ACTIVE POOR Compliance

St. Joseph Catholic Early Learning Center

109 N PRESTON AVE, BRYAN, TX 77803

License #856146 | Expires: Feb 1, 2007

Day Care Center
Type
109
Capacity
16
Inspections
14
Violations

Compliance Summary

2
Critical
8
Serious
3
Moderate
1
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Aug 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 22, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 21, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jun 27, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 7, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jul 18, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
May 8, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 27, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Jan 30, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Nov 10, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Oct 28, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Oct 26, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 4
Sep 12, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Oct 12, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 3, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 27, 2021 OTHER Violations Found 1

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

Two children did not have an emergency contact address and one child did not have emergency contact information.

Corrected: Aug 30, 2024

Serious Corrected

One caregiver only obtained 8 hours of preservice, and did not obtain the remaining 16 hours before their 90 days of employment.

Corrected: Aug 30, 2024

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have a passed fire inspection from 2022.

Corrected: Sep 15, 2023

Serious Corrected

A director has not been assigned to the operation since 6/9/2023.

Corrected: Aug 4, 2023

Minor Corrected

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2022 data from January 26, 2023, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2022, as required.

Corrected: Feb 3, 2023

Moderate Corrected

Observed two toddler classrooms who did not have toys in the reach of children. One classroom had the shelf blocking the other shelf which had the toys on them. The other classroom had the shelf turned around and toys on top of the shelf. This was corrected when the toys were put in the reach of the children and Shelves were moved.

Corrected: Nov 10, 2022

Critical Corrected

It was found after interviewing multilple staff that a caregiver that has conditions on their background check is being left alone in a two year old classroom. The caregivers conditions state that they cannot be left alone with children. During the walkthrough it was seen that the caregiver was present in the room with other caregivers who have no conditions. An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation, per HRC ?42.078.

Corrected: Oct 28, 2022

Moderate Corrected

In two toddler classrooms the toy storage shelves were turned around and not accesible to children and toys were also up on a shelf.

Corrected: Oct 28, 2022

Serious Corrected

A caregiver at the operation stated that they do not wash their hands after removing gloves when changing diapers.

Corrected: Oct 28, 2022

Serious Corrected

After talking to four staff members it was found that fire drills are not physically being conducted. Staff members are not aware of when there is a drill happening and where they should recover to incase a fire occurs.

Corrected: Oct 28, 2022

Serious Corrected

After interviewing staff it was found that the operation was out of ratio on the date in question and is often out of ratio.

Serious Corrected

Observed overgrown grass on the playground. I spoke to the director about ensuring the grass stays cut .

Moderate Corrected

Out of 10 children files, one child's file was missing a health statement and immunization record.

Critical Corrected

A caregiver left their classroom area, leaving the children unattended for approximately one minute. The caregiver was informed and understands supervising children at all times means that the assigned caregiver is accountable for each child's care. This includes responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child, appropriate visual and/or auditory awareness, physical proximity, and knowledge of activity requirements and each child's needs. The caregiver received a written disciplinary action and was required to retake supervision training.

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Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.