Gatesville Elementary Preschool
A child care center in Gatesville, North Carolina 27938
709 Main Street, Gatesville, North Carolina 27938. (252) 357-4133.
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The short answer
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Mar 242026 the latest visit on record
- 54 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?
6 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Mar 24, 2026.
8 violations cited in the last three years, 8 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
8 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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.
Feb 13, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children.
“The bathroom in space 3 had plastic molding along the bottom of the wall that had fallen off and exposed deteriorating cinderblock underneath. The paint on the other base boards was peeling. There was also a rusted bolt on the wall behind the toilet.”
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A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility.
“A new co-administrator for the NC PreK was hired on 9/9/24 and documentation of a qualifying letter was not on file.”
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Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed.
“A new co-administrator for the NC PreK was hired on 9/9/24 and documentation of a completed criminal background check was not on file and available for review.”
Sep 11, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating.
“The last sanitation inspection was completed at the center on 7/28/23 and the current inspection was not completed until 8/19/24.”
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The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment.
“The sand surfacing at the end of the slide measured seven (7) inches and did not meet the twelve (12) inch depth requirement for sand surfacing. Other areas measured ten 10 inches.”
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The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and or the required information.
“The Ready to Go File did not contain copies of children’s Medical Action Plans.”
Mar 6, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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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.
“One staff member, hired on 1/3/23, had the Health Questionnaire and the TB test placed in the staff file and not in a separate medical file.”
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Parent’s medication authorization did not include required information.
“One child, in space D11, had a permission form for albuterol that did not include a start date to administer the medicine or the date the form was signed by the parent.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2026 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Mar 24, 2026.
- Licensed for 54 children, ages 3 through 6.
- Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 37000036.
- Restriction: Other - Certified Developmental Day Center.
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.
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: Gates County Board of Education.
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 9 child care providers in Gates County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Gatesville Elementary Preschool This child care provider | 8 |
| Totally Kids Learning Center, LLC | 12 |
| Tanya’s Loving With Learning Care Center | 1 |
| Johnson’s Child Care | 6 |
| Momma Theresa’s Family Child Care Home | 6 |
| Saint John Community Child Care | 6 |
| Touched by an Angel Academy | 3 |
| Kristal’s Angels Childcare | 0 |
| Gates County Head Start | 6 |
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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