Gastonia · Licensed center
Early Visions Academy
- Small center, licensed for 50 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since August 2025.
Of the 27 Charlotte-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 37% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this center did. 15% had rules cited at all 5, 15% at none.
Licensing inspections
Dec 17, 20251 citation
“Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. One incident report dated October 28, 2025, was not maintained in the child's file. The incident report was maintained in a the file with the incident log.”
Violation corrected during visit
Oct 16, 20252 citations
“Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. Two staff, with hire dates of October 1, 2025, did not have documentation on file that six clock hours of training in the required topic areas were received within the first two weeks of employment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/28/2025
“Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. Children in space #2 were served ham, wheat bread, mozzarella cheese sticks, green beans, clementines, "Cheez Doodles," and milk for lunch. The menu that was posted in space #2, and dated October 13, 2025 through October 17, 2025, listed the following food items for lunch on October 16, 2025, turkey lunchmeat, wheat bread, tator tots, green beans, and milk.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/28/2025
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 15, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since August 2025 — 3 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 3 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 1 finding
Unannounced visit · December 17, 2025
Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. One incident report dated October 28, 2025, was not maintained in the child's file. The incident report was maintained in a the file with the incident log.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000652 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · October 16, 2025
Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. Two staff, with hire dates of October 1, 2025, did not have documentation on file that six clock hours of training in the required topic areas were received within the first two weeks of employment.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/28/2025
Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. Children in space #2 were served ham, wheat bread, mozzarella cheese sticks, green beans, clementines, "Cheez Doodles," and milk for lunch. The menu that was posted in space #2, and dated October 13, 2025 through October 17, 2025, listed the following food items for lunch on October 16, 2025, turkey lunchmeat, wheat bread, tator tots, green beans, and milk.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/28/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000652 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Website
- earlyvisionsacademy.com
- Address
- 818 S. Church Street
- License
- 36000652, active
- Quality program
- Four Star License
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000652 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 earlyvisionsacademy.com
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000652 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.