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Childcare Network #128

A child care center in Wilmington, North Carolina 28411

6640 Gordon Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28411. (910) 397-9090.

  • administrative action in the last three years
North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 6 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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.

What did inspectors find?

16 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Oct 13, 2026.

6 violations cited in the last three years, 6 of them marked corrected.

Source:

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

6 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

6 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

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.

Oct 13, 2026: unannounced2 violations

  • Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month.

    “Fifteen minute visual checks were not documented for the one sleeping infant for October 13, 2026.”

    Rule Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Oct 20, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment.

    “The depth of the mulch on the playground used with the preschool and school age children measured less than two inches, rather than the required six inches around the monkey bars and climbing equipment.”

    Rule The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Oct 20, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jan 20, 2026: unannounced1 violation

  • Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)

    “Children were disciplined by assigning chores that required them to be in contact with hazardous materials. A four year old child was disciplined by a staff member requiring her to remove paper towels out of the toilet.”

    Rule Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below). Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jan 23, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jul 2, 2025: unannounced1 violation

  • For children under three years of age, developmentally appropriate toys and activities were not provided as outlined in Rule.

    “In space 3, which is used with children one year of age, the art, block and dramatic play centers did not provide sufficient quantity and varying materials for children to use them at sometime during the day and allow for a range of choices.”

    Rule For children under three years of age, developmentally appropriate toys and activities were not provided as outlined in Rule.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jul 9, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Apr 29, 2024: unannounced2 violations

  • Children were not adequately supervised at all times.

    “Staff members reported staff on their cell phones during the day while they are counted in staff/child ratio.”

    Rule Children were not adequately supervised at all times.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: May 8, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met.

    “Eleven three year old children were present with one staff member in Space five.”

    Rule Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: May 8, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 16 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 13, 2026Unannounced visit2 violations cited
Jun 4, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jan 27, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jan 20, 2026Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Dec 11, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jul 2, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
May 13, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jul 30, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jul 1, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jul 1, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 3, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
May 8, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
May 8, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 29, 2024Unannounced visit2 violations cited
Apr 2, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Mar 18, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Sep 2, 2024.
  • Licensed for 129 children, ages 0 through 12.
  • Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 65001093.
Source:

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.
Source:

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: Child Development Schools North Carolina, LLC.
Source:

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.
Source:

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 74 child care providers in New Hanover County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 6.
Source:

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.

11 of the 74 in New Hanover County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Cadence Academy Preschool, Wilmington2
Kiddie Academy of Wilmington8
Children’s Cottage of Wilmington10
Children’s Cottage of Wilmington 24
Rhonda’s Precious Gems LLC4
Murrayville Elementary School0
Primrose School of North Wilmington17
Childcare Network #128 This child care provider6
Pat’s Toyland Preschool0
Grandma & Grandpa’s Day Care0
Classy Bears Day Care Preschool II, Inc.0
Happy Kids Development Center2

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

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.

Source:

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

From the provider

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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