Charlotte · Licensed center
Spoiled Rotten Scholars
- Medium center, licensed for 143 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since July 2025.
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
Jul 8, 20265 citations
“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. The last approved fire inspection was received July 2, 2025.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2026
“All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. A small portion of the plastic border around the mulch on the school age playground and preschool playground was in poor repair. The plastic had cracked and was broken creating an opening on the top of the border.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2026
“Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In space #4b, a bottle of Cetirizine was not stored in locked storage.”
Violation corrected during visit
“A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. In space #4b, Desitin diaper cream was present without medical authorization from a parent.”
Violation corrected during visit
1 more from this inspection
“The center's safe sleep policy was not posted in a prominent place in the infant room where parents and caregivers were able to view daily. The safe sleep policy was not posted in the infant room.”
Violation corrected during visit
Dec 16, 20251 citation
“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. The EPR plan was to be completed by November 4, 2025 and has not been completed.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/24/2025
Oct 21, 20252 citations
“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. Two children enrolled did not have acknowledgement of the Abusive Head Trauma training policy on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 10/30/2025
“Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On the playground three (3) teachers were observed sitting at a picnic table talking and looking at their phones. Children were running around the playground playing and several times went around the corner out of teachers sight of the teachers. The teachers were not supervising the children.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 10/30/2025
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 8, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since July 2025 — 4 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 8 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 5 findings
Unannounced visit · July 8, 2026
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. The last approved fire inspection was received July 2, 2025.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/9/2026
All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. A small portion of the plastic border around the mulch on the school age playground and preschool playground was in poor repair. The plastic had cracked and was broken creating an opening on the top of the border.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2026
Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In space #4b, a bottle of Cetirizine was not stored in locked storage.
Violation corrected during visit
A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. In space #4b, Desitin diaper cream was present without medical authorization from a parent.
Violation corrected during visit
The center's safe sleep policy was not posted in a prominent place in the infant room where parents and caregivers were able to view daily. The safe sleep policy was not posted in the infant room.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004401 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · December 16, 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. The EPR plan was to be completed by November 4, 2025 and has not been completed.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/24/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004401 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · October 21, 2025
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. Two children enrolled did not have acknowledgement of the Abusive Head Trauma training policy on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 10/30/2025
Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On the playground three (3) teachers were observed sitting at a picnic table talking and looking at their phones. Children were running around the playground playing and several times went around the corner out of teachers sight of the teachers. The teachers were not supervising the children.
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 10/30/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004401 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Address
- 7532 Little Avenue
- License
- 60004401, 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 60004401 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 60004401 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.