Academy of Little Achievers, LLC

ACADEMY OF LITTLE ACHIEVERS LLC registered with the State Comptroller is Inactive status due to forfeiture.

3 active ant beds were present on the playground.

An electrical cord is dangling from an exterior light fixture at the front entrance and accessible by children; an unlabeled bottle of unknown liquid is stored within reach of children in the school age room. Note: the caregiver in charge removed the bottle from the classroom.

The operation is serving sugar added fruit punch. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director removed the fruit juice.

The operational policy is missing information on the Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.

The list of employees was not posted. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director created and posted it to the entry wall.

Two children did not have labeled hooks for their personal belongings. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director created name labels for the hooks.

The permit holder has not made corrections to the fire marshal inspection report.

The permit holder failed to meet all requirements related to the new location and is operating at the new location without being permitted. Per HRC42.048(e)(3)(2). A licensed child-care facility that changes location: (2) may not operate at the new location unless the commission approves the new location after the licensed child-care facility meets all requirements related to the new location.

Corrections to the fire inspection requires an updated building certificate of occupancy.

Corrections to the fire inspection requires an updated building certificate of occupancy which has not been obtained for the past 4 months.

Two pieces of equipment on the playground is lacking 6 feet of use zone.

Two children enrolled are missing the health statement.

The director failed to comply with condition 4, missing Form 7260 audit of 2 children's admission packet prior to first day in care.

Corrections to the fire inspection requires an updated building certificate of occupancy which has not been obtained for the past 2 months.

The permit holder has not come up with a plan within 30 days from the start of the probation, that will improve overall compliance with Minimum Standards. The director needs to send to CCR for approval of plan addressing the formalized reporting process and the plan to review sub chapters of Infants, Personnel and Transportation. The director to develop a weekly transportation plan with a checklist.

The operation needs an updated fire inspection.

1 out of 6 staff files missing annual training in Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations.

2 out of 6 employees needs pediatric CPR training completed by their 90th day of employment and every two years thereafter.

2 out of 6 employees needs pediatric 1st aid training completed by their 90th day of employment and every two years thereafter.

The use zone for a play structure has loose fill that measured 4 inches to 5 inches in different areas and needs a depth of 6 inches.

1 out of 6 children's files missing phone number for person designated to pick up child.

1 out of 6 children's files missing health statement.

4 out of 6 children's files missing vaccination records.

2 staff that transport kids need an updated photocopy of their driver license in the staff file.

1 out of 6 children's files is missing emergency medical care consent.

1 out of 6 chlidren's files missing information for food allergies.

An infant was in a high chair with no fastened safety straps. Note: this was corrected when the caregiver fastened the safety straps. .

3 outlets were uncovered in a room with infant and preK children. Note: the director used tape to cover the outlets at inspection

The operation did not complete a monthly inspection of fire extinguishers, January - July 2024. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director inspected all fire extinguishers.

An electrical outlet in the room was exposed in the toddler/ preK room. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director applied tape to 2 outlets and an outlet cover to 1 outlet.

1 infant had an expired feeding instructions form and another infant not on table food was missing the feeding instructions form.

The insurance policy expired 3/22/2024.

The carbon monoxide detector in the main building was without a battery.

4 infant bottles needed labeling. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver added the names to the bottles.

1 child that was transported from school to home did not have transportation permission signed by the parent.

The posts to the slide structure with a play surface greater than 5 feet was not marked. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director correctly marked the post.

1 transportation binder for a specified route was missing 4 admission forms with emergency contact. 1 transportation binder for the other specified route was missing 7 admission forms with emergency contact.

The fence in the back of the operation on the playground was not 4 feet tall.

In the infant classroom they was a caregiver with conditions on they background check, and the caregiver can not be left alone with children and they were alone in the classroom. Corrected: When the director had another caregiver went into the classroom with the other caregiver.

The operation does not have the most recent inspection form posted, the las inspection at the operation was on 5/21/2024 the inspection that is posted is from 5/13/2024.

The operation since has not provided an updated fire inspection.

The director and caregives are not following the activity plan posted, the children should of had breakfast between 6:30 am to 8:30 am and did not have any breakfast.

The director or caregiver did not wash hands before serving food. Corrected: When the director and caregiver washed their hands.

The director stated to the child twice, "do you want to sit in the high chair for a minute. It was observed the director placing a child in a high chair for time out. The director, "asked the child if he was ready to get out."

The operation still did not have an incident report for a child that was placed at risk.

Children did not wash their hands before they at a snack. Corrected: When the director and caregiver had children wash their hands.

A four month old infant fell asleep in a restrictive device.

The operation did not have an updated fire inspection, the last inspection was on 1/17/2023, doing the inspection a fire inspection was still unavailable.

The operations two vans that were purchased after December 31, 2013 did not have electronic child safety alarm on them.

