Charlotte · Licensed center

Smithfield Church Road Elementary Asep

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since October 2023.

Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7, 3% at none.

Licensing inspections

May 28, 2026No rules cited
Sep 18, 2025No rules cited
May 27, 2025No rules cited
Nov 4, 20241 citation
  • “Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. A photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported. This is a repeat violation.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024

Oct 2, 20242 citations
  • “Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. All health and safety training topics were not complete within one (1) year for two employees.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/14/2024

  • “Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. A photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024

Apr 9, 2024No rules cited
Oct 18, 20232 citations
  • “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. Children did not wash their after outside play before transitioning to indoor play.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023

  • “Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. One (1) staff member was observed with a McDonalds cup.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
May 28, 2026
On file
7 visits since October 2023 — 4 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.

May 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
May 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · November 4, 2024

Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. A photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported. This is a repeat violation.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Oct 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · October 2, 2024

Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. All health and safety training topics were not complete within one (1) year for two employees.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/14/2024

Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. A photograph was not including with children's information for each child being transported.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Apr 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Oct 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · October 18, 2023

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. Children did not wash their after outside play before transitioning to indoor play.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023

Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. One (1) staff member was observed with a McDonalds cup.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/25/2023

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

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Details

(980) 343-6550

Address
3200 Smithfield Church Road
License
60000378, active
Quality program
Five Star License

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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 60000378 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 60000378 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.