Yadkin Path Montessori

10A NCAC 09 .0304 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/9/2026 Number Present: 19 Completed Date: 6/9/2026 Age: From 0 To 6 Total Minutes: 235 Time In: 09:05 AM Time Out: 01:00 PM 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. Your last Annual Compliance Visit was conducted on November 17, 2025. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 91%. You, Jessica Touart, Administrator, assisted me with the visit. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the children participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 21, 2025, with two (2) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on February 16, 2026. There have been two new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their file. Criminal Background Checks, CPR/First Aid, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment, ITS SIDS, and BSAC trainings were monitored in staff files. Space 4 is operating as a private school during the educational day for school age children and will be removed as a licensed child care space. You stated that school age children participating in after school care and summer camp utilize Space 3 and Space 5. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. The following violation was observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff member (DOH: 8/24/2018) did not have certification in First Aid on file. .1102(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(c) all staff members providing direct care for children must have successfully completed certification in First Aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. Verification of each required staff member's completion of this course from an approved training organization must be maintained in the staff member's file in the center. During today’s visit, I showed you the Be a Smart Consumer of First Aid and CPR Training document found on the Division’s website which lists approved agencies and training that meet the NC Child Care Requirement. We discussed that BLS only meets the CPR training requirements. To correct this violation, please ensure that the staff member with BLS training completes certification in First Aid. You stated that you have already scheduled the employee to complete First Aid and CPR. QRIS INFORMATION: • During today’s visit, you expressed interest in pursuing a star rated license. We discussed the QRIS Pathways to the Stars effective July 1, 2025. We covered staff education (including ensuring all staff have WORKS accounts, understanding the 50% requirement for lead teachers and for other educators, and how work experience may count), enhanced ratios and space expectations, the Family and Community Engagement Foundational Practices, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plans. You stated that you are preparing documentation to pursue the Classroom and Instructional Quality Pathway (Pathway 2) at the three-star level. I informed you that we would process your rated license at your upcoming Annual Compliance Visit to allow you time to put practices into place. To prepare for your visit: • Complete the “Application for Assessment for a Rated License for Centers” electronically and submit to me when ready to proceed. • Confirm all staff have active WORKS accounts and updated status letters. • Complete the QRIS Staff Information and Education Worksheet electronically. • Implement Enhanced Space or Enhance Ratio • Complete the Facility CQI Plan / Plan for Implementation • Complete Individual CQI Plans / Plan for Implementation • Complete the Family and Community Engagement Form / Plan for Implementation • Select / Implement Curriculum for All Ages Served • Prepare for Child Observations • Arranging Coaching / Training Options for Administrator CONSULTATION: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0607(b) existing child care centers must have one person on staff who has completed the Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. When the trained staff member leaves employment, the center must ensure that another staff member completes the required training within four months of the vacancy. Documentation of completion of the training needs to be maintained in the individual's personnel file or in a file designated for emergency preparedness and response plan documents. Please ensure that at least one person on staff completes this training by August 2026. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(a) child care administrators and staff members must complete health and safety training within one year of employment, unless the staff member has completed the training within the year prior to beginning employment. Health and safety training shall be in addition to the new staff orientation requirements in Rule .1101. Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1101(a) requires that each new employee who is expected to have contact with children receives 16 hours of on-site orientation within the first six weeks of employment. As part of this orientation, each new employee must complete six hours of orientation within the first two weeks of employment. During today’s visit we discussed that health and safety trainings cannot be used as orientation and reviewed options on how to complete orientation to meet child care requirements. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) the operator must schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center’s previous fire inspection. The operator must submit the annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • 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 COMPLIANCE PLAN: All violations cited during today’s visit 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. Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Describe, in detail, specifically how each violation has been corrected 5. Your signature I must receive your compliance letter no later than June 23, 2026. Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .0607 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/9/2026 Number Present: 19 Completed Date: 6/9/2026 Age: From 0 To 6 Total Minutes: 235 Time In: 09:05 AM Time Out: 01:00 PM 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. Your last Annual Compliance Visit was conducted on November 17, 2025. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 91%. You, Jessica Touart, Administrator, assisted me with the visit. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the children participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 21, 2025, with two (2) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on February 16, 2026. There have been two new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their file. Criminal Background Checks, CPR/First Aid, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment, ITS SIDS, and BSAC trainings were monitored in staff files. Space 4 is operating as a private school during the educational day for school age children and will be removed as a licensed child care space. You stated that school age children participating in after school care and summer camp utilize Space 3 and Space 5. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. The following violation was observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff member (DOH: 8/24/2018) did not have certification in First Aid on file. .1102(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(c) all staff members providing direct care for children must have successfully completed certification in First Aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. Verification of each required staff member's completion of this course from an approved training organization must be maintained in the staff member's file in the center. During today’s visit, I showed you the Be a Smart Consumer of First Aid and CPR Training document found on the Division’s website which lists approved agencies and training that meet the NC Child Care Requirement. We discussed that BLS only meets the CPR training requirements. To correct this violation, please ensure that the staff member with BLS training completes certification in First Aid. You stated that you have already scheduled the employee to complete First Aid and CPR. QRIS INFORMATION: • During today’s visit, you expressed interest in pursuing a star rated license. We discussed the QRIS Pathways to the Stars effective July 1, 2025. We covered staff education (including ensuring all staff have WORKS accounts, understanding the 50% requirement for lead teachers and for other educators, and how work experience may count), enhanced ratios and space expectations, the Family and Community Engagement Foundational Practices, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plans. You stated that you are preparing documentation to pursue the Classroom and Instructional Quality Pathway (Pathway 2) at the three-star level. I informed you that we would process your rated license at your upcoming Annual Compliance Visit to allow you time to put practices into place. To prepare for your visit: • Complete the “Application for Assessment for a Rated License for Centers” electronically and submit to me when ready to proceed. • Confirm all staff have active WORKS accounts and updated status letters. • Complete the QRIS Staff Information and Education Worksheet electronically. • Implement Enhanced Space or Enhance Ratio • Complete the Facility CQI Plan / Plan for Implementation • Complete Individual CQI Plans / Plan for Implementation • Complete the Family and Community Engagement Form / Plan for Implementation • Select / Implement Curriculum for All Ages Served • Prepare for Child Observations • Arranging Coaching / Training Options for Administrator CONSULTATION: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0607(b) existing child care centers must have one person on staff who has completed the Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. When the trained staff member leaves employment, the center must ensure that another staff member completes the required training within four months of the vacancy. Documentation of completion of the training needs to be maintained in the individual's personnel file or in a file designated for emergency preparedness and response plan documents. Please ensure that at least one person on staff completes this training by August 2026. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(a) child care administrators and staff members must complete health and safety training within one year of employment, unless the staff member has completed the training within the year prior to beginning employment. Health and safety training shall be in addition to the new staff orientation requirements in Rule .1101. Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1101(a) requires that each new employee who is expected to have contact with children receives 16 hours of on-site orientation within the first six weeks of employment. As part of this orientation, each new employee must complete six hours of orientation within the first two weeks of employment. During today’s visit we discussed that health and safety trainings cannot be used as orientation and reviewed options on how to complete orientation to meet child care requirements. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) the operator must schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center’s previous fire inspection. The operator must submit the annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • 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 COMPLIANCE PLAN: All violations cited during today’s visit 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. Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Describe, in detail, specifically how each violation has been corrected 5. Your signature I must receive your compliance letter no later than June 23, 2026. Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .1101 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/9/2026 Number Present: 19 Completed Date: 6/9/2026 Age: From 0 To 6 Total Minutes: 235 Time In: 09:05 AM Time Out: 01:00 PM 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. Your last Annual Compliance Visit was conducted on November 17, 2025. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 91%. You, Jessica Touart, Administrator, assisted me with the visit. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the children participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 21, 2025, with two (2) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on February 16, 2026. There have been two new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their file. Criminal Background Checks, CPR/First Aid, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment, ITS SIDS, and BSAC trainings were monitored in staff files. Space 4 is operating as a private school during the educational day for school age children and will be removed as a licensed child care space. You stated that school age children participating in after school care and summer camp utilize Space 3 and Space 5. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. The following violation was observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff member (DOH: 8/24/2018) did not have certification in First Aid on file. .1102(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(c) all staff members providing direct care for children must have successfully completed certification in First Aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. Verification of each required staff member's completion of this course from an approved training organization must be maintained in the staff member's file in the center. During today’s visit, I showed you the Be a Smart Consumer of First Aid and CPR Training document found on the Division’s website which lists approved agencies and training that meet the NC Child Care Requirement. We discussed that BLS only meets the CPR training requirements. To correct this violation, please ensure that the staff member with BLS training completes certification in First Aid. You stated that you have already scheduled the employee to complete First Aid and CPR. QRIS INFORMATION: • During today’s visit, you expressed interest in pursuing a star rated license. We discussed the QRIS Pathways to the Stars effective July 1, 2025. We covered staff education (including ensuring all staff have WORKS accounts, understanding the 50% requirement for lead teachers and for other educators, and how work experience may count), enhanced ratios and space expectations, the Family and Community Engagement Foundational Practices, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plans. You stated that you are preparing documentation to pursue the Classroom and Instructional Quality Pathway (Pathway 2) at the three-star level. I informed you that we would process your rated license at your upcoming Annual Compliance Visit to allow you time to put practices into place. To prepare for your visit: • Complete the “Application for Assessment for a Rated License for Centers” electronically and submit to me when ready to proceed. • Confirm all staff have active WORKS accounts and updated status letters. • Complete the QRIS Staff Information and Education Worksheet electronically. • Implement Enhanced Space or Enhance Ratio • Complete the Facility CQI Plan / Plan for Implementation • Complete Individual CQI Plans / Plan for Implementation • Complete the Family and Community Engagement Form / Plan for Implementation • Select / Implement Curriculum for All Ages Served • Prepare for Child Observations • Arranging Coaching / Training Options for Administrator CONSULTATION: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0607(b) existing child care centers must have one person on staff who has completed the Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. When the trained staff member leaves employment, the center must ensure that another staff member completes the required training within four months of the vacancy. Documentation of completion of the training needs to be maintained in the individual's personnel file or in a file designated for emergency preparedness and response plan documents. Please ensure that at least one person on staff completes this training by August 2026. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(a) child care administrators and staff members must complete health and safety training within one year of employment, unless the staff member has completed the training within the year prior to beginning employment. Health and safety training shall be in addition to the new staff orientation requirements in Rule .1101. Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1101(a) requires that each new employee who is expected to have contact with children receives 16 hours of on-site orientation within the first six weeks of employment. As part of this orientation, each new employee must complete six hours of orientation within the first two weeks of employment. During today’s visit we discussed that health and safety trainings cannot be used as orientation and reviewed options on how to complete orientation to meet child care requirements. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) the operator must schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center’s previous fire inspection. The operator must submit the annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • 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 COMPLIANCE PLAN: All violations cited during today’s visit 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. Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Describe, in detail, specifically how each violation has been corrected 5. Your signature I must receive your compliance letter no later than June 23, 2026. Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .1102 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/9/2026 Number Present: 19 Completed Date: 6/9/2026 Age: From 0 To 6 Total Minutes: 235 Time In: 09:05 AM Time Out: 01:00 PM 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. Your last Annual Compliance Visit was conducted on November 17, 2025. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 91%. You, Jessica Touart, Administrator, assisted me with the visit. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the children participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 21, 2025, with two (2) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on February 16, 2026. There have been two new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their file. Criminal Background Checks, CPR/First Aid, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment, ITS SIDS, and BSAC trainings were monitored in staff files. Space 4 is operating as a private school during the educational day for school age children and will be removed as a licensed child care space. You stated that school age children participating in after school care and summer camp utilize Space 3 and Space 5. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. The following violation was observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff member (DOH: 8/24/2018) did not have certification in First Aid on file. .1102(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(c) all staff members providing direct care for children must have successfully completed certification in First Aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. Verification of each required staff member's completion of this course from an approved training organization must be maintained in the staff member's file in the center. During today’s visit, I showed you the Be a Smart Consumer of First Aid and CPR Training document found on the Division’s website which lists approved agencies and training that meet the NC Child Care Requirement. We discussed that BLS only meets the CPR training requirements. To correct this violation, please ensure that the staff member with BLS training completes certification in First Aid. You stated that you have already scheduled the employee to complete First Aid and CPR. QRIS INFORMATION: • During today’s visit, you expressed interest in pursuing a star rated license. We discussed the QRIS Pathways to the Stars effective July 1, 2025. We covered staff education (including ensuring all staff have WORKS accounts, understanding the 50% requirement for lead teachers and for other educators, and how work experience may count), enhanced ratios and space expectations, the Family and Community Engagement Foundational Practices, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plans. You stated that you are preparing documentation to pursue the Classroom and Instructional Quality Pathway (Pathway 2) at the three-star level. I informed you that we would process your rated license at your upcoming Annual Compliance Visit to allow you time to put practices into place. To prepare for your visit: • Complete the “Application for Assessment for a Rated License for Centers” electronically and submit to me when ready to proceed. • Confirm all staff have active WORKS accounts and updated status letters. • Complete the QRIS Staff Information and Education Worksheet electronically. • Implement Enhanced Space or Enhance Ratio • Complete the Facility CQI Plan / Plan for Implementation • Complete Individual CQI Plans / Plan for Implementation • Complete the Family and Community Engagement Form / Plan for Implementation • Select / Implement Curriculum for All Ages Served • Prepare for Child Observations • Arranging Coaching / Training Options for Administrator CONSULTATION: • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0607(b) existing child care centers must have one person on staff who has completed the Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. When the trained staff member leaves employment, the center must ensure that another staff member completes the required training within four months of the vacancy. Documentation of completion of the training needs to be maintained in the individual's personnel file or in a file designated for emergency preparedness and response plan documents. Please ensure that at least one person on staff completes this training by August 2026. