Description: GREENLEE PRIMARY PRE-K is a Five Star Center License in SPRUCE PINE NC, with a maximum capacity of 36 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 3 through 5. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. There were tripping hazards on the playground such as a black plastic pipe sticking up out of the ground and boarders around the gravel under the trees and another pipe with wires sticking up. There was a short hose coming out of a pipe that had rust down inside. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1043 | G.S. 110-91( 9) |
| All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. The substitute that was on site (today was her 5th time subbing at this facility), did not have a file on site. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. The substitute that was on site (today was her 5th time subbing at this facility), did not have a file on site. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1805 | G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) |
| 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 roster for the ABCMS system only had the administrator/principal and one bus driver listed. It did not list the lead teacher, assistant teacher or other bus drivers. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| 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. There was no record of the Training Recognizing and Responding to Child Maltreatment for one (1) bus driver. | |||
| 2026-05-07 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. There was no record of Health and Safety Trainings being completed within one year of employment for three (3) bus drivers. | |||
| 2025-12-01 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-12-01 | Violation | 1052 | .1103(a) |
| Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. One staff had not completed the required number of on-going training hours for her position. | |||
| 2025-12-01 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| 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. One of the bus drivers did not have a certificate on file showing that the Recognizing and Responding to Child Maltreatment training had been completed. | |||
| 2025-12-01 | Violation | 1899 | .1103(b) |
| 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. One staff had not completed all of the Health and Safety Trainings that are required to be renewed every five years. | |||
| 2025-11-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-11-19 | Violation | 125 | 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(4) |
| Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. There were at least four separate days where children were not signed out with a departure time. | |||
| 2025-11-19 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. The teacher at the end of the line went into the cafeteria through a different door leaving four (4) children alone in the hallway to continue down the hallway to enter the lunch line. | |||
| 2025-11-19 | Violation | 840 | .2820(b) |
| All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Hand sanitizers are out in the children’s bathroom, on teachers’ desk and on the cubbies. There is a small table in the cafeteria with cleaners on it that the children walk past. These cleaners are accessible to children. | |||
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