ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Building Blocks Academy

2619 MAIN ST, LA MARQUE, TX 77568

License #1696406 | Expires: Oct 11, 2019

Day Care Center
Type
197
Capacity
19
Inspections
26
Violations

Compliance Summary

4
Critical
12
Serious
10
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Feb 13, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 3, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Oct 21, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 17, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Oct 3, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 5
Apr 30, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 29, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Apr 9, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 27, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 6, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Sep 11, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jul 20, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Jul 18, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 6, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
May 1, 2022 OTHER Compliant 0
Feb 7, 2022 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 6, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 5
Mar 29, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 25, 2021 OTHER Violations Found 1

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

At time of inspection, the unitary surfacing on playground has not been maintained. There are missing tiles and some tiles have been lifted and moved.

Corrected: Oct 17, 2025

Moderate Corrected

At time of inspection, operation did not have documentation showing the rating for shock data testing on unitary surface for playground.

Corrected: Oct 17, 2025

Serious Corrected

Based upon the investigation conducted the operation does not have documentation for accommodations from a health care professional for children with known special needs.

Corrected: Nov 22, 2024

Moderate Corrected

Emergency drills for August and September of 2024 had not been documented.

Corrected: Oct 10, 2024

Serious Corrected

Fire extinguishers had not been inspected monthly by director or designee.

Corrected: Oct 10, 2024

Critical Corrected

Smoke detectors had not been tested by director and or desginee.

Corrected: Oct 10, 2024

Moderate Corrected

Operational Policies did not state how operation will support special needs services for children in their care.

Corrected: Oct 10, 2024

Serious Corrected

Carbon Monoixde detectors had not been tested monthly by director and or designee.

Corrected: Oct 10, 2024

Moderate Corrected

The monthly infant feeding instructions have not been updated for 3 out of 5 infants present today. The last updates were dated between August 2023 and September 2023.

Corrected: Oct 20, 2023

Critical Corrected

The fire inspection has not been conducted within the past 12 months. The last fire inspection was conducted 9/3/22.

Corrected: Nov 30, 2023

Serious Corrected

A special needs teenager was in the school age room alone.

Serious Corrected

In the older infant room, there is not a sink in the diaper changing area.

Serious Corrected

There were cleaning supplies accessible to children in the cabinet below the sink in the inclusion classroom's bathroom. The hallway mop closet is accessible to children because it does not lock.

Serious Corrected

There was an infant sleeping in a crib with sheets that appear to be stained or soiled.

Serious Corrected

The unitary surfacing located on the playground was observed to be unkept.

Moderate Corrected

One first aid kit did not contain cotton balls. SN: This was corrected during inspection.

Moderate Corrected

One of ten student records did not contain the elementary school phone number.

Moderate Corrected

Two infants did not have the required feeding instructions.

Serious Corrected

The twos classroom was observed to have students sleeping without sufficient walking space.

Moderate Corrected

Children were observed resting without the required mats.

Serious Corrected

In the school age room there was a cable outlet plate that was completely unscrewed from the wall exposing a whole and the dry wall. There were several paint chips in the after school room, 2 year old room, and the toddler room. Door frames and doors had visible dirt and grime on them. At the end of the building, closest to where the new construction is being done, the fence is missing. There are several boards along the fence line that are broken or pushed away from the fence. Note: Pictures were taken for the file.

Serious Corrected

The changing mats in the infant room and toddler room were ripped leaving the foam padding exposed and unable to be sanitized properly. Note: Pictures were taken for the file.

Moderate Corrected

Three out of the four caregiver files reviewed did not have the training listed under this standard.

Moderate Corrected

Three children files out of eight reviewed did not have a copy of the child's immunization record.

Critical Corrected

There is a retention pond behind the parking lot and near where the school age children play. The pond is currently full of water due to recent rain.

Critical Corrected

The caregiver did not display good judgement when driving the school age children around on the daycare bus, by not stopping the bus when the children were standing, jumping and fighting.

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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.