ACTIVE POOR Compliance

The Learning Academy of Waller

40190 HIGHWAY 290 BUSINESS, WALLER, TX 77484

License #1731687 | Expires: Jul 25, 2022

Day Care Center
Type
104
Capacity
30
Inspections
61
Violations

Compliance Summary

16
Critical
26
Serious
17
Moderate
2
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Jan 5, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 30, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 19, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Dec 9, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 9, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Sep 17, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Sep 3, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 15
Aug 25, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Aug 14, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Aug 7, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jul 23, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Jul 17, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Dec 27, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Sep 4, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 20, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Jul 15, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 13, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 2
Jun 5, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Jun 1, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Aug 30, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Aug 10, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 7, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Jul 12, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
Jan 24, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Jun 15, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 12, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 8, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Mar 9, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 14, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jan 24, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 9

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

There is no loose fill around the stationary equipment that has a slide.

Corrected: Oct 30, 2025

Moderate Corrected

CCR observed stationary equipment positioned less than six feet from the perimeter.

Corrected: Oct 30, 2025

Moderate Corrected

The owner of the operation that transports the children's records was not available during the inspection.

Corrected: Sep 24, 2025

Moderate Corrected

CCR observed stationary equipment positioned less than six feet from the perimeter.

Corrected: Oct 1, 2025

Critical Corrected

The transporter left the operation and went outside, leaving the children unsupervised in the foyer area.

Corrected: Sep 17, 2025

Serious Corrected

CCR observed active ant pile on the children's playground.

Corrected: Sep 24, 2025

Moderate Corrected

Three infants feeding sheet for the month of July and August were not available during the inspection.

Corrected: Sep 17, 2025

Serious Corrected

CCR observed the diaper changing mats wear and tear and is no longer waterproof. Correction: A caregiver replaced the diaper changing mats.

Corrected: Sep 3, 2025

Moderate Corrected

CCR observed the children's sleeping mats has wear and tear, and is no longer waterproof.

Corrected: Sep 17, 2025

Moderate Corrected

CCR observed that the children's sleeping mats were not labeled with their names or numbers.

Corrected: Sep 17, 2025

Serious Corrected

During the walk-through, CCR observed specks of dirt under the changing mats on the toddler diaper-changing table in the restroom.

Serious Corrected

One out of six children's files were evaluated and is missing the emergency contact address.

Critical Corrected

The operation does not have an updated fire inspection; the last fire inspection was on 5/21/2024.

Moderate Corrected

The director s transportation training was not in the file.

Moderate Corrected

The owner of the operation that transports the children's records was not available during the inspection.

Moderate Corrected

Three out of the six children's files were evaluated, and a health statement is missing from each of them.

Serious Corrected

There is no loose fill around the stationary equipment that has a slide.

Moderate Corrected

Three out of six children's files were evaluated, a copy of the operation policy agreement signed by a parent is missing from the files.

Serious Corrected

I observed a caregiver assist a child with a training cup without washing their hands after diapering. The caregiver was also observed removing their gloves and was in the process of putting on another pair before washing their hands. The caregiver was corrected and went to wash their hands.

Serious Corrected

During the inspection I observed a child's hands were not washed after diapering.

Serious Corrected

The operation was found to not have a hand washing sink in the toddler room diaper changing area.

Serious Corrected

A caregiver was alone caring for 7 infants. The director was in a classroom caring for 11 children. Note: The infant classroom was brought into compliance when another staff person entered the infant classroom.

Critical Corrected

Children were left unsupervised in the classroom.

Critical Corrected

A caregiver counted in ratio has a pending background check. Note: The director had the caregiver to leave the operation.

Serious Corrected

The school age classroom had toys and other items scattered all of the classroom floor. There were also metal curtain rods and boxes with other items inside the classroom.

Critical Corrected

An infant was not removed from a restrictive device (highchair) after falling asleep.

Critical Corrected

Two infants were observed sleeping in restrictive devices; highchair and a bouncer.

Critical Corrected

Based on the information gathered from interviews with children and staff, there is sufficient information to support children was left in the classroom unsupervised.

Serious Corrected

A child in care with a noted food allergy did not have a signed food allergy emergency plan.

Minor Corrected

Two children enrolled in care did not have the required physician health statement available for review.

Serious Corrected

One child in care did not have emergency contact address information on file.

Minor Corrected

Five staff did not have the required affidavit available for review.

Critical Corrected

Based on information obtained the Franchise Tax was involuntarily ended.

Critical Corrected

Based on the DFPS investigation, caregivers are punishing children by making them stand and face the wall with their hands in the air.

Critical Corrected

Based on the information gathered from interviews, there is sufficient evidence to support a caregiver(s) allow children to remain in time out for longer than required.

Moderate Corrected

The director did not have a current annual prodcut safety certification available for reveiw.

Moderate Corrected

Three infants had expired feeding instructions. One infant did not have any feeding instructions available fore review.

Serious Corrected

Two infants was observed with bottles while crawling and moving on the floor. Note: This was corrected when the caregiver collected the bottles from the infants.

Critical Corrected

Two children was observed sitting in a highchair for time out. Note: This was corrected when the caregiver removed both children from the highchairs.

Moderate Corrected

In the schoolers class, the children were engaged in screen time, that was not associated with a planned activity.

Serious Corrected

Caregivers did not ensure that children washed their hands before eating. Note: Inspector asked the school age children if they washed their hands before eating, and the children said no. The inspector also asked a caregiver if their students washed their hands, and they said no.

Serious Corrected

An infant was asleep with a bottle in the crib. Note: This was correct at inspection when inspector asked the caregiver to remove the bottle from the crib.

Critical Corrected

Operation does not have a current annual fire inspection for review.

Moderate Corrected

In the infant classroom, the TV was on and the 2 of the 5 infants were watching TV during nap time. 3 were sleeping. Corrected at inspection: It was dicsussed with director that children under the age of 2, are not allowed screen time. The director was instructed to have the caregivers to turn off the tv.

Serious Corrected

The cribs in the infant were close together not allowing caregivers the space to walk between them.

Serious Corrected

Two electrical outlets in the infant classroom did not have the plastic wall plates around the sockets. Wires were exposed.

Serious Corrected

The emergency evacuation and relocation diagram did not have identified on it the designated location inside the building during sever weather and the meeting place outside.

Serious Corrected

The infant room does not have a hand washing sink.

Serious Corrected

5 out of 6 children did not have emergency contact address information.

Moderate Corrected

A total of six operational staff were review. Six out six operational staff did not had personal records files completed upon the time of the inspection for review.

Critical Corrected

The operation does not have a current fire inspection completed as of the application inspection.

Serious Corrected

The operation does not have the health inspection completed as of the application inspection.

Critical Corrected

The applicant for the director position does not have a clear background check during the application inspection.

Moderate Corrected

The operation does not have the written activity plan for all children ages inside the classroom during the application inspection.

Serious Corrected

The operation does not have the emergency and evaluation relocation diagram posted for review for the application inspection.

Serious Corrected

The operation does not have the emergency preparedness plan evaluation diagram posted during the application process.

Serious Corrected

The operation does not have written policy dealing with suspension and expulsion during the application inspection.

Critical Corrected

The operation does not have a written policy for safe sleep for infant care during the application inspection.

Moderate Corrected

The operation does not have liability insurance at the time of the application inspection.

Critical Corrected

The operation does not have a current fire inspection completed as of the application inspection.

Serious Corrected

The operation does not have the health inspection completed as of the application inspection.

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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.