First Presbyterian Day School
A child care center in Durham, North Carolina 27701
305 E Main Street, Durham, North Carolina 27701. (919) 688-8685.
- administrative action in the last three years
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The short answer
- 9 violations in the last three years
- Feb 62026 the latest visit on record
- 86 children, its licensed capacity
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?
9 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Feb 6, 2026.
9 violations cited in the last three years, 9 of them marked corrected.
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
9 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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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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.
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.
Aug 28, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Parent’s medication authorization did not include required information.
“Permission to administer emergency medication to a child in classroom space #5 expired on 7/29/25.”
Oct 3, 2024: unannounced6 violations
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All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement.
“One staff needed an updated healthquestionnaire on file.”
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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.
“One staff needed updated emergency information on file.”
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Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas.
“The staff person, who began employment on 5/14/24, had not completed the six hours of new staff orientation.”
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Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member’s individual personnel file.
“The staff person, who began employment on 5/14/24, did not have a medical assessment on file.”
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New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks.
“The staff person, who began employment on 6/4/24, had not completed the new staff orientation.”
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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.
“The staff person, who began employment on 5/14/24, had not completed the training.”
Jun 17, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child’s developmental needs.
“On June 10, 2024, a staff member caused injuries to a child when she grabbed the child’s face and left bruises on each side of the face.”
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There was a substantiation of child maltreatment.
“On October 22, 2024, the Division substantiated child maltreatment occurred.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 6 violations cited |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Sep 2, 2025.
- Licensed for 86 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 3250526.
- Restriction: Other - Meets reduced ratios and group size requirements.
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 issued one or more administrative actions for this facility in the past three years; North Carolina’s page doesn’t say what they were, and shows one only after its 30-day appeal period.
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: Fpc of Durham Day Care Center, Inc..
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.
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 225 child care providers in Durham County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 9.
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.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Day School This child care provider | 9 |
| Love and Joy Child Academy | 13 |
| Loving, Caring and Sharing | 35 |
| Eastway Sac Club | 5 |
| Timeless Treasures Home Daycare | 10 |
| Watts Sac Club | 3 |
| Academy of Stars | 45 |
| First Chronicles Daycare Center | 13 |
| Eastway Elementary Pre-K | 11 |
| Another Beautiful Beginnings Child Care Center | 8 |
| Burton Elementary School | 6 |
| Leathers Meachem Head Start | 4 |
| Durham Head Start-Main Site | 7 |
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
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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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