Abacus School of Austin

One caregiver was present without an eligible background check. This was corrected when the caregiver left the operation during the inspection.

The operation failed to use good judgement when a child was served an item they have an intolerance to on two separate occasions.

The operation failed to ensure a child's special needs statement was accurate.

A caregiver aggressively grabbed a child and then forcibly sitting the child down, twice. The interactions resulted in the child receiving two scratches. The caregiver was terminated immediately.

A caregiver stated there were 10 children present, then 11, but there were 12 children total in care.

There was sufficient evidence found during the investigation to show that the operation did not notify parents when informed of a situation placing children at risk.

There was sufficient evidence found during the investigation to show that one caregiver used prohibited punishment when harshly placing infants in cribs and chairs and grabbing infants aggressively in the classroom.

The operation failed to notify Child Care Regulation of a reportable incident involving a child in care within the required time frame.

It was self reported by the operation that a child was served a food that they were allergic to.

Infant safety straps were observed to be unbuckled for infants seated at a raised feeding table. The straps were buckled during the inspection.

Observed multiple classrooms without bottles labled with the infants first name and last initial, this was corrected when the bottles were labled.

Observed a nail sticking out from a picnic table, Green turf that is ripped causing a tripping hazards. I also observed a wooden house that had broken pieces of wood causing a concern for splinters. There were also metal stakes that were sticking up from the border of the playgrounds, which were corrected when they were stepped on to make them go back into the ground.