Montessori Country Day
A child care center in Hendersonville, North Carolina 28791
1521 Haywood Rd, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28791. (828) 697-1011.
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The short answer
- 10 violations in the last three years
- Jun 192026 the latest visit on record
- 75 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 Jun 19, 2026.
10 violations cited in the last three years, 10 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
10 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
Jun 26, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months.
“Staff, S.B., hired 2/18/25, has a signed medical statement on file dated 2/22/25.”
Feb 14, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility.
“Staff, C.C. has an expired qualification letter on file.”
Jul 9, 2024: unannounced7 violations
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All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care.
“Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. Two (2) staff, per the staff and training worksheets, do not have current CPR training. One (1) staff, per the staff and training worksheets, had CPR training due 1/9/24, and received the training 4/13/24.”
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All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care.
“Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. Two (2) staff, per the staff and training worksheets, do not have current FA training. One (1) staff, per the staff and training worksheets, had FA training due 1/9/24, and received the training 4/13/24.”
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All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement.
“Two (2) staff, per the staff and training worksheets, have expired health questionnaires.”
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Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months.
“One (1) staff (C.S, hired 7/3/23), has a medical report on file dated 7/12/23. One (1) staff, (H.B., hired 8/14/23), has a medical report on file dated 10/28/21.”
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Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization.
“One (1) over the counter medication on-site, in classroom 2, Aquaphor, expired 4/2024.”
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On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months.
“One (1) staff (C.S, hired 7/3/23), has a TB screening/test dated 7/13/23. One (1) staff, (H.B., hired 8/14/23), has a TB screening/test dated 10/28/21. One (1) staff, (H.B., hired 8/14/23), has a medical report on file dated 10/28/21 and a TB screening/test dated 10/28/21.”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“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. ne (1) staff, per the staff and training worksheets, has an expired emergency information form.”
Dec 7, 2023: unannounced1 violation
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When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review.
“One (1) child in space #5 was using a tablet on their cot during rest time. The screen time log for the child could not be located prior to 12/6/23. The time documented on the screen time log for 12/6/23 was thirty-five (35) minutes.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 7 violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Four Star Center License since Jan 19, 2024.
- Licensed for 75 children, ages 1 through 8.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 45000427.
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: Kspecht, LLC.
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: 4 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 53 child care providers in Henderson County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 10.
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 |
|---|---|
| Hendersonville Psam-Pspm-Plus | 9 |
| Wild Oak Independent School | 12 |
| Wncsource Tebeau Children’s Center | 9 |
| Montessori Country Day This child care provider | 10 |
| St. Gerard House - The Grotto Therapeutic Center | 26 |
| Immaculata Catholic Prek | 43 |
| Upward Psam-Pspm-Plus | 3 |
| Dana Psam-Pspm-Plus | 0 |
| Mills River Psam - Pspm - Plus | 10 |
| Glenn Marlow Psam-Pspm-Plus | 5 |
| Edneyville Psam-Pspm-Plus | 0 |
| Wncsource Sugar Hill Children’s Center | 11 |
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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