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(a) child care administrators and staff members must complete health and safety training within one year of employment, unless the staff member has completed the training within the year prior to beginning employment. Health and safety training shall be in addition to the new staff orientation requirements in Rule .1101. Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1101(a) requires that each new employee who is expected to have contact with children receives 16 hours of on-site orientation within the first six weeks of employment. As part of this orientation, each new employee must complete six hours of orientation within the first two weeks of employment. During today’s visit we discussed that health and safety trainings cannot be used as orientation and reviewed options on how to complete orientation to meet child care requirements. • Per Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) the operator must schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center’s previous fire inspection. The operator must submit the annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • 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 COMPLIANCE PLAN: All violations cited during today’s visit 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. Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Describe, in detail, specifically how each violation has been corrected 5. Your signature I must receive your compliance letter no later than June 23, 2026. Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .0701 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/17/2025 Number Present: 31 Completed Date: 11/17/2025 Age: From 0 To 9 Total Minutes: 239 Time In: 09:11 AM Time Out: 01:10 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. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on December 4, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 87%. You, Katelyn Bogg, Director, assisted me with the visit. I reviewed with you today the information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, administrator, or owner. This facility operates with a one-star license and is licensed for 95 children on first shift, ages zero to twelve years with an effective date of April 26, 2017. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I used the “Annual Compliance Monitoring Visit Checklist for Child Care Centers” during today’s visit. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, daily schedules, activity plans, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed children engaged in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. There were a variety of materials available to children. Materials and furnishings were found to be developmentally appropriate. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. You stated your program does not provide transportation. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on March 18, 2025, with three (3) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 24, 2025. There have been two new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their files and a portion of existing staff files during today’s visit. There are 32 children enrolled. I monitored a portion of the children’s records. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 533 Human milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child's home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child. In Space 3, four water bottles were not labeled with the date and one was not labeled with the child's name. 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) 852 Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. Incident reports were not maintained in the children's files. .0802 (e) 1032 Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. One staff member (DOH: 7/7/2025) had a medical report completed on 7/18/2025. 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) 1033 On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One staff member (DOH: 7/7/2025) had a TB test on 7/17/2025. .0701(a) Technical Assistance: • During arrival, have staff members check that all outside beverages are labeled with the name of the child that the beverage belongs to and the date it was received at the child care center. I suggest keeping masking tape at the entrance of each classroom so that the bottles can be quickly labeled if needed. Today the violation was corrected by labeling the water bottles with the child’s name and date. • After incident reports are completed and signed by the parent, they are to be maintained in the child's file. I suggest that incident reports are filed right after the parent has signed the form and a copy has been given to the parent to avoid forgetting. Today you corrected the violation by placing incident reports into the children’s files as required. • Staff members must have a medical report and a TB test / screening on file prior to their first day of work. I recommend that you require staff members to have these documents completed and be turned in to the administrator prior to scheduling their first day of work. Today the violation was corrected as the staff member has a medical report and TB test on file. However, the date of the medical report and TB test was after their first day of employment. Consultation: • DCDEE WEBSITE 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 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .0304 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/6/2025 Number Present: 41 Completed Date: 5/6/2025 Age: From 1 To 10 Total Minutes: 165 Time In: 09:15 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM 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 during a Routine Unannounced visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on December 4, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Boggs, Director, assisted me with the visit. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the children participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on March 18, 2025, with three (3) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 24, 2025. There has been one new staff member hired since the last visit. I monitored their file. Criminal Background Checks, CPR/First Aid, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment, ITS SIDS, and BSAC trainings were monitored in staff files. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In Space 1A, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Aveeno to be used. In Space 1B, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Boudreaux to be used. In Space 5, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Vaseline to be used. In Space 4, there was not a Medication Administration Permission Form for an EpiPen. In Space 4, there was not a Medication Administration Permission Form for a Valtoco nasal spray. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) 849 Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In Space 4, the prescription for an EpiPen expired on 3/22/2025. .0803(12) 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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 1/21/2025 did not include a choice of health care provider. .0701(a) 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member's First Aid expired on 1/25/2025 and was not recertified until 4/3/2025. .1102(c) 1049 All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member's CPR certification expired on 1/25/2025 and was not recertified until 4/3/2025. .1102(d) Technical Assistance: • To ensure Medication Administration Permission Forms have all required information documented, I suggest that all medications are brought to the office and approved prior to taking them to the classroom. We discussed that an administrator or assigned staff member can do a monthly medication check to ensure that required paperwork is updated as needed and that medications or prescriptions have not expired. Today I left you with a copy of the Medication Administration Permission Form that will need to be completed for the emergency medications. • When reviewing new hire paperwork, thoroughly review each section to ensure required information is included. The Emergency Information Form must include the responsible party’s choice of health care professional. • To ensure that all staff members maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications, I suggested that you implement a tracking system, such as using a spreadsheet, to monitor each employee’s due dates. Today we discussed giving staff members a six-month reminder that their CPR/First Aid certification is expiring to allow time for them to schedule and attend a class that works for their schedule. Consultation: • NEW QRIS MODERNIZATION PLAN: The new QRIS Modernization Plan known as “Pathways to Success” is being added to law which includes moving to the use of the updated Environmental Rating Scale (ERS-3 versions) for ITERS, ECERS, and FCCERS, effective February 1, 2025. DCDEE and the NC Child Care Commission will continue the rulemaking process to add the rule language to child care requirements. This process with take several months. Hold Harmless provisions have been extended. Star rated license reassessments are postponed until the QRIS rulemaking process has been completed. Star rated license assessments are still required for new child care programs. A pathway for child care programs currently accredited through the approved accrediting bodies may now move to a 3- or 5-star license if they are not already at this star level. Providers need to submit a request to their licensing consultant and provide a copy of their accreditation award/certificate for processing: Accreditation Licensure Request Form. Please be reminded any ERS assessment completed on February 1, 2025 and after will be assessed using the ERS-3 versions. • DCDEE WEBSITE 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 • 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 on 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids enrollment deadline has been revised statewide. Child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. Today the dashboard indicated that enrollment needs to be completed for Lead-Based Paint and Asbestos. 