Waxhaw · Licensed center
Laurelwood Community Preschool
- Small Reggio Emilia–inspired center, licensed for 35 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 6 licensing inspections since February 2024.
Of the 81 Charlotte-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 5% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 11% had rules cited at all 6, 10% at none.
Licensing inspections
Aug 6, 20245 citations
“Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In room number three (3) there was a power strip without safety plugs.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In room number two (2) there were plastic bags accessible to children.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. In room number three (3) the permission slip for an epi-pen and an antihistamine were expired and the permission form did not have a valid date range for usage.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/15/2024
“Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The last playground inspection documentation was completed in June of 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/15/2024
1 more from this inspection
“The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. In room number three (3) and in the child's folder there was not an updated Medical Action Plan for a child with an epi-pen.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/15/2024
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 22, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since February 2024 — 5 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 5 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.
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 5 findings
Unannounced visit · August 6, 2024
Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In room number three (3) there was a power strip without safety plugs.
Violation corrected during visit
Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In room number two (2) there were plastic bags accessible to children.
Violation corrected during visit
Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. In room number three (3) the permission slip for an epi-pen and an antihistamine were expired and the permission form did not have a valid date range for usage.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/15/2024
Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The last playground inspection documentation was completed in June of 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/15/2024
The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. In room number three (3) and in the child's folder there was not an updated Medical Action Plan for a child with an epi-pen.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/15/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 90000480 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, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Reggio Emilia–inspired and emergent curriculum
“The curriculum for all ages within Laurelwood Community Preschool follows emergent, inquiry-based project learning.”
A day here
- Hours
- 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Outdoors
- Daily outdoor classroom experiences (gardening, music, dramatic play, building, art) in all weather
- Schedule
- preschool or preschool with extended care
Details
- Address
- 4710 Waxhaw-Marvin Road
- License
- 90000480, active
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach laurelwoodcommunitypreschool.com/index.html
- Approach laurelwoodcommunitypreschool.com/curriculum.html
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Outdoors, Hours, Calendar, Schedule laurelwoodcommunitypreschool.com/index.html
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 90000480 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website laurelwoodcommunitypreschool.com
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.