Concord · Licensed center

Rocky River Elem. Pre-K

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since January 2024.

Of the 27 Charlotte-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 11% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 15% had rules cited at all 5, 15% at none.

Licensing inspections

Sep 18, 20268 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 8/5/2026 had their TB test/screening completed on 9/6/2026.”

    Violation corrected during visit

  • “Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The playground inspections for April 2026 and May 2026 were not on file for review.”

    Violation corrected during visit

  • “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 8/5/2026 had a medical report completed on 9/6/2026.”

    Violation corrected during visit

  • “Individual applications were not on file for each child. An application was not on file for one child (DOE: 8/17/2026).”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

4 more from this inspection
  • “Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. The emergency medical information was not on file for one child (DOE: 8/17/2026).”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

  • “Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child's file. One child (DOE: 8/17/2026) did not have a signed and dated discipline policy on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

  • “The health assessment did not include a dental screening. One child's (DOE: 8/17/2026) health assessment did not include a dental screening.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

  • “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. One child (DOE: 8/17/2026) did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy on file.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

Oct 2, 2025No rules cited
Apr 28, 20253 citations
  • “All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. A staff member hired on 2/25/10 did not have a file available for review.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2025

  • “The center did not complete an EPR Plan within four months of completing the EPR in Child Care training and/or the Plan was not completed on a template provided by the Division. There was not a completed EPR plan posted or available for review.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2025

  • “Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. A staff member hired on 8/20/18 did not complete all health and safety trainings within five years of taking health and safety trainings previously.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2025

Nov 12, 20242 citations
  • “Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member hired on 11/6/23 did not complete the required health and safety trainings within one year.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/20/2024

  • “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 11/6/23 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 11/20/2024

Jan 4, 20244 citations
  • “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. Two staff members did not have a current First Aid Certificate.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

  • “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. Two staff members do not have current CPR training.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

  • “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. Substitute staff did not have a signed acknowledgement of the Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

  • “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. Substitute staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
September 18, 2026
On file
5 visits since January 2024 — 1 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 17 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.

Sep 2026 Unannounced visit 8 findings

Unannounced visit · September 18, 2026

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 8/5/2026 had their TB test/screening completed on 9/6/2026.

Violation corrected during visit

Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The playground inspections for April 2026 and May 2026 were not on file for review.

Violation corrected during visit

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 8/5/2026 had a medical report completed on 9/6/2026.

Violation corrected during visit

Individual applications were not on file for each child. An application was not on file for one child (DOE: 8/17/2026).

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. The emergency medical information was not on file for one child (DOE: 8/17/2026).

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child's file. One child (DOE: 8/17/2026) did not have a signed and dated discipline policy on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

The health assessment did not include a dental screening. One child's (DOE: 8/17/2026) health assessment did not include a dental screening.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

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. One child (DOE: 8/17/2026) did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000453 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · April 28, 2025

All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. A staff member hired on 2/25/10 did not have a file available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2025

The center did not complete an EPR Plan within four months of completing the EPR in Child Care training and/or the Plan was not completed on a template provided by the Division. There was not a completed EPR plan posted or available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2025

Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. A staff member hired on 8/20/18 did not complete all health and safety trainings within five years of taking health and safety trainings previously.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/12/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000453 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Nov 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · November 12, 2024

Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member hired on 11/6/23 did not complete the required health and safety trainings within one year.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/20/2024

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 11/6/23 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 11/20/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000453 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · January 4, 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. Two staff members did not have a current First Aid Certificate.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

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. Two staff members do not have current CPR training.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

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. Substitute staff did not have a signed acknowledgement of the Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

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. Substitute staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/18/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000453 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

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

(704) 260-6290

Address
5454 Rocky River Road
License
13000453, active
Quality program
Five Star License

Run Rocky River Elem. Pre-K? Correct or add anything here, free.

Add what is missing
Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

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 13000453 under License Number, and open the result.
  • Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000453 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.