GLO Day Care Center
GLO Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in Abilene, TX, licensed for up to 272 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 1985. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 17 times and investigated 4 reports. Inspectors recorded 25 citations, 8 of them high-risk, most often for health & medication (7 of 25). 9 citations came in the last 12 months, including 3 high-risk. Its last 2 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is #40 of 40 centers in Abilene and better than 13% of licensed centers statewide.
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A caregiver was observed supervising 11 children in a classroom when the specified age group was 23 months old. This was corrected at inspection when 2 children were removed from the room bringing the classroom into ratio.
During the review of video surveillance, it was determined that a caregiver force fed a child their bottle for approximately 3 minutes while the child's arms were retrained and the child resisted the bottle.
During the review of video surveillance, a caregiver failed to sanitize the diaper changing surface on 6 separate occasions.
During the review of video surveillance, an infant was observed sleeping in a bouncer for approximately 21 minutes.
During the review of video surveillance, a caregiver failed to wash their own hands after diaper changing on six separate occasions.
During the review of video surveillance, a caregiver was observed placing an infant in a feeder table without buckling the safety straps.
During the review of video surveillance, a caregiver failed to wash six infants' hands after diaper changing on six separate occasions.
During the review of video surveillance, a caregiver demonstrated concerning behavior on separate occasions, including aggressively handling an infant in their crib, yanking a toy from the same infant, and forcefully pushing the infant while seated at the feeder table.
During the review of video surveillance, an infant was observed in a bouncer for approximately 33 minutes. Another infant was observed in a jumper for approximately 25 minutes, another infant was observed in a jumper for approximately 22 minutes, and another infant was observed remained seated in the feeding table for approximately 16 minutes not being fed or conducting any other activity.
It was determined through the course of the investigation that a caregiver committed acts of prohibited punishment on a 2 year child in care when they pulled the child's hair, poked them in the face and kicked the child.
It was determined through the course of the investigation that a 2 year child was made to sit in time out for longer than 2 minutes.
Upon review of caregiver files, 2 caregivers, taht were hired more than 90 days ago, were lacking pre-service training in required topics.
A caregiver in the toddler classroom was present at the operation before receiving notice from the CBCU regarding the their eligibility.
It was determined through the course of the investigation that a caregiver with a conditional status was left alone to supervise a group of children.
A 22 month old child in care was administered .62 ML more of a dosage of ibuprofen than what was directed on the medication's label for the child's age, per the parents request. This was corrected at inspection when the operation made a change in policy and sent a mass email to all enrolled parents stating that the operation will no longer administer medication effective 4/24/2024.
A 10 month old was observed sleeping in a crib with a blanket over them. This was corrected at the inspection when the blanket was removed from the infant and the crib.
A child's file was lacking a health statement and immunization record.
An infant in the infant room was not buckled into the kidney bean toddler feeding table. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver buckled the child in.
Infant feeding forms were not being updated every 30 days.
A child with a diagnosed food allergy to peanuts was lacking an allergy emergency plan on file.
Medication that was provided by parents was not labeled with the date that it was brought to the operation. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver labeled the medication with the date.
At the time of inspection an infant was found to be in a swing, when teacher was asked how long the infant had been in the swing, the teacher said the infant had been in there for 40 minutes. Infant was removed from the swing at the time of inspection.
Director was lacking required annual training hours in required topics. Multiple caregivers were lacking annual training hours in required topics.
Annual Sanitation inspection has not been conducted for the current year. The most current documentation at the center is from 03/22/2021.
The operation did not have current documention for fire drills for the month of March 2022 and the month of April 2022.
About this center
Common questions
Does GLO Day Care Center take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are GLO Day Care Center’s hours?
6:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does GLO Day Care Center accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does GLO Day Care Center cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask GLO Day Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the West Central Texas area, which includes Abilene, is $30.80 a day for infants, $29.60 a day for toddlers and $28.60 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has GLO Day Care Center had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 8 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Feb 27, 2026: “Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does GLO Day Care Center compare with other daycares in Abilene?
It is #40 of 40 centers in Abilene by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 13% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was GLO Day Care Center last inspected?
May 27, 2026. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 126210 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.