Description: Kay's Learning Academy is a Three Star Center License in DENVER NC, with a maximum capacity of 30 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-12-16 | Violation | 608 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(c) |
| Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. In space #2a, three children did not have their hands washed prior to eating snack. | |||
| 2025-12-16 | Violation | 887 | .0606(g) |
| 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. A visual sleep check was documented for one sleeping infant, eleven months of age, on November 17, 2025, at 1:16pm and was not checked again until 1:37pm; on November 19, 2025, at 1:45pm and was not checked again until 2:03pm; and on December 11, 2025, at 2:22pm and was not checked again until 2:39pm | |||
| 2025-09-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-09-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-09-08 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. The Child Care Consultant arrived at the facility at 10:00am and rang the doorbell at the front door entrance leading to space #1. The Child Care Consultant rang the doorbell a second time and two children four years of age opened the front door. The Child Care Consultant entered the facility into the open lobby area and scanned space #1 and did not observe a staff member. F. Poole, Teacher, turned the corner from the doorway leading to space #2a carrying a child one year of age. F. Poole confronted the two children about opening the front door and told them not to open the front door. At that time, seven children eight months to four years of age were observed in space #1 with one staff member. | |||
| 2025-09-08 | Violation | 316 | 10A NCAC 09 .0713(a)(5) |
| Children under one year of age were not kept separate from children two years and older. In space #1, one infant eight months of age was grouped with one child one year of age, one child three years of age, and four children four years of age, with one staff member. The infant was observed in a bouncy seat while in space #1. The child one year of age was observed in a highchair eating a snack while in space #1. | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-08-28 | Violation | 301 | GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-e) |
| Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. On the playground, two staff members, R. Baker and F. Poole, were observed with seventeen children, seven months to four years of age at approximately 11:30am. In space #2a, one infant seven months of age was grouped with five children one year of age, three children two years of age, and one child three years of age, with two staff members. | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. Upon arrival, two children four years of age opened the front door to the facility when the child care consultant rang the facilities doorbell. When the child care consultant asked the children where the teacher was, the children replied “not here.” At that time, Tekayla Poole, administrator, walked around the corner from the area leading to space #2a and asked, “did they let you in?” Ms. Poole stated she was delivering muffins to the teachers in the other classroom when the doorbell rang. The two children had left space #1 and entered the front lobby area through a baby gate to open the front door. Seven children, three and four years of age, were present in space #1 during this time. | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space #2a, the activity plan posted for reference was dated March 31, 2025, through April 4, 2025. | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Violation | 614 | 15A NCAC 18A .2821(e) |
| Bed, cribs, playpens, cots or mats were not placed at least 18" apart or separated by partitions when in use. In space #2a, two cots with sleeping children were spaced twelve inches apart. | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Violation | 848 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(5) |
| Questionable medication instructions from parents were followed without signed written dosage instructions received from physician or authorized health professional. Authorization to administer over-the-counter Tylenol to an infant seven months of age did not include dosage instructions from a physician. The manufacturer’s instructions for the Tylenol stated, “under 2 ask a doctor.” | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Violation | 887 | .0606(g) |
| 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. In space #2b, documentation of visual safe sleep checks for one seven-month-old infant enrolled on March 17, 2025, for the month of August 2025, were documented in BrightWheel and did not include safe sleep positions or safe sleep checks occurring at least every fifteen minutes. | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Violation | 1534 | .2318 (7) |
| Personnel records were not maintained on file in the timeframes given by Rule .2318(7). Staff records for a previous staff member, J. Santiago, employed on November 3, 2024, were not maintained for one year after this staff member was no longer employed. The administrator could not recall the date of this staff member’s termination. | |||
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