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Violations must be corrected immediately. A signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 5/20/2025. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .0803 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/6/2025 Number Present: 41 Completed Date: 5/6/2025 Age: From 1 To 10 Total Minutes: 165 Time In: 09:15 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM 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 during a Routine Unannounced visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on December 4, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Boggs, Director, assisted me with the visit. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the children participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on March 18, 2025, with three (3) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 24, 2025. There has been one new staff member hired since the last visit. I monitored their file. Criminal Background Checks, CPR/First Aid, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment, ITS SIDS, and BSAC trainings were monitored in staff files. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In Space 1A, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Aveeno to be used. In Space 1B, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Boudreaux to be used. In Space 5, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Vaseline to be used. In Space 4, there was not a Medication Administration Permission Form for an EpiPen. In Space 4, there was not a Medication Administration Permission Form for a Valtoco nasal spray. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) 849 Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In Space 4, the prescription for an EpiPen expired on 3/22/2025. .0803(12) 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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 1/21/2025 did not include a choice of health care provider. .0701(a) 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member's First Aid expired on 1/25/2025 and was not recertified until 4/3/2025. .1102(c) 1049 All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member's CPR certification expired on 1/25/2025 and was not recertified until 4/3/2025. .1102(d) Technical Assistance: • To ensure Medication Administration Permission Forms have all required information documented, I suggest that all medications are brought to the office and approved prior to taking them to the classroom. We discussed that an administrator or assigned staff member can do a monthly medication check to ensure that required paperwork is updated as needed and that medications or prescriptions have not expired. Today I left you with a copy of the Medication Administration Permission Form that will need to be completed for the emergency medications. • When reviewing new hire paperwork, thoroughly review each section to ensure required information is included. The Emergency Information Form must include the responsible party’s choice of health care professional. • To ensure that all staff members maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications, I suggested that you implement a tracking system, such as using a spreadsheet, to monitor each employee’s due dates. Today we discussed giving staff members a six-month reminder that their CPR/First Aid certification is expiring to allow time for them to schedule and attend a class that works for their schedule. Consultation: • NEW QRIS MODERNIZATION PLAN: The new QRIS Modernization Plan known as “Pathways to Success” is being added to law which includes moving to the use of the updated Environmental Rating Scale (ERS-3 versions) for ITERS, ECERS, and FCCERS, effective February 1, 2025. DCDEE and the NC Child Care Commission will continue the rulemaking process to add the rule language to child care requirements. This process with take several months. Hold Harmless provisions have been extended. Star rated license reassessments are postponed until the QRIS rulemaking process has been completed. Star rated license assessments are still required for new child care programs. A pathway for child care programs currently accredited through the approved accrediting bodies may now move to a 3- or 5-star license if they are not already at this star level. Providers need to submit a request to their licensing consultant and provide a copy of their accreditation award/certificate for processing: Accreditation Licensure Request Form. Please be reminded any ERS assessment completed on February 1, 2025 and after will be assessed using the ERS-3 versions. • DCDEE WEBSITE 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 • 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 on 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids enrollment deadline has been revised statewide. Child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. Today the dashboard indicated that enrollment needs to be completed for Lead-Based Paint and Asbestos. 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Violations must be corrected immediately. A signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 5/20/2025. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/6/2025 Number Present: 41 Completed Date: 5/6/2025 Age: From 1 To 10 Total Minutes: 165 Time In: 09:15 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM 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 during a Routine Unannounced visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on December 4, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Boggs, Director, assisted me with the visit. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the children participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on March 18, 2025, with three (3) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 24, 2025. There has been one new staff member hired since the last visit. I monitored their file. Criminal Background Checks, CPR/First Aid, Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment, ITS SIDS, and BSAC trainings were monitored in staff files. Your signature on all forms served and will serve as verification that the information provided was accurate and complete. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In Space 1A, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Aveeno to be used. In Space 1B, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Boudreaux to be used. In Space 5, the Medication Administration Permission Form did not include an amount of Vaseline to be used. In Space 4, there was not a Medication Administration Permission Form for an EpiPen. In Space 4, there was not a Medication Administration Permission Form for a Valtoco nasal spray. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) 849 Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In Space 4, the prescription for an EpiPen expired on 3/22/2025. .0803(12) 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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 1/21/2025 did not include a choice of health care provider. .0701(a) 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member's First Aid expired on 1/25/2025 and was not recertified until 4/3/2025. .1102(c) 1049 All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member's CPR certification expired on 1/25/2025 and was not recertified until 4/3/2025. .1102(d) Technical Assistance: • To ensure Medication Administration Permission Forms have all required information documented, I suggest that all medications are brought to the office and approved prior to taking them to the classroom. We discussed that an administrator or assigned staff member can do a monthly medication check to ensure that required paperwork is updated as needed and that medications or prescriptions have not expired. Today I left you with a copy of the Medication Administration Permission Form that will need to be completed for the emergency medications. • When reviewing new hire paperwork, thoroughly review each section to ensure required information is included. The Emergency Information Form must include the responsible party’s choice of health care professional. • To ensure that all staff members maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications, I suggested that you implement a tracking system, such as using a spreadsheet, to monitor each employee’s due dates. Today we discussed giving staff members a six-month reminder that their CPR/First Aid certification is expiring to allow time for them to schedule and attend a class that works for their schedule. Consultation: • NEW QRIS MODERNIZATION PLAN: The new QRIS Modernization Plan known as “Pathways to Success” is being added to law which includes moving to the use of the updated Environmental Rating Scale (ERS-3 versions) for ITERS, ECERS, and FCCERS, effective February 1, 2025. DCDEE and the NC Child Care Commission will continue the rulemaking process to add the rule language to child care requirements. This process with take several months. Hold Harmless provisions have been extended. Star rated license reassessments are postponed until the QRIS rulemaking process has been completed. Star rated license assessments are still required for new child care programs. A pathway for child care programs currently accredited through the approved accrediting bodies may now move to a 3- or 5-star license if they are not already at this star level. Providers need to submit a request to their licensing consultant and provide a copy of their accreditation award/certificate for processing: Accreditation Licensure Request Form. Please be reminded any ERS assessment completed on February 1, 2025 and after will be assessed using the ERS-3 versions. • DCDEE WEBSITE 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 • 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 on 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids enrollment deadline has been revised statewide. Child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. Today the dashboard indicated that enrollment needs to be completed for Lead-Based Paint and Asbestos. 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Violations must be corrected immediately. A signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 5/20/2025. