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Name

CADENCE ACADEMY PRESCHOOL, NORTHLAKE

Address

9206 REAMES RD

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

28216

Premise Type

42 - Child Care

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

2/3/2025

Final Score @ Grade

General Comments

NOTE: - No toy/ or any other clean items except diapers stuff stored underneath diaper changing table. Keep clean and dirty separate per sanitation rules. - Replace a telephone plate outlet on the wall in Meck 2. Cover the opening. - Repair or replace paper towels dispenser in shared restrooms Meck2. Keep all fixture in good repair. - Clean restroom vent in Meck 1. Keep clean. - Clean food prep counter area, where old sticker/glue look visible unclean. Keep surfaces clean and visible clean. - Director assistant: Gwen Mayfield present during inspection

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
4	0	Potentially hazardous foods meet storage and holding temperatures; bottles, lunches refrigerated at 45º F or below: .2804, .2806, .2808, .2836	No	No	No	General Comment: 15A NCAC 18A .2806 (h) The temperature of potentially hazardous food provided by the child care center for consumption by children shall be 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below, or at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above at all times, including field trips, catering events, and outdoor service, except during periods of preparation and service immediately prior to consumption.- Observed oat milk container sat on the counter during breakfast time in Toddler 1. Milk measured 51F. Observed lunchable in children lunch box in school age store inside the closet, not refrigerated. The center must ensure to maintain correct temperature for potential hazardous cold holding at 45F or below at all time. Milk, and lunches take to the kitchen to be held properly to maintain temperature at the time of inspection.
5	5	Food properly stored, thawed, prepared, cooked, cooled, handled, served, transported, packaged and identified; only supervised children in kitchen; water from a handwash lavatory not consumed or used for bottle warming:. 2804, .2806, .2808, .2836	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2804 (k) Lunches, snacks, and other meals that a child brings from home to the child care center shall be labeled with the date on which the food is brought to the child care center and the name of the child to whom the food belongs at the child's home and shall be returned to the child's home or discarded at the end of each day.- Observed Lunch box in school age without date. Ensure both name and date is on any food items send from home. 15A NCAC 18A .2806 (d) Specialty bulk milk that is sent from home for consumption by a child while at the child care center may be stored as set forth in the 2800 rules when the child's parent or guardian provides written permission and the specialty bulk milk is sent to the child care center at the beginning of each week unopened, labeled with the date received by the child care center, and labeled with the name of the child to whom the bulk specialty milk belongs. Any remaining bulk specialty milk shall be sent home at the end of the week with the child to whom the bulk specialty milk belongs.- Observed one container of specialty milk in kitchen refrigerator without date. Every one of them have both name and date for the week. Ensure to check after parents before putting in the refrigerator, have items labeled both name and dated that was received at the center.
10	5	Food contact surfaces properly washed, rinsed, sanitized and air dried; single-service articles not re-used: .2809, .2810, .2812, .2814	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2810 (f) Bottle warming equipment shall be cleaned and sanitized per rule .2812 and the manufacturer's instructions.- Observed soiled bottle warmers in infant room. Detail cleaning needed and keep clean to sight and touch.
21	4	Properly sized, located, accessible, and in good repair; sinks, toilets and potty chairs cleaned and disinfected; proper change of use procedure: .2817, .2818, .2836	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2818 (a). Lavatories shall be kept clean and in good repair- Observed most of hand washing throughout the facility need detail cleaning and keep clean. All around basin and base of the faucet (Meck 2, P1, school age). Some sink area may need fresh caulking along edge leaving no gap visible and to maintain area for easily cleanable (Meck 3). Observed slow drained at hand sink in 3B. Observed clogged/slow drain at hand sink in preschool 1, Repair needed. Observed very soiled underneath diaper sink cabinet, need cleaning in P2. Keep clean.
28	0	Medications properly stored: .2820	No	No	No	General Comment: 15A NCAC 18A .2820 (d) Non-prescription diaper creams and sunscreen shall be kept inaccessible to children when not in use but are not required to be in locked storage. A product shall be considered inaccessible to children when stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is mounted a minimum vertical distance of five feet above the finished floor.- Observed diaper cream stored inside unlocked cabinet underneath diaper table in P1. The child prof lock device doesn’t count as lock. Ensure to store items at 5ft or higher at all time. NOTE: Lock storage rooms and cabinets shall include those which are unlocked with a combination lock, electric or magnetic device, key pad, key, or equivalent locking device, keep/store keys at least 5ft or higher at all time. Store/keep key at 5ft
31	2	Facilities provided for proper storage, used and kept clean: .2820	No	No	No	15A NCAC 18A .2820 (g).Purses, that do not contain hazardous items, must be stored 5 ft above the floor, behind lock and key, or behind a child safety lock.- Observed teacher purse stored in a lock closet on the shelf less than 5ft. The key to unlock the closet is hanging down with long gray string next to the closet less than 5ft, made it accessible to the key to easily unlock the closet in 3A. Ensure to put purse at 5ft or higher. **Key to unlock any cabinet/storage shall be kept at 5ft or higher at all times.
32	3	Adequate linen provided and properly stored; adequate beds, cots, mats provided, in good repair, properly stored, labeled, spaced during use: .2821, .2836	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2821 (c). Beds, cots, and mats shall be assigned and labeled for use by an individual child and equipped with individual linens.- Observed several classroom needs to update name/number cot chart. Some cot has two different number, mix and match. Rewrite number/name legibly to easily identify. Have correct and updated chart available.
49	2	Premises clean and free of standing water; utility equipment inaccessible; equipment and toys clean and in good repair; sandboxes properly constructed, clean and covered; adherence to air quality forecast quality forecast outdoor activity restrictions when applicable: .2831, .2832	No	No	No	REPEAT 15A NCAC 18A .2832 (a).In the child care center premises and outdoor learning environment. Debris, glass, dilapidated structures, and broken play equipment shall be removed from areas accessible to children. Wells, grease traps, cisterns, and utility equipment shall be made inaccessible to children.- Observed couple unlock gates where HVAC units and mop sink in playground. Lock the gates and keep areas inaccessible to children.