Cornelius · Licensed center

Leafspring School At Cornelius-The Village

Large center, licensed for 199 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since December 2024.

Of the 27 Charlotte-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 19% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 15% had rules cited at all 5, 15% at none.

Licensing inspections

Apr 21, 20262 citations

“Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 2 weeks of employment for a staff member.”
Violation corrected during visit
“New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 6 weeks of employment for a staff member.”
Violation corrected during visit

Oct 28, 20253 citations

“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. There was no documentation on file of an annual EMC plan review for 3 staff members.”
Violation corrected during visit
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. There was no current activity plan posted for the school age group of children.”
Violation corrected during visit
“The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. There was no documentation on file of an annual EPR review for 3 staff members.”
Violation corrected during visit

Apr 8, 2025No rules cited

Mar 6, 20252 citations

“Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have a medical exam/health assessment record on file during today's visit.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025
“Each child was not immunized as per Article 6 of Chapter 130A and an immunization record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have an immunization record on file during today's visit.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025

Dec 10, 2024No rules cited

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State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit: April 21, 2026
On file: 5 visits since December 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 2 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.

Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · April 21, 2026

Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 2 weeks of employment for a staff member.