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .0304 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 12/4/2024 Number Present: 37 Completed Date: 12/4/2024 Age: From 0 To 9 Total Minutes: 380 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 03:50 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 during an Annual Compliance visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on January 22, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Bogg, Director, assisted me with the visit. I reviewed with you today the information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, administrator, or owner. This facility operates with a one-star license and is licensed for 95 children on first shift, ages zero to twelve years with an effective date of April 26, 2017. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I used the “Annual Compliance Monitoring Visit Checklist for Child Care Centers” during today’s visit. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, daily schedules, activity plans, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the arrival procedure, children during morning snack, participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors, and departure. There were a variety of materials available to children. Materials and furnishings were found to be developmentally appropriate. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. You stated your program does not provide transportation. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 4, 2024, with four (4) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 31, 2024. There have been five new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their files and a portion of existing staff files during today’s visit. There are 42 children enrolled. I monitored a portion of the children’s records. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1032 Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had a medical report dated 10/3/2024. A medical report for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) 1033 On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A TB screening for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. .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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/4/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Emergency Information Form to reflect the accurate information. .0701(a) 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A staff member hired on 11/25/2024 did not have a Criminal Background Check completed until 11/27/2024. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1230 Personnel policies were not discussed with each staff at employment and a copy was not available to all staff. The signed personnel policies for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/11/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the personnel policies to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(e) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. The signed Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/7/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy to reflect the accurate information. .0608(d)(1-4) Technical Assistance: • To ensure that staff files are complete and accurate, I suggest placing the Staff File Checklist on the front of each staff file where it is easily visible and accessible. We discussed using different colored highlighters to indicate the due dates for required documents, including but not limited to the Medical Report, TB Screening, Health Questionnaire, Emergency Information Form, CBC Qualification Letter, Documentation of Operational and Personnel Policy Receipt, and Documentation of Receipt of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma Policy. Additionally, I recommend that both you and the staff member initial the dates the paperwork is completed and written on the checklist Consultation: • We discussed today that altering dates on a staff member's signed paperwork and medical records may be considered falsification and could lead to administrative action. G.S. 110-91 (14) states that any effort to falsify information provided to the Department shall be considered by the Secretary to be evidence of violation of this Article on the part of the operator or sponsor of the child care facility and shall constitute a cause for revoking or denying a license to such child care facility. • 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: -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 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Though violations were corrected during today's visit, a signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 12/18/24. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected or an administrative action may be recommended. Based on Child Care Rule 10A https://www.msn.com/enus/feedNCAC 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .0514 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 12/4/2024 Number Present: 37 Completed Date: 12/4/2024 Age: From 0 To 9 Total Minutes: 380 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 03:50 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 during an Annual Compliance visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on January 22, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Bogg, Director, assisted me with the visit. I reviewed with you today the information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, administrator, or owner. This facility operates with a one-star license and is licensed for 95 children on first shift, ages zero to twelve years with an effective date of April 26, 2017. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I used the “Annual Compliance Monitoring Visit Checklist for Child Care Centers” during today’s visit. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, daily schedules, activity plans, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the arrival procedure, children during morning snack, participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors, and departure. There were a variety of materials available to children. Materials and furnishings were found to be developmentally appropriate. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. You stated your program does not provide transportation. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 4, 2024, with four (4) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 31, 2024. There have been five new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their files and a portion of existing staff files during today’s visit. There are 42 children enrolled. I monitored a portion of the children’s records. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1032 Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had a medical report dated 10/3/2024. A medical report for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) 1033 On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A TB screening for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. .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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/4/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Emergency Information Form to reflect the accurate information. .0701(a) 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A staff member hired on 11/25/2024 did not have a Criminal Background Check completed until 11/27/2024. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1230 Personnel policies were not discussed with each staff at employment and a copy was not available to all staff. The signed personnel policies for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/11/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the personnel policies to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(e) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. The signed Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/7/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy to reflect the accurate information. .0608(d)(1-4) Technical Assistance: • To ensure that staff files are complete and accurate, I suggest placing the Staff File Checklist on the front of each staff file where it is easily visible and accessible. We discussed using different colored highlighters to indicate the due dates for required documents, including but not limited to the Medical Report, TB Screening, Health Questionnaire, Emergency Information Form, CBC Qualification Letter, Documentation of Operational and Personnel Policy Receipt, and Documentation of Receipt of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma Policy. Additionally, I recommend that both you and the staff member initial the dates the paperwork is completed and written on the checklist Consultation: • We discussed today that altering dates on a staff member's signed paperwork and medical records may be considered falsification and could lead to administrative action. G.S. 110-91 (14) states that any effort to falsify information provided to the Department shall be considered by the Secretary to be evidence of violation of this Article on the part of the operator or sponsor of the child care facility and shall constitute a cause for revoking or denying a license to such child care facility. • 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: -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 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Though violations were corrected during today's visit, a signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 12/18/24. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected or an administrative action may be recommended. Based on Child Care Rule 10A https://www.msn.com/enus/feedNCAC 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .0701 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 12/4/2024 Number Present: 37 Completed Date: 12/4/2024 Age: From 0 To 9 Total Minutes: 380 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 03:50 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 during an Annual Compliance visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on January 22, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Bogg, Director, assisted me with the visit. I reviewed with you today the information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, administrator, or owner. This facility operates with a one-star license and is licensed for 95 children on first shift, ages zero to twelve years with an effective date of April 26, 2017. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I used the “Annual Compliance Monitoring Visit Checklist for Child Care Centers” during today’s visit. