Concord · Licensed center

Lockhart Child Development Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since July 2024.

Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7, 3% at none.

Licensing inspections

Jul 6, 20264 citations
  • “A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space 104 there was no activity plan posted.”

    Violation corrected during visit

  • “A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The ABCMS roster has not been updated to include all of the staff members that is employed at the facility.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2026

  • “Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. There were 10 topical medication permission to administer forms that did not contain all of the required information, such as the amount of the medication to administer and the dates that the medications would expire.”

    Violation corrected during visit

  • “A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. The Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma form for (2) children did not contain the children’s date of enrollment.”

    Violation corrected during visit

Mar 19, 2026No rules cited
Jul 8, 20255 citations
  • “Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have on-going training certificates on file and available for review.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

  • “Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not complete all health and safety trainings.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

  • “Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. A fire inspection was completed March 2024, and another inspection was not completed until May 2025. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

  • “Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on 3/14/23 did not have a current staff development plan on file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have a current staff development plan or annual staff evaluation on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

1 more from this inspection
  • “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. A staff member hired on 7/7/25 did not have a medical report on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

Mar 13, 2025No rules cited
Mar 11, 20251 citation
  • “Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development. Two staff members stated that when a three year old child displayed challenging behaviors in the classroom, on more than one occasion the child was placed in a one year old classroom during rest time.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2025

Feb 13, 20253 citations
  • “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. A staff member hired on 10/23/24 did not have a copy of a negative TB test on file or available for review.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025

  • “All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 7/31/23 did not have a First Aid certificate on file and available for review.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/4/2025

  • “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. A staff member hired on 9/25/23, 5/11/22, 6/13/22 and 8/24/22 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment certificate on file and available for review.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025

Jul 9, 202415 citations
  • “Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 104 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 103 there was not a permission to administer form on file for three diaper creams. In space 102 there was not a permission to administer form on file for four diaper creams. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for two medications.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 103 one child's feeding plan did not have a parent's signature, and one child's feeding plan did not have the date the plan was received.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. In space 102 children's hands were not washed before meal time.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. In space 102 teachers did not wash their hands before prepping and serving meals to children.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

11 more from this inspection
  • “The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the emergency medical care plan annually.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “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. A staff member hired on 5/10/24 did not have a medical report on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “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. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a TB test on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a health questionnaire on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21, 2/26/24, and 10/18/23 did not have a current First Aid certification on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current CPR certification on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on on 1/3/21 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The EPR plan has not been reviewed or updated since June 2022.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “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. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the EPR plan annually.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “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 space 101 an emergency medication had an expired emergency medical action plan.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

  • “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 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
July 6, 2026
On file
7 visits since July 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 28 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.

Jul 2026 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · July 6, 2026

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space 104 there was no activity plan posted.

Violation corrected during visit

A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The ABCMS roster has not been updated to include all of the staff members that is employed at the facility.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2026

Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. There were 10 topical medication permission to administer forms that did not contain all of the required information, such as the amount of the medication to administer and the dates that the medications would expire.

Violation corrected during visit

A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. The Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma form for (2) children did not contain the children’s date of enrollment.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Mar 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Jul 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings

Unannounced visit · July 8, 2025

Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have on-going training certificates on file and available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not complete all health and safety trainings.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. A fire inspection was completed March 2024, and another inspection was not completed until May 2025. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on 3/14/23 did not have a current staff development plan on file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have a current staff development plan or annual staff evaluation on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

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. A staff member hired on 7/7/25 did not have a medical report on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · March 11, 2025

Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development. Two staff members stated that when a three year old child displayed challenging behaviors in the classroom, on more than one occasion the child was placed in a one year old classroom during rest time.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Feb 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · February 13, 2025

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. A staff member hired on 10/23/24 did not have a copy of a negative TB test on file or available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025

All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 7/31/23 did not have a First Aid certificate on file and available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/4/2025

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. A staff member hired on 9/25/23, 5/11/22, 6/13/22 and 8/24/22 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment certificate on file and available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 15 findings

Unannounced visit · July 9, 2024

Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 104 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 103 there was not a permission to administer form on file for three diaper creams. In space 102 there was not a permission to administer form on file for four diaper creams. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for two medications.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 103 one child's feeding plan did not have a parent's signature, and one child's feeding plan did not have the date the plan was received.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. In space 102 children's hands were not washed before meal time.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. In space 102 teachers did not wash their hands before prepping and serving meals to children.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the emergency medical care plan annually.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

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. A staff member hired on 5/10/24 did not have a medical report on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

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. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a TB test on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a health questionnaire on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21, 2/26/24, and 10/18/23 did not have a current First Aid certification on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current CPR certification on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on on 1/3/21 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The EPR plan has not been reviewed or updated since June 2022.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

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. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the EPR plan annually.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

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 space 101 an emergency medication had an expired emergency medical action plan.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

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 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

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How they teach

Creative Curriculum

“Creative Curriculum”

What it costs

$1,234 to $1,451 a month

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Application fee
$50

A day here

Hours
7:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Meals
LCDC provides meals/snacks following USDA guidelines; parents provide alternate food items only when required (e.g. for allergies)
Outdoors
Children play outside every day, weather permitting, for at least 5 minutes
Updates for parents
Sign-in via the Pro-Care App; also notes, letters, notices, and email
Schedule
full-day
Closed
12 holidays and breaks a year
DatesNew Year's Day, MLK Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday (staff workday), Memorial Day, Independence Day (1 week), Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas (3 days), Juneteenth, plus a TBA staff workday

Policies

When a child is sick
Excluded for fever of 100°F+ (underarm) and other illness symptoms; may return after 24 hours fever-free without fever-reducing medication, or with a physician's note

Details

(704) 260-0040

Website
lockhartcdc.org
Address
525 Lake Concord Rd NE
License
13000588, active
Quality program
Five Star License
Ages they serve
8 weeks through 5 years of age

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State record

From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

A day here

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Details

  • Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000588 under License Number, and open the result.
  • Website — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org
  • Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org/…/972029_cca51b40e45d42879aa074af3290f35d.pdf
  • Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000588 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.