Education Station

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: EDUCATION STATION Facility ID: 53000334 Consultant: TURKESHIA MCCORMICK Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/7/2026 Number Present: 11 Completed Date: 1/7/2026 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 185 Time In: 09:10 AM Time Out: 12:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit. The facility operated with a Five-Star License, issued May 30, 2023, earning seven (7) points in the education component, seven (7) points in the program component and one quality point for complying with the programmatic option. License restrictions include daytime care only, meets enhanced space and meets enhanced ratios. Your program was also monitored for compliance with implementing an approved curriculum as required for all four and five star licensed facilities where four-year-old children are enrolled. Latasha Martin, administrator/owner, assisted me with the visit. The program’s compliance history was ninety-six (96) percent as of 1/6/2026. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed during the visit and Education Station of Lee County, Inc. was listed as current- active. I visited each indoor and outdoor space. Children enrolled were observed in free play in the centers, outdoor play, participating in teacher directed activities and personal care routines. Infants enrolled were observed during tummy time, personal care routines, free play and teacher directed activities. Teachers were interacting with the children and attending to their needs. No infants were enrolled at the time of the visit. You stated that the Dial 4 screenings have been completed. The center uses the Teaching Strategies Gold instrument to document evidence of children's ongoing progress. The checkpoint assessments are conducted three times per year: at the beginning, middle and end of the school year and have been completed for this school year. The first day of school was 9/5/2025. The classroom operates from 7:30am to 2:30 pm. Parent conferences are held three times per year. You stated that you use the Class DoJo app to communicate with parents. In addition to face to face reports when possible, a daily report is sent home to the parents which includes any information about the child’s day and any reminders. Lunch was observed and consisted of chicken tenders, green beans, peaches and milk. The following violations were cited during the visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 859 Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. A playground inspection was not completed/documented for December 2025. .0605(q) 1811 Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. A fire drill was not documented/completed for December 2025. .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) The violations were corrected during the visit therefore a letter of compliance is not required at this time. Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Technical assistance was also offered on reviewing both staff and children’s records to ensure that all required documentation is complete and on file. I recommend both the administrator and staff review their individually periodically to keep up with deadlines for trainings and any other pertinent information. During this visit we discussed the QRIS Modernization Pathways to the Stars. Ms. Martin has decided to follow the option #2 Program Assessment for Child Care Centers and Centers Located in a Residence (CLIAR). This pathway includes the following: • Enhanced Ratio(required) and/or Enhanced Space (optional) • 50% of all Lead Teachers and 50% other educators meet 5 Star Education Standards • Family and Community Engagement Foundational Practices AND 3 additional choices • CQI Plan for Facility and Individuals • Approved curriculum for all ages served • Child Observations and assessments • Coaching/training options for administrators and lead teachers. • NCRLAP Self Study I also left copies of the Continuous Quality Improvement and Professional Development Plan, work experience form, Pathway #2 -Classroom and Instructional Quality for Child Care Centers and Centers Located in a Residence (keep those copies and continue working on completing them prior to your next visit.) You stated that you will continue to use Creative Strategies/Teaching Strategies curriculum and assessment. Ms. Martin stated she has already begun working on the Facility CQI plan for both the center and the staff. She will also provide her staff with the link for the QRIS modernization page as well as NCRLAP so that they will familiarize themselves with the new process. The following links were also shared: https://ncrlap.org/ https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/Qris-Modernization https://ncrap.org/Resources/. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with Ms. Martin. Contact me at Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, 910-308-0895, Turkeshia.mccormick@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

GS 110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: EDUCATION STATION Facility ID: 53000334 Consultant: TURKESHIA MCCORMICK Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 9/18/2024 Number Present: 11 Completed Date: 9/18/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 80 Time In: 09:25 AM Time Out: 10:45 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Latasha Martin, administrator/owner, assisted me with the visit. The facility operated with a Five-Star License, issued May 30, 2023 earning 7 points in the education component, 7 points in the program component and one quality point for complying with the programmatic option for using an approved curriculum. License restrictions include daytime care only, meets enhanced space, meets enhanced ratio and meets enhanced ratios minus one. Your program was also monitored for compliance with implementing an approved curriculum as required for all four and five star licensed facilities where four-year-old children are enrolled. During the visit the administrator requested to follow the revised staff/child ration of 1/10. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history ninety-nine (99%) percent as of 9/18/2024. