Aunt Sandi’s Learning Center
A child care center in Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
621 SW Service Road, Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387. (910) 695-8600.
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The short answer
- 19 violations in the last three years
- Jun 222026 the latest visit on record
- 29 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 22, 2026.
19 violations cited in the last three years, 19 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
19 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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 22, 2026: unannounced2 violations
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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.
“Teacher DB and JM have not completed their TB Test. They have schedule appointments to complete and comeback into compliance.”
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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.
“Teacher TF and JM have not completed the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.”
Jun 2, 2026: unannounced12 violations
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A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S.
“110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The center’s roster in the ABCMS provider portal is not current with all employees.”
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A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility.
“Teacher D. Baldwin has a expired qualification letter on file.”
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All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement.
“Teacher DB and JM did no have their medical statement on file and it could not be located.”
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Application for employment and date of birth was not on file for all staff.
“The application for D. Baldwin could not be located during the inspection.”
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At least one child care provider, who has completed ITS-SIDS training was not present in the infant room, while children were in care.
“Teacher SF was the only teacher caring for infants and their ITS-SIDs certification is expired.”
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Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years.
“Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. Teacher SF’s ITS-SIDS training is expired”
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Each employee’s personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan.
“A staff development plan could not be located for each employee.”
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Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics.
“Teachers SF and JM’s health and safety trainings could not be located in the file.”
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New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks.
“Employees SF and TF did not have their orientation on file.”
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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.
“Teachers DB and JM did not have their TB test results on file and could not be located.”
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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).
“Teacher D. Baldwin did not renew their qualification letter within the five year period.”
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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.
“Teachers TF and JM’s Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training could not be located.”
Jul 23, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S.
“110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The provider had not completed the procedures for the ABCMS system.”
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All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair.
“The wooden lattice in front of the A/C unit on the playground was splintered, exposed staples and parts of the wood were missing.”
Jul 31, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair.
“A green riding inchworm toy and a red riding inchworm toy had cracks along the seams of the expandable neck.”
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Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child’s first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child.
“Emergency medical care information had not been updated within the last year for the three children’s records that were monitored.”
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The child care center premises, including the outdoor learning environment, was not clean, drained to minimize standing water, free of litter and hazards, and/or maintained in a manner which does not create conditions that attract or harbor pests.
“Vines were growing through the fence onto the playground area.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 12 violations cited |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Three Star Center License since Mar 17, 2020.
- Licensed for 29 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 63000488.
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: Fairley, Sandra L.
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: 3 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 60 child care providers in Moore County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 19.
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 |
|---|---|
| Lil’s Child Care Center | 9 |
| Faith’s Small Day Care Home | 5 |
| Lisa’s Lovable Learning II | 30 |
| Sunshine Learning Center of the Sandhills, Inc. | 5 |
| Aunt Sandi’s Learning Center This child care provider | 19 |
| Save the Children Southern Pines Head Start Academ | 0 |
| Mcdeed’s Creek Elementary | 6 |
| Southern Pines Academy | 13 |
| Southern Pines Elementary Preschool | 5 |
| Little Pines Academy | 14 |
| A Mother’s Touch | 3 |
| Sandhills Children’s Center #1 | 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
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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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