Midland · Licensed center

Bethel Elementary Preschool

Small center, licensed for 20 children.
Run by a school district, which holds the license.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since August 2023.

Of the 27 Charlotte-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 11% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 15% had rules cited at all 5, 15% at none.

Licensing inspections

Dec 2, 20255 citations

“Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. The administrator did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
“Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. The administrator did not have documentation of on-going training on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the EMC plan annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025
“All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the center's EPR Plan on an annual basis.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025

1 more from this inspection

“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. The administrator did not have the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025

Jan 30, 20255 citations

“Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. Safe Arrival and Departure procedures was not posted in the classroom or available for review.”
Violation corrected during visit
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. No lesson plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
“There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. No emergency medical care plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025
“When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. Screen time was observed during today's visit. Screen time was not documented on a cumulative log or an activity plan available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025

1 more from this inspection

“All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. The administrator's file was not available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/24/2025

Aug 20, 2024No rules cited

Apr 29, 20243 citations

“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current activity plan was not posted in the classroom.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. One child's file did not have documentation of the parent participation plan.”
Violation corrected during visit
“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. A staff member hired on 8/2/23 did not have documentation of completing Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/8/2024

Aug 30, 20236 citations

“All openings to the outer air were not protected against the entrance of flying insects. The door to the outside was propped open while children were outside playing.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/6/2023
“Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. There was not record of a fire drill being conducted in June 2023.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There was not record of a playground inspection being completed in June 2023.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. The medical statement for one staff, date of employment 8/2/23, was dated 3/8/20.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2023

2 more from this inspection

“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. The TB test for one staff, date of employment 8/2/23, was dated 1/1/20.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2023
“Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. Two staff did not have a separate file for medical information.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/19/2023

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit: December 2, 2025
On file: 5 visits since August 2023 — 1 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
Fixed?: All 19 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
Most serious: North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.

Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings

Unannounced visit · December 2, 2025

Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. The administrator did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025

Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. The administrator did not have documentation of on-going training on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025

The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the EMC plan annually.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025

All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. The administrator did not have documentation of reviewing the center's EPR Plan on an annual basis.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025

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. The administrator did not have the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/16/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings

Unannounced visit · January 30, 2025

Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. Safe Arrival and Departure procedures was not posted in the classroom or available for review.

Violation corrected during visit

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. No lesson plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025

There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. No emergency medical care plan was posted in the classroom or available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025

When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. Screen time was observed during today's visit. Screen time was not documented on a cumulative log or an activity plan available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/13/2025

All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. The administrator's file was not available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/24/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Aug 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · April 29, 2024

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current activity plan was not posted in the classroom.

Violation corrected during visit

Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. One child's file did not have documentation of the parent participation plan.

Violation corrected during visit

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. A staff member hired on 8/2/23 did not have documentation of completing Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/8/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000562 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Aug 2023 Unannounced visit 6 findings

Unannounced visit · August 30, 2023