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed during the visit and Education Station of Lee County, Inc. was listed as current-active. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. A walk-through of the facility was completed today and all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in group time, free play in activity areas, outdoor play, transitions and personal care routines. The caregivers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. No new staff have been employed since my last visit. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with current program and education components as well as the quality point. The following violations were observed today: Violation Number Comment Rule 301 Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. On the playground used by the nc pre-k class, one teacher was present with eleven children. GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-d) 1811 Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last lockdown drill was conducted on 4/7/2024. .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before October 2, 2024, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, PO Box 411, Lillington NC 27546. If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical assistance was offered on creating a system for staff that allows them to periodically check required documentation to ensure that the dates are valid and that all necessary information is included. Technical assistance was also offered on providing staff other ways to call for assistance when needed. Two way radios can be a good way for staff to communicate and ask for help when it is not feasible for them to leave the classrooms. Technical assistance was also offer on maintaining the required staff/child ratio. Maintaining the required staff/child ratio at all times is key in ensuring the safety of the children who are present for the day. This can ensure that there are no lapses in supervision as well as avoiding accidents or mishaps that could have been preventable had the required amount of staff been in place with the children. As a reminder, I will conduct a follow-up visit within two weeks to ensure, staff/child ratio is being maintained as required. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with Latasha Martin. Contact me at Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, 910-308-0895, Turkeshia.mccormick@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, 910-709-4160, janet.edwards@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: EDUCATION STATION Facility ID: 53000334 Consultant: TURKESHIA MCCORMICK Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 9/18/2024 Number Present: 11 Completed Date: 9/18/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 80 Time In: 09:25 AM Time Out: 10:45 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Latasha Martin, administrator/owner, assisted me with the visit. The facility operated with a Five-Star License, issued May 30, 2023 earning 7 points in the education component, 7 points in the program component and one quality point for complying with the programmatic option for using an approved curriculum. License restrictions include daytime care only, meets enhanced space, meets enhanced ratio and meets enhanced ratios minus one. Your program was also monitored for compliance with implementing an approved curriculum as required for all four and five star licensed facilities where four-year-old children are enrolled. During the visit the administrator requested to follow the revised staff/child ration of 1/10. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history ninety-nine (99%) percent as of 9/18/2024. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed during the visit and Education Station of Lee County, Inc. was listed as current-active. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. A walk-through of the facility was completed today and all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in group time, free play in activity areas, outdoor play, transitions and personal care routines. The caregivers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. No new staff have been employed since my last visit. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with current program and education components as well as the quality point. The following violations were observed today: Violation Number Comment Rule 301 Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. On the playground used by the nc pre-k class, one teacher was present with eleven children. GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-d) 1811 Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last lockdown drill was conducted on 4/7/2024. .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before October 2, 2024, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, PO Box 411, Lillington NC 27546. If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical assistance was offered on creating a system for staff that allows them to periodically check required documentation to ensure that the dates are valid and that all necessary information is included. Technical assistance was also offered on providing staff other ways to call for assistance when needed. Two way radios can be a good way for staff to communicate and ask for help when it is not feasible for them to leave the classrooms. Technical assistance was also offer on maintaining the required staff/child ratio. Maintaining the required staff/child ratio at all times is key in ensuring the safety of the children who are present for the day. This can ensure that there are no lapses in supervision as well as avoiding accidents or mishaps that could have been preventable had the required amount of staff been in place with the children. As a reminder, I will conduct a follow-up visit within two weeks to ensure, staff/child ratio is being maintained as required. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with Latasha Martin. Contact me at Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, 910-308-0895, Turkeshia.mccormick@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, 910-709-4160, janet.edwards@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times