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, daily schedules, activity plans, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the arrival procedure, children during morning snack, participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors, and departure. There were a variety of materials available to children. Materials and furnishings were found to be developmentally appropriate. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. You stated your program does not provide transportation. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 4, 2024, with four (4) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 31, 2024. There have been five new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their files and a portion of existing staff files during today’s visit. There are 42 children enrolled. I monitored a portion of the children’s records. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1032 Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had a medical report dated 10/3/2024. A medical report for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) 1033 On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A TB screening for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. .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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/4/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Emergency Information Form to reflect the accurate information. .0701(a) 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A staff member hired on 11/25/2024 did not have a Criminal Background Check completed until 11/27/2024. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1230 Personnel policies were not discussed with each staff at employment and a copy was not available to all staff. The signed personnel policies for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/11/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the personnel policies to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(e) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. The signed Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/7/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy to reflect the accurate information. .0608(d)(1-4) Technical Assistance: • To ensure that staff files are complete and accurate, I suggest placing the Staff File Checklist on the front of each staff file where it is easily visible and accessible. We discussed using different colored highlighters to indicate the due dates for required documents, including but not limited to the Medical Report, TB Screening, Health Questionnaire, Emergency Information Form, CBC Qualification Letter, Documentation of Operational and Personnel Policy Receipt, and Documentation of Receipt of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma Policy. Additionally, I recommend that both you and the staff member initial the dates the paperwork is completed and written on the checklist Consultation: • We discussed today that altering dates on a staff member's signed paperwork and medical records may be considered falsification and could lead to administrative action. G.S. 110-91 (14) states that any effort to falsify information provided to the Department shall be considered by the Secretary to be evidence of violation of this Article on the part of the operator or sponsor of the child care facility and shall constitute a cause for revoking or denying a license to such child care facility. • 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: -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 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Though violations were corrected during today's visit, a signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 12/18/24. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected or an administrative action may be recommended. Based on Child Care Rule 10A https://www.msn.com/enus/feedNCAC 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 12/4/2024 Number Present: 37 Completed Date: 12/4/2024 Age: From 0 To 9 Total Minutes: 380 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 03:50 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 during an Annual Compliance visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on January 22, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Bogg, Director, assisted me with the visit. I reviewed with you today the information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, administrator, or owner. This facility operates with a one-star license and is licensed for 95 children on first shift, ages zero to twelve years with an effective date of April 26, 2017. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I used the “Annual Compliance Monitoring Visit Checklist for Child Care Centers” during today’s visit. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, daily schedules, activity plans, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the arrival procedure, children during morning snack, participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors, and departure. There were a variety of materials available to children. Materials and furnishings were found to be developmentally appropriate. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. You stated your program does not provide transportation. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 4, 2024, with four (4) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 31, 2024. There have been five new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their files and a portion of existing staff files during today’s visit. There are 42 children enrolled. I monitored a portion of the children’s records. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1032 Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had a medical report dated 10/3/2024. A medical report for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) 1033 On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A TB screening for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. .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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/4/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Emergency Information Form to reflect the accurate information. .0701(a) 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A staff member hired on 11/25/2024 did not have a Criminal Background Check completed until 11/27/2024. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1230 Personnel policies were not discussed with each staff at employment and a copy was not available to all staff. The signed personnel policies for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/11/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the personnel policies to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(e) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. The signed Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/7/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy to reflect the accurate information. .0608(d)(1-4) Technical Assistance: • To ensure that staff files are complete and accurate, I suggest placing the Staff File Checklist on the front of each staff file where it is easily visible and accessible. We discussed using different colored highlighters to indicate the due dates for required documents, including but not limited to the Medical Report, TB Screening, Health Questionnaire, Emergency Information Form, CBC Qualification Letter, Documentation of Operational and Personnel Policy Receipt, and Documentation of Receipt of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma Policy. Additionally, I recommend that both you and the staff member initial the dates the paperwork is completed and written on the checklist Consultation: • We discussed today that altering dates on a staff member's signed paperwork and medical records may be considered falsification and could lead to administrative action. G.S. 110-91 (14) states that any effort to falsify information provided to the Department shall be considered by the Secretary to be evidence of violation of this Article on the part of the operator or sponsor of the child care facility and shall constitute a cause for revoking or denying a license to such child care facility. • 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: -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 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Though violations were corrected during today's visit, a signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 12/18/24. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected or an administrative action may be recommended. Based on Child Care Rule 10A https://www.msn.com/enus/feedNCAC 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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

G.S. 110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: ASHLYNN VAUGHAN Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 12/4/2024 Number Present: 37 Completed Date: 12/4/2024 Age: From 0 To 9 Total Minutes: 380 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 03:50 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 during an Annual Compliance visit. Your last Annual Compliance visit was conducted on January 22, 2024. Your facility’s compliance history score prior to today’s visit was 96%. You, Katelyn Bogg, Director, assisted me with the visit. I reviewed with you today the information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, email address, mailing address, administrator, or owner. This facility operates with a one-star license and is licensed for 95 children on first shift, ages zero to twelve years with an effective date of April 26, 2017. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Your facility, owned by Yadkin Path, Inc. was current and active with the NC Secretary of State as viewed on the NC Secretary of State Website today. I used the “Annual Compliance Monitoring Visit Checklist for Child Care Centers” during today’s visit. I observed your One-Star License, NC Child Care Summary of the Law, menu, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Sanitation placard, daily schedules, activity plans, staff-child ratio worksheets, First Aid poster, tobacco free policy signage and evacuation plans posted as required. Child to staff ratios, group size, supervision, permit restrictions, and adequate and approved space were monitored. A walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces was completed. I observed the arrival procedure, children during morning snack, participating in free choice activities indoors and outdoors, and departure. There were a variety of materials available to children. Materials and furnishings were found to be developmentally appropriate. All medications and accompanying documentation were monitored. You stated your program does not provide transportation. Program records were monitored, including emergency drills, fire drills, monthly outdoor inspections, and incident logs. A sanitation inspection was conducted on November 4, 2024, with four (4) demerits and a superior classification. A fire inspection was conducted on January 31, 2024. There have been five new staff members hired since the last visit. I monitored their files and a portion of existing staff files during today’s visit. There are 42 children enrolled. I monitored a portion of the children’s records. