New Braunfels Head Start Center

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that a preschool child was left alone in the restroom unsupervised for approximately one minute.

Based on interviews, the parent was not informed about the incident until the next day.

Based on the video and interviews conducted, two staff did not conduct a name to face while lining the children up to go back to the classroom from a bathroom break. This resulted in a child being left out in the foyer area unsupervised for less than a minute.

Based on the interviews, diaper-changing procedures were not being maintained closely when a child was observed several times with a soiled pull-up.

Based on the interviews and video, a caregiver did not use good judgment when a child was refusing to brush her teeth and the caregiver sat her down in a chair and was forcefully brushing her teeth for her as she was crying.

An 11-month-old non-walking infant was observed sleeping on a cot.

A couple of bottles in the infant room were not labeled with the last initial. This was corrected when the teacher labeled the bottles correctly.

When observing the outdoor play area, due to the weather the playscape was wet and the children could have slipped and harmed themeselves. The hose used outside was not wrapped up and was accessible for children to trip and fall causing harm. The excess weed blocker used for the outdoor grounds was exposed and accessible to children. This was CORRECTED when the director wrapped the hose around the hose holder, cut the excess weed blocker, and the playground playscape was dried off.

During the inspection, a 3-year-old child was observed sitting in a room for an undetermined amount of time unsupervised while the two teachers were conducting a bathroom break. This was corrected when a staff was asked to come into the room with him.

Based on the information obtained, a child was able to run out of the front door of the building during a classroom bathroom break which the bathroom is in the front of the building. A staff member that was up front with the class during this break was able to run out the door behind her. The child only got a few steps from the front door before the staff was able to retrieve the child back into the daycare safely.