ACTIVE POOR Compliance

The Sonshine Ark

1406 6TH ST, FLORESVILLE, TX 78114

License #411916 | Expires: Jun 30, 1992

Day Care Center
Type
128
Capacity
18
Inspections
25
Violations

Compliance Summary

3
Critical
11
Serious
9
Moderate
2
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Nov 25, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 18, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
May 22, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
May 9, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 14, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 9, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 2
Sep 17, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 3, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 9
Apr 23, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 18, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 2
Dec 5, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 23, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Nov 29, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 19, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 30, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Nov 19, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 19, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

During the inspection, it was observed a group of 20 children went on a field trip to the library with 3 caregivers. Field trips ratios indicate that 4 caregivers were required. This was corrected when they returned to the center.

Corrected: Nov 18, 2025

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have a gas inspection conducted.

Corrected: Dec 2, 2025

Moderate Corrected

Three of the five enrolled infants did not have a current written feeding instruction form. Two of the three expired three months ago.

Corrected: Nov 21, 2025

Moderate Corrected

There were four expired medication in the medication cabinet. This was corrected when staff member dispose the expired medication.

Corrected: May 22, 2025

Moderate Corrected

The Consumer Product Recall was last certified on 1/4/2023. This was corrected when staff member certified the consumer product recall as of 5/22/2025.

Corrected: May 22, 2025

Serious Corrected

There is a 9 inch gap between the fence and the gate. This was corrected when staff member added bungee ropes around the gap to fill the gap.

Corrected: May 22, 2025

Critical Corrected

Caregiver was using inappropriate redirection practices such as pulling and grabbing a child.

Corrected: May 22, 2025

Critical Corrected

Caregiver used inappropriate and discouraging language to and around the children.

Corrected: May 22, 2025

Serious Corrected

7 out of 10 staffs did not have the SIDS/Shaken baby training available for review at the time of inspection.

Corrected: Sep 10, 2024

Moderate Corrected

10 out of 10 staff members did not have the Adminitration Medication, Food Allergy, and Hazardous Training training available for review at the time of inspection.

Corrected: Sep 10, 2024

Moderate Corrected

Four classrooms did not have a written activity plan with designated dates and time frames of activities.

Moderate Corrected

The documentation of fire drills were not available for review at the time of inspection.

Critical Corrected

The child safety lock on the cabinet was broken, therefore the Lysol was accessible to the children in the toddler's room. During the inspection, the caregiver took action to address the issue by moving the Lysol to a top cabinet that is out of reach for the children

Serious Corrected

There were two outlets uncovered in the 4-5 age group classroom. Caregiver placed two covers in the uncovered outlets therefore were corrected at inspection.

Serious Corrected

The crib mattresses were recently replaced with new ones that do not specifically match the crib model numbers.

Serious Corrected

There was one caregiver caring for 6 children in the infant room therefore the caregiver was out of ratio. The youngest infant is 6 months and the oldest 1 year old. This was corrected at inspection when the other caregiver entered the room.

Serious Corrected

One infant was observed in the highchair without the safety straps. There was no safety straps in any of the highchairs.

Minor Corrected

A child accidentally bit their tongue 04/17/24 and was taken to the hospital for evaluation. An incident report was filled out but not signed by the person in charge within the required 48 hours of the incident occurring.

Moderate Corrected

A child accidentally bit their tongue and they were taken to the emergency room to be evaluated on 04/17/24. The operation did obtain a parent signature on the incident report within the required 48 hours.

Minor Corrected

The admission forms have not been updated to reflect changes made to minimum standards.

Moderate Corrected

In reviewing the operational policies, there is no updated information on the support of inclusive services.

Moderate Corrected

There was no documentation available to show that training had been completed by any caregiver in the required topic of Administration of Medication.

Serious Corrected

The loose fill in all use zones of the outdoor play area measured less than the required six inch depth, and the ground beneath was exposed in several areas.

Serious Corrected

One caregiver in the infant class and one caregiver in the two year old class each failed to wash the hands of a child after diapering.

Serious Corrected

One caregiver was lacking 24 hours towards the 20-21 annual training year. A second caregiver had completed 6 annual training hours towards the 20-21 training year and was lacking 18 hours. A third caregiver had completed 5 training hours towards the 20-21 annual training year and was lacking 19 hours. A fourth caregiver was lacking 24 hours towards the 20-21 annual training year.

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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.