Monroe · Licensed center
East Elementary School
- Medium center, licensed for 94 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 11 licensing inspections since August 2025.
Of the 256 Charlotte-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, more than 99% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. Fewer than 1% had rules cited at all of them.
Licensing inspections
May 6, 20262 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. D.M. did not have the emergency information form on file.”
Violation corrected during visit
“The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. M.A. date on the Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was after the start date.”
Violation corrected during visit
Mar 25, 20261 citation
“Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A Pre K aged child arrived after the tardy bell, they wer signed in by the parent, and walked down to their classroom where they went into the opened room and were left unsupervised for twenty-two (22) minutes. Another child arrived after the tardy bell, they were signed in by the parent, walked down the hall with an older sibling and was not able to get into the classroom, another Pre K teacher saw the child and let them into the classroom. The child was unsupervised for less than one (1) minute.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/2/2026
Mar 19, 20261 citation
“Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A child was left unsupervised/alone in a locked classroom during dismissal for ten (10) to eleven (11) minutes.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 3/25/2026
Feb 12, 20263 citations
“Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. In space five (5) a teacher was not present in the classroom for two (2) minutes, which exceeded the staff to child ratio to one teacher.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 2/18/2026
“Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom. In space two (2) the staff to child ratio was not posted.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 2/18/2026
“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. In four (4) out of the five (5) spaces two, three, four, and five arrival and departure times were not maintained.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 2/18/2026
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- September 10, 2026
- On file
- 11 visits since August 2025 — 7 cited nothing, 5 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 7 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.
May 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · May 6, 2026
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. D.M. did not have the emergency information form on file.
Violation corrected during visit
The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. M.A. date on the Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was after the start date.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000556 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · March 25, 2026
Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A Pre K aged child arrived after the tardy bell, they wer signed in by the parent, and walked down to their classroom where they went into the opened room and were left unsupervised for twenty-two (22) minutes. Another child arrived after the tardy bell, they were signed in by the parent, walked down the hall with an older sibling and was not able to get into the classroom, another Pre K teacher saw the child and let them into the classroom. The child was unsupervised for less than one (1) minute.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/2/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000556 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · March 19, 2026
Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A child was left unsupervised/alone in a locked classroom during dismissal for ten (10) to eleven (11) minutes.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 3/25/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000556 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Feb 2026 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · February 12, 2026
Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. In space five (5) a teacher was not present in the classroom for two (2) minutes, which exceeded the staff to child ratio to one teacher.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 2/18/2026
Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom. In space two (2) the staff to child ratio was not posted.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 2/18/2026
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. In four (4) out of the five (5) spaces two, three, four, and five arrival and departure times were not maintained.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 2/18/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000556 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Website
- ees.ucpsnc.org
- Address
- 221 Elizabeth Avenue
- License
- 90000556, active
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 90000556 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 ees.ucpsnc.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 90000556 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Medium means the middle half of Charlotte-area’s 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 51 to 162 children. Small is 11 to 50; large is 163 to 528.