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Haw River Elementary Prek

A child care center in Haw River, North Carolina 27258

701 E Main St, Haw River, North Carolina 27258. (336) 518-0177.

North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 7 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

8 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on May 18, 2026.

7 violations cited in the last three years, 7 of them marked corrected.

Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

7 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

7 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 23, 2026: unannounced1 violation

  • Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete.

    “A required drill was not completed between December 2025 and February 2026.”

    Rule Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 13, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Mar 25, 2025: unannounced1 violation

  • Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements.

    “An inspection was not on file for December 2024.”

    Rule Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Mar 25, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Dec 4, 2024: unannounced1 violation

  • Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance).

    “The qualification letter for G. Mendoza was due 9/26/24 and received 10/10/24. The qualification letter for K. Edwards was due 9/19/24 and received 10/4/24. Technical assistance was provided.”

    Rule Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance).. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Dec 5, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Apr 16, 2024: unannounced3 violations

  • Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment.

    “The trainings for S. Russell were due by 2/13/24 and were not completed.”

    Rule Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 30, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience.

    “Staff member S. Russell was short seven hours of ongoing training. These were due by 2/12/23.”

    Rule Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 30, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of.

    “One bumper on the upper playground was split open around one of the bolts. On the lower playground the following items were observed: wooden frame on planter box was falling apart with exposed screws, screws on chairs on the ‘bus’ were raised up, bolts holding the bumpers together were raised up, pallet board had peeling paint and exposed nails, chalkboard frame had peeling paint and exposed nails, one section of bumper was split open.”

    Rule The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 30, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Dec 19, 2023: unannounced1 violation

  • Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed.

    “A criminal background check through DCDEE was not completed for two substitute teachers, V. McPherson and S. Presley.”

    Rule Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Dec 21, 2023. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 8 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 18, 2026Announced visitNo violations cited
Mar 23, 2026Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Sep 22, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 24, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Mar 25, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Dec 4, 2024Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Apr 16, 2024Unannounced visit3 violations cited
Dec 19, 2023Unannounced visit1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Jul 28, 2026.
  • Licensed for 90 children, ages 3 through 5.
  • Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 01000524.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Has North Carolina acted against it?

  • DCDEE says it has taken no action against this facility, for its current licence and location, in the last three years.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • North Carolina’s page gives a staff-to-child ratio policy as the provider reports it, unverified by DCDEE, so it isn’t shown.

Who owns it?

  • Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Alamance Burlington School System.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How is it rated?

  • Star Rated License: 5 stars of five.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 78 child care providers in Alamance County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 7.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 78 in Alamance County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Haw River Elementary Prek This child care provider7
Kidz N Progress 221
Love’s Childcare37
Kidz N Progress School Age Learning Center6
Key’z Angels in Heaven Academy16
Children’s House Montessori22
Lawson’s Preschool8
Precious Gift2
Graham Head Start0
Creative Childcare21
Bright Starz Learning Center22
Beginning Vision Child Development Center17

What the record doesn’t say

  • North Carolina doesn’t show a visit summary tied to an open child maltreatment investigation while the case is active, and shows an administrative action only after its 30-day appeal period, without saying what it was.
  • DCDEE’s descriptions of violations are shown in its own words; a description that names or may name a person isn’t shown. Visit summaries, the consultants’ full reports, aren’t read.
  • North Carolina’s page lists the provider’s own features (transport, ratios) as furnished by the provider and unverified by DCDEE, so they aren’t shown.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). North Carolina’s own record is on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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