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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Two children enrolled are missing the health statement.

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.

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

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 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.

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 chlidren's files missing information for food allergies.

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

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

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

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

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

The insurance policy expired 3/22/2024.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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 since has not provided an updated fire inspection.

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The temporary license plate on the transportation van is expired.

There is insufficent loose fill material underneath the swing set.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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,

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.

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

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

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

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.

During the follow up inspection, I observed a caregiver walking outside the school age classroom without a cleared background check.