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1032 Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had a medical report dated 10/3/2024. A medical report for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) 1033 On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A TB screening for a staff member hired on 3/6/2024 had the original date of 3/13/2024 whited out, with the date 2/5/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date through their medical portal and corrected the date on the medical report to reflect the accurate information. .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. The Emergency Information Form for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/4/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Emergency Information Form to reflect the accurate information. .0701(a) 1041 Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A staff member hired on 11/25/2024 did not have a Criminal Background Check completed until 11/27/2024. G.S. 110-90.2(b) 1230 Personnel policies were not discussed with each staff at employment and a copy was not available to all staff. The signed personnel policies for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/11/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the personnel policies to reflect the accurate information. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(e) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. The signed Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy for a staff member hired on 2/20/2024 had the original date of 3/7/2024 whited out, with the date 2/20/2024 written on top. The staff member verified the correct date it was signed and corrected the date on the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy to reflect the accurate information. .0608(d)(1-4) Technical Assistance: • To ensure that staff files are complete and accurate, I suggest placing the Staff File Checklist on the front of each staff file where it is easily visible and accessible. We discussed using different colored highlighters to indicate the due dates for required documents, including but not limited to the Medical Report, TB Screening, Health Questionnaire, Emergency Information Form, CBC Qualification Letter, Documentation of Operational and Personnel Policy Receipt, and Documentation of Receipt of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma Policy. Additionally, I recommend that both you and the staff member initial the dates the paperwork is completed and written on the checklist Consultation: • We discussed today that altering dates on a staff member's signed paperwork and medical records may be considered falsification and could lead to administrative action. G.S. 110-91 (14) states that any effort to falsify information provided to the Department shall be considered by the Secretary to be evidence of violation of this Article on the part of the operator or sponsor of the child care facility and shall constitute a cause for revoking or denying a license to such child care facility. • 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. • Child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0304 which requires a child care center operator to: schedule and obtain a fire inspection within 12 months of the center's previous fire inspection, to notify the local fire inspector when it is time for the center's annual fire inspection, and to submit the original of the approved annual fire inspection report to the Division within one week of the inspection visit on the form provided by the Division. • Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: -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 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. COMPLIANCE PLAN: Though violations were corrected during today's visit, a signed and dated letter of compliance must be received by me no later than 12/18/24. Your compliance documentation must include the following: • The name of your facility • The ID number of your facility • The date you write the letter • A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. • A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. • Your signature Please mail or email a signed copy of the letter to: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1078 Faith, NC 28041 Email: ashlynn.vaughan@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. If a letter is not received by the required date an unannounced follow-up visit may be conducted to confirm the violations were corrected or an administrative action may be recommended. Based on Child Care Rule 10A https://www.msn.com/enus/feedNCAC 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. Please Note: Please be aware that any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 (704) 330-3722 or by email at ashlynn.vaughan@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, 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 .2200 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: CAROLYN CONLEY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/22/2024 Number Present: 46 Completed Date: 1/22/2024 Age: From 0 To 12 Total Minutes: 210 Time In: 10:45 AM Time Out: 02:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of this visit is to monitor compliance with applicable child care requirements. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on February 2, 2023. The current one-star license effective April 26, 2017, was posted in the entrance hallway. This facility is licensed for 95 children between the ages of zero to twelve years on first shift. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. The current 18-month compliance history is 97%. I monitored the Secretary of State’s website and Yadkin Path, Inc. is active and current. Upon arrival, I was greeted by You, Kaetlyn Boggs, director of the facility. You accompanied me during the walkthrough of the facility. I completed the "Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Centers" during today's visit. I observed the children during free choice activities indoors and outdoors, hand washing routines, lunch and nap time. I observed positive interactions between staff and the children. I observed that staff/child ratios, group size and supervision were in compliance. I monitored the outdoor play area and outdoor play inspections. I reviewed the emergency drills, and they are occurring as required. The fire inspection was conducted on February 7, 2023. The sanitation inspection was conducted on August 15, 2023, with two demerits and a superior rating. You stated that this program does not provide transportation. There were two new staff members hired since the last visit conducted. I monitored their files a portion of the existing staff files. I monitored a portion of the children’s records. The following violations were observed and corrected during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1835 The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. There was a medical action plan for seizure medication in the space 4 used by the school aged children that did not have a date on it. .0801(b) 9995 A violation was found for which there is no item number. A violation was found for which there is no item number. .2820(c) Non-aerosol sanitizing, disinfecting, and detergent solutions, hand sanitizers, and hand lotions shall be kept out of reach of children when not in use, but are not required to be in locked storage. These solutions shall be labeled as sanitizing, disinfecting, or detergent (soapy water) solutions. Hand soap other than that which is in bulk containers is not required to be kept out of reach of children or in locked storage. The classroom that cares for children two years of age had a hand sanitizer pump on the children's sink. Space 1B (Space that is used by children one year and two years of age.) had the sanitizer and disinfectant sprays on tope of the children's cubbies that was not at least five feet from the floor. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: -Remind staff to monitor their classrooms daily prior to the children arriving to assure that the sanitizing and disinfecting sprays are at least five feet from the floor or are in locked storage. -It is important to review all paperwork received by the families to make sure all the required information is listed. A good rule of thumb is if there is a blank then something should be written on the line. Keep a list of medications and their validation dates posted as a visual reminder as to when the medication needs to be sent home or the form needs to be updated. CONSULTATION: -Contact your fire inspector to remind them that your fire inspection due date is coming up. Once the inspection is completed and you monitored to it to assure it is complete, submit a copy to me. -Staff and the administrator need to sign the new staff orientation was it is completed this signature and date is acknowledgment that all the items listed have been reviewed within the required time frame. -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. -The Summary of Law was updated in September 2023 and is available on the DCDEE website. Please make sure that families are receiving the current summary. REQUIRED RESPONSE: Violations must be corrected immediately. You shall submit a written/typed, signed and dated statement to me at the address noted below or email me detailing how the violations were corrected with exact dates and details including how you plan to prevent reoccurrence of such violations which must be received by February 5, 2024. Failure to correct the violation(s) and send the written statement by the established deadline listed above may result in an unannounced follow-up visit or an administrative action may be recommended based on Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .2200. The documentation was completed electronically and reviewed with you during the visit. I emailed you a copy of today’s visit summary. Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website to get the latest information for child care at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. We appreciate all you are doing to serve the children and families of NC. If you have any questions, please contact me at: 704-594-0149 or carolyn.conley@dhhs.nc.gov. or my supervisor Erin Pickard at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Carolyn Conley Child Care Consultant Regulatory Services Section/DHHS Division of Child Development and Early Education Post Office Box 835 Kannapolis, NC 28082-0835 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 .0803 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: CAROLYN CONLEY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 8/14/2023 Number Present: 23 Completed Date: 8/14/2023 Age: From 0 To 4 Total Minutes: 135 Time In: 11:00 AM Time Out: 01:15 PM 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 applicable child care requirements. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on February 2, 2023. The 18-month compliance history after today’s visit is at 96%. The current one-star license effective April 26, 2017 was posted in the entrance hallway. This facility is licensed for 95 children between the ages of zero to twelve years on first shift. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Upon arrival, I was greeted by You, Kaetlyn Boggs, director of the facility. You accompanied me during the walkthrough of the facility. I observed the children during free choice activities indoors and outdoors, hand-washing routines and lunch. I monitored the following items: supervision, staff/child ratios, CPR and First Aid, special training, criminal background checks completed, ITS-SIDS training, general safety, discipline, Emergency Medical Care Plan, administering of medication, storage of hazardous products and medications, adequate/approved space, program records, posted license and restrictions met. Emergency drills, fire drills and outdoor inspections are documented and are occurring as required. A fire inspection was completed on February 7, 2023. A sanitation inspection was completed on March 24 with two demerits and a superior rating. There are 38 children enrolled and 23 children were present during today’s visit. There has been one staff hired since my last visit and the file was monitored today’s. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. Space two had Boudreaux Butt Paste that did not have the validation dates on the authorization form. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) 849 Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. The following sun blocks were in space one and had expired validation dates: Baby Bum Mineral 50 (6/6/23) and Babyganics (8/1/23). .0803(12) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/RESOURCES/REMINNDERS: -The staff member hired on February 2, 2023 will need to sign the New Staff Orientation form. -Make sure to clean the bathroom out of materials in space 5 before the children begin using this space. Remind staff that no materials can be stored in the bathrooms accept for bathroom supplies. -Incident Reports need to be filed in the children’s files once they are documented on the Incident Log. -Remind staff to be label readers. Some store bought potting soils say, “keep out of reach of children”. If so, it will need to be stored in a locked storage or at least five feet from the floor. It can be used during a supervised teacher directed activity. -Keep a log inside the cabinets that lists all the topical creams and medications with the validation dates. This can be a visual reminder for staff when medications need to be updated or sent home. -Remind families to complete the medication administration forms and double check to make sure all the information is there before they leave it with the staff. -Kimberly Cruz, Child Care Health Consultant, is available for assistance with health education for staff and children. You can reach her at kimberly.cruz@rowancountync.gov or704-216-8806. -The North Carolina child Care Resource and Referral Council (CCR&R) now has a challenging behavior helpline that staff can call and speak to a Behavior Support Advisor for advice and resources specific to the challenging behaviors in their classrooms: 1-888-600-1685 option 1. I also sent an email about this resource on April 4th. REQUIRED RESPONSE: Violations must be corrected immediately. You shall submit a written/typed, signed and dated statement to me at the address noted below or email me detailing how the violations were corrected with exact dates and details including how you plan to prevent reoccurrence of such violations which must be received by August 28, 2023. Failure to correct the violation(s) and send the written statement by the established deadline listed above may result in an unannounced follow-up visit or an administrative action may be recommended based on Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .2200. The documentation was completed electronically and reviewed with you during the visit. I provided you with a copy of today’s visit summary through email. Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website to get the latest information for child care at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. We appreciate all you are doing to serve the children and families of NC. If you have any questions, please contact me at: 704-594-0149 or carolyn.conley@dhhs.nc.gov. or my supervisor Kris Updike at kris.updike@dhhs.nc.gov. Carolyn Conley Child Care Consultant Regulatory Services Section/DHHS Division of Child Development and Early Education Post Office Box 835 Kannapolis, NC 28082-0835 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 .2200 · Violation

Name of Operation: YADKIN PATH MONTESSORI Facility ID: 80000377 Consultant: CAROLYN CONLEY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 8/14/2023 Number Present: 23 Completed Date: 8/14/2023 Age: From 0 To 4 Total Minutes: 135 Time In: 11:00 AM Time Out: 01:15 PM 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 applicable child care requirements. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on February 2, 2023. The 18-month compliance history after today’s visit is at 96%. The current one-star license effective April 26, 2017 was posted in the entrance hallway. This facility is licensed for 95 children between the ages of zero to twelve years on first shift. The following restrictions are listed: daytime care only and a maximum capacity of 95 children and staff. Upon arrival, I was greeted by You, Kaetlyn Boggs, director of the facility. You accompanied me during the walkthrough of the facility. I observed the children during free choice activities indoors and outdoors, hand-washing routines and lunch. I monitored the following items: supervision, staff/child ratios, CPR and First Aid, special training, criminal background checks completed, ITS-SIDS training, general safety, discipline, Emergency Medical Care Plan, administering of medication, storage of hazardous products and medications, adequate/approved space, program records, posted license and restrictions met. Emergency drills, fire drills and outdoor inspections are documented and are occurring as required. A fire inspection was completed on February 7, 2023. A sanitation inspection was completed on March 24 with two demerits and a superior rating. There are 38 children enrolled and 23 children were present during today’s visit. There has been one staff hired since my last visit and the file was monitored today’s. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. Space two had Boudreaux Butt Paste that did not have the validation dates on the authorization form. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) 849 Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. The following sun blocks were in space one and had expired validation dates: Baby Bum Mineral 50 (6/6/23) and Babyganics (8/1/23). .0803(12) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/RESOURCES/REMINNDERS: -The staff member hired on February 2, 2023 will need to sign the New Staff Orientation form. -Make sure to clean the bathroom out of materials in space 5 before the children begin using this space. Remind staff that no materials can be stored in the bathrooms accept for bathroom supplies. -Incident Reports need to be filed in the children’s files once they are documented on the Incident Log. -Remind staff to be label readers. Some store bought potting soils say, “keep out of reach of children”. If so, it will need to be stored in a locked storage or at least five feet from the floor. It can be used during a supervised teacher directed activity. -Keep a log inside the cabinets that lists all the topical creams and medications with the validation dates. This can be a visual reminder for staff when medications need to be updated or sent home. -Remind families to complete the medication administration forms and double check to make sure all the information is there before they leave it with the staff. -Kimberly Cruz, Child Care Health Consultant, is available for assistance with health education for staff and children. You can reach her at kimberly.cruz@rowancountync.gov or704-216-8806. -The North Carolina child Care Resource and Referral Council (CCR&R) now has a challenging behavior helpline that staff can call and speak to a Behavior Support Advisor for advice and resources specific to the challenging behaviors in their classrooms: 1-888-600-1685 option 1. I also sent an email about this resource on April 4th. REQUIRED RESPONSE: Violations must be corrected immediately. You shall submit a written/typed, signed and dated statement to me at the address noted below or email me detailing how the violations were corrected with exact dates and details including how you plan to prevent reoccurrence of such violations which must be received by August 28, 2023. Failure to correct the violation(s) and send the written statement by the established deadline listed above may result in an unannounced follow-up visit or an administrative action may be recommended based on Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .2200. The documentation was completed electronically and reviewed with you during the visit. I provided you with a copy of today’s visit summary through email. Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website to get the latest information for child care at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. We appreciate all you are doing to serve the children and families of NC. If you have any questions, please contact me at: 704-594-0149 or carolyn.conley@dhhs.nc.gov. or my supervisor Kris Updike at kris.updike@dhhs.nc.gov. Carolyn Conley Child Care Consultant Regulatory Services Section/DHHS Division of Child Development and Early Education Post Office Box 835 Kannapolis, NC 28082-0835 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