Wallace Prekindergarten Center

A child care center in Wallace, North Carolina 28466

4266 S NC Hwy 11, Wallace, North Carolina 28466. (910) 285-7183.

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The short answer

3 violations in the last three years
Feb 172026 the latest visit on record
60 children, its licensed capacity

The last 24 months 3 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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.

On this record

Who runs it

Child Care Center.
Five Star Center License since Feb 17, 2026.
Licensed capacity: 60 children.
Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Duplin County Schools.

Licence number 31000249

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.

Where it comes from

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

Every source, in full

What did inspectors find?

6 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Feb 17, 2026.

3 violations cited in the last three years, 3 of them marked corrected.

When those violations happened

3 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

3 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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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

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.

Feb 17, 2026: unannounced2 violations

The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment.

“A staff member did not complete the training within the 90 days of employment.”

Rule The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment.. Corrected during the inspection.
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.

“A staff member did not sign the policy prior to providing care for children if needed.”

Rule 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.. Corrected during the inspection.

Sep 23, 2025: 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).

“One employee’s qualification letter expired 8/19/24 and the letter on file was dated 1/15/25.”

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).. Corrected during the inspection.

All 6 visits on record

Visits on record
Date	Visit	What the record says
Feb 17, 2026	Unannounced visit	2 violations cited
Nov 6, 2025	Announced visit	No violations cited
Sep 23, 2025	Unannounced visit	1 violation cited
Mar 6, 2025	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Sep 23, 2024	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Mar 13, 2024	Unannounced visit	No violations cited

Is it licensed?

Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Feb 17, 2026.
Licensed for 60 children, ages 3 through 5.
Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
North Carolina’s licence number: 31000249.

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.

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: Duplin County Schools.

How is it rated?

Star Rated License: 5 stars of five.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 40 child care providers in Duplin County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 3.

11 of the 40 in Duplin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Violations cited in the last three years
Lynda’s Funtime Junction	2
Day Care at Pinhook	19
Wallace Prekindergarten Center This child care provider	3
Loving Care Learning Center LLC	2
Wallace Christian Academy	1
Awaken Childcare	10
Lynda’s Play and Learn Too, Inc.	7
Grow Early Learning-Faison Center	3
Lou Anna’s Child Care Center, Inc.	13
B F Grady Prekindergarten Center	2
Zan’s Play-N-Learn	4
North Duplin Prekindergarten Center	8

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

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. nc.gov terms: copying and distribution for non-commercial use, without alteration, citing the source. Shown free and never sold; DCDEE’s own words are quoted.

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.

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

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