The Learning Experience @ Cary
A child care center in Cary, North Carolina 27519
2185 Davis Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27519. (919) 463-1104.
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The short answer
- 9 violations in the last three years
- Sep 92026 the latest visit on record
- 176 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?
11 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Sep 9, 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 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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.
Oct 17, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children.
“Cabinets behind the changing table in Infant room 2 were unlocked and accessible to the children. The staff had their purses stored in the cabinets and plastic bags were also stored in the cabinets.”
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Emergency medical care information did not contain information needed for safe medical treatment.
“Three children’s files were found to have expired parental permission for emergency medical care.”
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Human milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child’s home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child.
“Three bottles were observed today with no date on them.”
Apr 17, 2025: unannounced4 violations
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A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children.
“During today’s visit, the lock on the door leading into the staff lounge was found to not be working properly. The door would not lock when closed.”
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Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy.
“Child Care Consultant observed safe sleep checks to show infants were placed on their side when initially being placed in the crib for nap time and there was no safe sleep waiver signed by the child’s parent requesting the child be placed on their side when going down for nap.”
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Human milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child’s home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child.
“The Child Care Consultant observed one sippy cup and container of food to not be labeled with the correct information, identifying who it was for and the day it was delivered.”
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Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule.
“During todays visit, the parents signature on an emergency medication authorization form was found to be expired. The facility is required to have the parent sign off on the emergency medication form every 6 months.”
Oct 7, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Infants under the age of 12 months were not placed on their backs for sleeping unless the center had obtained the appropriate written waiver.
The inspectors’ words, 108 words
“Infants under the age of 12 months were not placed on their backs for sleeping unless the center had obtained the appropriate written waiver. Infant safe sleep checks were documented to indicate an infant was placed on its side when being placed in the crib for a nap. A new teacher indicated on the sleep chart she was putting a child down on its tummy and sometimes on its side. She said she did this because as she laid the infant down it rolled onto its side and sometimes onto his tummy. The infant did not have documentation from a doctor or the appropriate written waiver on file.”
Apr 25, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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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.
“During my walkthrough of Infant room A I observed one infant napping that had not had the required sleep check for 45 minutes. The teacher completed the required check while I was in the room.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 4 violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Apr 2, 2018.
- Licensed for 176 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 92002502.
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: Ruby & Ryan Corporation.
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 470 child care providers in Wake County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; 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 |
|---|---|
| Bright Beginnings Child Development Center | 4 |
| Knowledge Beginnings | 9 |
| Bright Horizons Clubhouse at West Cary | 7 |
| The Learning Experience @ Cary This child care provider | 9 |
| Kiddie Academy of West Cary | 1 |
| All Starz Children’s Academy | 6 |
| Carolina Babies N’ Tots | 2 |
| Bambino’s Playschool | 3 |
| Sounds and Colors at Carpenter Village, LLC | 3 |
| Oak Village Academy | 22 |
| Laugh & Learn Home Daycare | 3 |
| Little Minds Family Daycare LLC | 0 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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