ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Children's Amazing Palace Learning Academy

1100 S MARTIN ST, KILGORE, TX 75662

License #1783137 | Expires: Jan 24, 2024

Day Care Center
Type
44
Capacity
21
Inspections
38
Violations

Compliance Summary

11
Critical
16
Serious
11
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Feb 26, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 19, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 4, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jun 18, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Apr 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Apr 14, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Apr 11, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 8, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Mar 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 18, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Feb 13, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Jan 30, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Jan 16, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
Jul 30, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 16, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
Nov 28, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 25, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Oct 13, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Sep 20, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 5, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 7
Jul 20, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

During the inspection it was determined the operation had not completed a fire drill in the past 2 months.

Corrected: Sep 11, 2025

Moderate Corrected

The record for the most recent CPSC report was not available during this insepction.

Corrected: Sep 11, 2025

Moderate Corrected

During review it was determined the operation was not documenting their emergency drills.

Corrected: Apr 28, 2025

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection an advertisement was seen playing on a screen with children present.

Corrected: Mar 18, 2025

Serious Corrected

Children did not wash their hands before eating their snack after nap time.

Corrected: Mar 18, 2025

Critical Corrected

The wrong number of children inside a classroom was given by a caregiver during the inspection.

Corrected: Mar 18, 2025

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection screen time was observed while children were eating their afternoon snacks.

Corrected: Mar 18, 2025

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection 2 children that did not have admission information on file were being cared for.

Corrected: Feb 14, 2025

Serious Corrected

During the inspection a 4 month old was being cared for in a room with a 4 year old child.

Corrected: Feb 13, 2025

Serious Corrected

During the inspection a portable heater was observed turned on and sitting on the floor next to a child.

Corrected: Feb 13, 2025

Critical Corrected

The wrong number of children was given by a caregiver in the classroom.

Serious Corrected

Two children were observed going to the restroom, but not washing their hands afterwards.

Moderate Corrected

While putting on a music on YouTube for nap an advertisement played in two rooms while children were present.

Critical Corrected

A child was left alone inside a classroom while the other children and caregivers were on the playground.

Serious Corrected

A 13 month old infant was present in a classroom with the oldest indiviual 42 months older than them.

Moderate Corrected

Screen time was being used at arrival with a 13 month old present in the room watching.

Serious Corrected

Only 4 fire drills were noted to have been complete in 2023.

Serious Corrected

A bottle of Lysol disinfectant spray was seen sitting on a cabinet within children's reach inside the classroom.

Critical Corrected

The wrong number of children were stated present in the classroom until it was mentioned to the caregvier.

Serious Corrected

A tracking system for children was not available for review during this inspection.

Critical Corrected

During the inspection the caregivers did not know how many children they were in charge of and had to recount multiple times.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection paint was observed peeling from the baseboards and wall exposing some drywall.

Critical Corrected

A child was observed wandering into the daycare office. Staff was unaware the child had done so.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection a bundle of bananas were observed in the food pantry to have mold on them. This was corrected at the inspection when the bananas were thrown away.

Moderate Corrected

The nap cots were observed during the visit and were not labeled to indicate whose cot was whose.

Serious Corrected

Used diapers were seen in a trash can within reach of children in one of the bathrooms the children use. Children were seen using the bathroom. This was corrected at inspection when the trash can was removed from the bathroom by the director.

Serious Corrected

Used diapers were seen in a trash can with no lid within reach of children in one of the bathrooms the children use. Old food was also observed in a trash can within reach of children in a room where care took place.

Serious Corrected

A container of bleach wipes and baby wipes were observed in reach of children inside rooms where child care took place.

Critical Corrected

An infant was observed in a restrictive device for more than 15 minutes during the inspection. The infant was not being fed or transported.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection 4 children's records were reviewed and all 4 were missing the children's full address, the emergency contact address and 3 were missing the emergency contact phone number. 2 were missing the school's phone number, and 1 was missing the emergency facility or provider address.

Critical Corrected

During the inspection two caregivers with a pending background check were present and caring for children.

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection 3 staff records were observed and found to be missing the statement of center policies, statement of personnel policies, orientation statement, employment begin date, and the age/education/qualifications.

Critical Corrected

During the inspection a 3 year old was observed in timeout for 5 minutes.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection the children started centers before washing their hands after coming inside.

Critical Corrected

During the inspection an infant was observed asleep in a restrictive device. The caregiver did not notice until it was mentioned to her.

Moderate Corrected

During the inspection the person in charge did not know where the staff records were kept and could not get them to CCR staff.

Moderate Corrected

The first aid kit was missing tweezers.

Critical Corrected

The operational policies were reviewed and found to be missing the Emergency Preparedness Plan. Along with the Safe Sleep Policy, Requirement for Hearing and Vision Screenings, Parental Notification of policy changes, Transportation, Water Activities, Procedure to review most recent report and standards online, and how to contact local licensing office.

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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.