ACTIVE POOR Compliance

The Learning Junction Early Education Center

204 EVANS ST, HUTTO, TX 78634

License #1708059 | Expires: Dec 1, 2020

Day Care Center
Type
34
Capacity
26
Inspections
32
Violations

Compliance Summary

16
Critical
13
Serious
3
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Feb 10, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 21, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 8, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 12, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 28, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 25, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 25, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 29, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 25, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 21, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 27, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 3, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 10, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 27, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 10, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Dec 10, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 9, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 9
Nov 26, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Nov 20, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 14
Nov 19, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 24, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Sep 26, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 8, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Dec 28, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 7, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0

Violation Details

Critical Corrected

Two caregivers did not know the number of children they were responsible for when asked twice. This was corrected when the caregivers counted the number of children and gave the correct number.

Corrected: Jan 27, 2025

Serious Corrected

An infant under the age of 12 months was observed asleep in a play yard with a loose-fitting sheet. The infant was removed from the play yard at inspection.

Corrected: Jan 10, 2025

Critical Corrected

An infant under the age of 12 months was observed asleep in a play yard with extra bedding. The manufacture instructions of the extra bedding stated, "Never use in a crib or play yard". The extra bedding was removed at inspection.

Corrected: Jan 10, 2025

Critical Corrected

An infant under the age of 12 months was observed asleep in a play yard with a pacifier string attached to their clothing. The pacifier string was removed during inspection.

Corrected: Jan 10, 2025

Serious Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver was not observed washing her own hands before preparing meals.

Corrected: Dec 9, 2024

Serious Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver was not observed washing her own hands between each diaper change.

Corrected: Dec 9, 2024

Serious Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver was observed preparing an infant?s food using a utensil to try the food and then using the same utensil to prepare the food on the plate. The caregiver was observed eating food off of a plate and then giving the infant the remainder of the food on the plate while using the same utensil the caregiver ate off of.

Corrected: Dec 9, 2024

Critical Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver used bad judgement when attempting to move the diaper changing mat while an infant is on it. The caregiver is observed sitting on the floor with the diaper changing mat in front of them, picking the diaper changing mat up while an infant is on it and dropping it. The diaper changing mat was padded and landed up correctly however, the caregiver exhibited bad judgement when attempting to move it this way.

Corrected: Dec 9, 2024

Serious Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver was observed not disinfecting the diaper changing mat between each use.

Corrected: Dec 9, 2024

Critical Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, an infant was observed sleeping in an exerSaucer and an infant was observed sleeping in a bouncer.

Corrected: Dec 9, 2024

Critical Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver is observed exiting the classroom on multiple occasions in short durations while the infants are eating their food.

Serious Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver was observed using her cellphone on multiple occasions while caring for the infants in the classroom.

Serious Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver was not observed washing any of the infant?s hand throughout the day. The caregiver is only observed wiping the children?s hands and faces with wipes.

Critical Corrected

While reviewing video footage for another investigation, a caregiver was observed inappropriately grabbing children by their arm when picking them up and moving them around the classroom.

Serious Corrected

While caring for infants a caregiver was observed washing dishes, sweeping, vacuuming and spraying disinfectant in the room.

Serious Corrected

During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver left their purse on the floor of a classroom and accessible to infants.

Critical Corrected

The operation did not notify parents within the required 2 days when their child was placed at risk.

Critical Corrected

During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver abused and neglected children in care.

Critical Corrected

During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver was roughly moving infants when they placed them in a highchair and when they removed them from bouncer seats or exersaucers.

Serious Corrected

A caregiver failed to follow the operations smoke free and drug free section the personnel policies.

Critical Corrected

During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that it was not reported that a caregiver was using prohibited discipline and guidance on infants after the director observed video of the classroom.

Moderate Corrected

During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that parents are only allowed in the doorway of the operation, they are not allowed in the classrooms.

Serious Corrected

Video footage showed a caregiver spraying Lysol around themselves while shaking a bottle for an infant.

Critical Corrected

During a DPFS investigation, a caregiver admitted to smoking a THC vape pen in the infant classroom multiple times over multiple days. The vape pen was used in the classroom around the infant as a result an infant tested positive for cannabis.

Critical Corrected

During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that the director was not appropriately supervising caregivers when a caregiver was observed on video walking out of a classroom leaving infants unsupervised multiple times.

Critical Corrected

During a DPFS investigation, it was found that a caregiver was under the influence of THC while caring for infants. The caregiver did not have a prescription for the controlled substance.

Critical Corrected

Infants are being placed in a restrictive device as a form of discipline.

Critical Corrected

During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver dropped an empty bouncer seat on the ground next to two infants on the ground. The bouncer seat did not hit the infants, however the caregiver exhibited bad judgement when attempting to move it this way. During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver did not demonstrate good judgement when the caregiver sprayed Lysol in the close proximity of infants. During a DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver did not use good judgement when they used their sleeve to wipe an infant's nose twice. Additionally, the caregiver did not wash hands after doing so.

Serious Corrected

One infant was sitting in a highchair without the safety straps fastened. This was corrected when the caregiver fastened the safety straps.

Moderate Corrected

The stationary equipment outside did not meet the required use zones. There was a wooden balance beam in the use zone of the ladder of the stationary equipment.

Moderate Corrected

Two infants did not have infant feeding instructions available for review.

Serious Corrected

During the walk through of the infant room, a feeding plate was observed in the sink used for hand washing. This was corrected when the caregiver removed the plate from the sink.

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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.