for any length of time shall have a background check completed through DCDEE. •Specialized Service Provider (i.e. feeding therapist, ABA therapist (applied behavior analysis) (persons who work with or shadow a child as support in a classroom). *The administrator (principal), teachers, assistant teachers, and substitutes for NC Pre-K and licensed EC, before and afterschool programs who are housed in a public school. •A principal not serving as the administrator, assistant principal, school secretary, school nurse, elective teachers, resource teachers, school librarians, school psychologist, school social worker, bus driver, therapists, cafeteria staff, contracted transportation through the school system if ever left alone with a child or counted in the staff child ratio. At the completion of the visit, a handwritten visit summary was completed due to technical issues. A copy was left with you explaining that I would complete this visit summary and email it to you at abaker@hcs.k12.nc.us.I requested that you return my email and state that you have received the Visit Summary and the Center Space, Capacity, Staff/Child ratio worksheet and placed it with the hand written visit summary completed today. Contact me at Alecia Paschal, Child Care Consultant, at 910-489-0413 or by email at alecia.paschal@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: ROCKFISH-HOKE ELEMENTARY PRE-K PROGRAM Facility ID: 47000172 Consultant: ALECIA PASCHAL Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/7/2024 Number Present: 34 Completed Date: 5/7/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 120 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 11:30 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 an annual compliance visit. The lead teacher, in each classroom, assisted me with the visit. Angel Baker, assistant principal, also assisted me with today’s visit. This program currently operates with a five-star license, issued May 9, 2023. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under three years old, meets enhanced ratios minus one; meets enhanced ratios and meets enhanced space. 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 center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred percent (100%) as of May 6,2024. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The last annual compliance visit was completed on November 21, 2023. The last sanitation report was conducted March 25, 2024, with 0 demerits and received a superior status. The last fire inspection was conducted on September 20, 2023 and was approved for daytime care only. A walk-through of the facility was completed today, all indoor areas were monitored. I observed children in the indoor environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in routine free play. The teachers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with current program and education components as well as the quality point. The following violations were observed: Violation Number Comment Rule 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. J. Kelly, substitute, did not complete a Criminal Background Check. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. J. Kelly, substitute, did not have a valid qualification letter on file and available for review. 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. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented were corrected on-site so a letter of compliance is not required. You were able to place another substitute, S. Edge, in the classroom. She had a valid Criminal Record Check qualification letter. However, due to the nature of the violation, a second visit will be mad in the near future. Technical Assistance: The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) is mandated to ensure all children who attend licensed/regulated child care facilities are protected and cared for in a nurturing and safe environment. The agency accomplishes this by assuring all caregivers working in licensed child care programs have a valid qualification letter on file with the facility prior to employment. This includes but is not limited to the following: •Any employee in a public school, who is ever left alone with a child or group of children or counted in the staff: child ratio for any length of time shall have a background check completed through DCDEE. •Specialized Service Provider (i.e. feeding therapist, ABA therapist (applied behavior analysis) (persons who work with or shadow a child as support in a classroom). *The administrator (principal), teachers, assistant teachers, and substitutes for NC Pre-K and licensed EC, before and afterschool programs who are housed in a public school. •A principal not serving as the administrator, assistant principal, school secretary, school nurse, elective teachers, resource teachers, school librarians, school psychologist, school social worker, bus driver, therapists, cafeteria staff, contracted transportation through the school system if ever left alone with a child or counted in the staff child ratio. At the completion of the visit, a handwritten visit summary was completed due to technical issues. A copy was left with you explaining that I would complete this visit summary and email it to you at abaker@hcs.k12.nc.us.I requested that you return my email and state that you have received the Visit Summary and the Center Space, Capacity, Staff/Child ratio worksheet and placed it with the hand written visit summary completed today. Contact me at Alecia Paschal, Child Care Consultant, at 910-489-0413 or by email at alecia.paschal@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