ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Noahs Ark Preschool and Parents Day Out

4901 LAKE SHORE DR, WACO, TX 76710

License #188226 | Expires: Aug 18, 1986

Day Care Center
Type
109
Capacity
11
Inspections
11
Violations

Compliance Summary

2
Critical
5
Serious
4
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Aug 26, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Sep 24, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Oct 20, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 15, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Sep 16, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 14, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
Feb 9, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 8, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Oct 21, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 20, 2021 OTHER Violations Found 1
May 11, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

The children had only graham crackers and water for afternoon snack.

Corrected: Aug 29, 2025

Moderate Corrected

There was medication stored at the operation for a child who no longer attends.

Corrected: Aug 26, 2025

Serious Corrected

There was a slide and a swing on the infant playground that did not have any loose-fill or surfacing in the use zones. This was corrected when the equipment was removed from the playground.

Corrected: Aug 26, 2025

Critical Corrected

Childcare Weather Watch charts and information on abuse and neglect were posted in the classrooms; however, the parent handbook was missing policies for preventing and responding to abuse and neglect, the DFPS website and abuse/neglect hotline, criteria for when weather is too extreme for children to play outside, and a plan for physical activity to occur indoors when weather does not permit outdoor play.

Corrected: Oct 1, 2024

Moderate Corrected

Out of six staff files reviewed, all of the caregivers were missing training in emergency preparedness and five of them were missing training in communicable diseases, food allergies, building and physical premises safety, and hazardous materials.

Corrected: Nov 1, 2024

Moderate Corrected

Out of eight staff files reviewed, one did not have proof of education or a statement that she had attended orientation with an overview of the center's policy on abuse and neglect on file.

Corrected: Oct 8, 2024

Serious Corrected

A caregiver responsible for infants did not have the required annual safe sleep trainings.

Corrected: Nov 29, 2022

Moderate Corrected

It was found that the director was missing 19 out of the required 30 annual tranings hours.

Corrected: Nov 29, 2022

Critical Corrected

During the investigation it was found that a caregiver was thumping some of the children as a form of correcting their behavior. Caregiver was let go and is no longer present at the preschool. Incident was self reported and appropriate forms of discipline were observed at the inspection.

Corrected: Sep 16, 2022

Serious Corrected

During the inspection a caregiver washed hands in a sink that was being utilized for cleaning bottles. This was corrected during the inspection by the bottles being removed and the sink sanitized.

Corrected: Feb 8, 2022

Serious Corrected

Based on the information gathered during the investigation it was found that the playground pea gravel was raked into a high pile that gave a child in care accessibility to a fence that the allowed the child's head to become entrapped between the bars. This was corrected during the inspection by the director distributing the pea gravel throughout the playground for a level height.

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LAKE SHORE BAPTIST CHILDRENS CENTER

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ACTIVE

LITTLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY III

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ACTIVE

NOAHS ARK PRESCHOOL AND PARENTS DAY OUT

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School-Age Program Capacity: 109
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.