A caregiver left a infant in the classroom alone when she came back up front to get the other infant.

The operation still does not have an director in place and information for a director has not been received from permit holder.

The preschool caregiver was observed preparing meals while the children were sitting in the classroom alone.

The infant caregiver was unable to give the ages of all infant children. Caregiver did not have documentation with all of the children's ages.

The fire extinguishers has not been inspected in the past three months.

The operation does not have the most recent inspection form posted, the last inspection was 3/27/2023 and the last inspection that is posted from 4/19/2023.

The television in the classroom children were napping in was not anchored to the wall, it was sitting on a table.

In the blue van they was not a first aid kid and in the white van the first aid kit was missing thermometer and first aid guide.

The operation did not have an updated satiation inspection, the last inspection was conducted on 10/30/2022.

The cots are not labeled with children names or a number that would be assigned to them.

The operations two vans that were purchased after December 31, 2013 did not have an electronic child safety alarm on them.

The operation did not have any fire drills for the months of January, February and March.

The operation did not have an updated Children's Product form, the last form was from 10/2/2023.

In the white van they was not a list of children that are being transported.

The operation did not have an updated fire inspection, the last inspection was on 1/17/2023.

The three drivers did not have updated transportation training it expired 1/23/2024.

In the blue van they is not information for children parent s names and telephone numbers and emergency telephone numbers for the children being transported.

The outdoor playground in the front of the center gates was not enclosed all the way, they was a opening in the front left side of the gate.

The emergency preparedness plan did not have how the operation would evacuated or relocated children 24 months of age or who have limited mobility.

The operation did not fill out an incident report when a child was placed at risk.

This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation. Neglectful Supervision was found deficient based in the findings of the investigation.

The operation did not notify the parent the child was left on the van alone.

Based on the information found during the investigation, the operation staff contacted the victim’s mother and gave her false information as to the reason her child was not in school that day and the mother came to pick her up.

Based on the information found during the investigation, the operation staff did not complete a check of each vehicle row to ensure that no child was left unattended in the vehicle before leaving the operation.

Based on the information found during the DFPS investigation, the infant classroom was over ratio because there was one caregiver with 7 infants. The specified age group for 0-11 months is 1 to 4 and for 12-17 months old is 1 to 5.

Based on the information found during the DFPS investigation, the caregiver transporting children did not have a list of children he transported that day.

The operation did not notify licensing in writing before adding the Nighttime care services.

The permit holder is not ensuring that caregivers are following minimum standards requirements.

The incident/ illness report for the incident that occured on 4/4/2023 was signed by the caregiver on 4/5/2023 but not signed by the parent.

There is an active ant bed in the pre-k playground that needs to be treated by a licensed exterminator.

2 swings were attached to the composite play structure in the pre-k playground. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director had the swings removed.

1 out of 5 staff files is missing 3 hours in annual training in the required topics of Abuse/Neglect, SIDS/Shaken Baby/Early Child Brain Development, Emergency Preparedness, Administering Medication, Food Allergies and in Hazardous Materials.

The director has 2.5 hours of management/ supervisor/leadership training, needs 3.5 hours more for a total of 6 hours in annual training requirements.

1 caregiver was left in charge of 13 children, with a specified age group of 2 years old. This maximum size of this group is 11, over by 2 chidren.

6 out of 6 files missing a record of training hours.

The director has 25.5 of 30 hours required for annual training, is missing required topics in SIDS/Shaken Baby/ Early Child Brain Development, Emergency Preparedness, Administering Medication, Food Allergy and in Hazardous Materials.

Several torn mats were discarded by the caregiver left in charge. This left the center with 4 good mats. The director will order new mats for napping.

There is insufficent loose fill material underneath the swing set.

The temporary license plate on the transportation van is expired.

During the investigation inspection the classroom were the infants were being cared for did not have age appropriate toys.

Four employees that are no longer active at the operation left between September 23 and September 27.

During the investigation inspection the children were obsereved eating ramen noodles, mixed vegestable, and peaches. The menu posted at the operation showed that the children were suppose to eat chicken pasta, green beans, peaches, garlic bread and drink milk.

The children ages 3-5 years olds were observed going through the infant space to utilize the restroom.

During the investigation inspection there were no hand washing sink observed for diaper-changing.

The 3-5 year old children did not wash their hands after eating.

The caregiver did not wash their hands after changing a infant diaper.

During lunch time water was not available for the children in care.

Three out of four infant bottles observed only had a first name on it. One infant bottle did not have a name on it at all. This was corrected at the time of the inspection when the director labeled the bottles.

A trash bag with garbage inside was observed on the floor where children could acess. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver took it out,

The mats that were used for the children during nap time were not labeled. This was corrected at the inspection when the mats were labeled.

In the school age classroom I observed 2-14 month old infants in the same classroom as the 3-5 year old children.