ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Klassy Kids Lighthouse Child Development Academy

401 W BRAZOS AVE, WEST COLUMBIA, TX 77486

License #820415 | Expires: Dec 11, 2002

Day Care Center
Type
88
Capacity
20
Inspections
20
Violations

Compliance Summary

9
Critical
8
Serious
3
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Jan 7, 2026 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jul 8, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 27, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 15, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 4, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Aug 28, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
May 29, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Mar 25, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 14, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Dec 4, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 30, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 15, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 9, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Dec 21, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 6, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Feb 18, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 12, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 3, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
Dec 23, 2021 OTHER Violations Found 4
Dec 8, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

Two caregivers do not have first aid and CPR training.

Corrected: Jan 16, 2026

Moderate Corrected

One child's file does not have a copy of their immunization record. One child's file does not have an updated immunization record.

Corrected: Jan 9, 2026

Critical Corrected

Based on the preponderance of information obtained during the investigation there is sufficient information to prove that a child had ran out of the cafeteria unsupervised and was hiding in a classroom for approximately 10 minutes. Note: Caregivers were actively looking for the child during that 10 minutes.

Corrected: Nov 18, 2024

Serious Corrected

There is paint chipping in the infant room, pre-k, and toddler room.

Corrected: Sep 13, 2024

Critical Corrected

Based on information received during the DFPS investigation a caregiver has allowed a 5 month old infant to sleep in a restrictive device.

Corrected: Jun 10, 2024

Critical Corrected

Based on the preponderance of information obtained during the investigation a staff member admitted to telling a child that they will call their parent and they will get whooping?s/spankings when the child is misbehaving.

Corrected: Jun 8, 2023

Serious Corrected

The doors leading into the classrooms have visible dirt on them. Two walls in the school age room are broken. One kitchen toy has visible dirt on it. An outlet cover is broken. Note: Pictures were taken for the file.

Corrected: Dec 16, 2022

Critical Corrected

Infants had blankets covering the front of their cribs while taking naps. Note: Pictures were taken for the file. Blankets were removed from the sides of the cribs during my visit.

Corrected: Dec 6, 2022

Serious Corrected

The outlet cover was observed broken in the school age classsroom. There was a hole observed in the wall of the pre-k room. Follow up 1/12/22: The door frame has been repaired. The car has been removed from the playground.The ceiling fans have been replaced and no longer wobble. The ant piles have been treated and removed.

Corrected: Jan 21, 2022

Critical Corrected

The operation continued to have a caregiver present at the operation with an ineligible background check.

Corrected: Jan 3, 2022

Serious Corrected

Based on the preponderance of information obtained during the investigation there were about 20 children on the playground ranging in age from toddlers to school age children with one staff member.

Critical Corrected

Based on the preponderance of information obtained during the investigation caregivers were not adequately supervising children during outside play time.

Critical Corrected

Based on the preponderance of information obtained during the investigation there is sufficient information to prove that a caregiver yells at the children as a form of punishment.

Critical Corrected

Based on the preponderance of information obtained during the investigation there is sufficient information to prove a caregiver hit a child in the back with a shoe as a form of punishment.

Moderate Corrected

A child was observed on a tablet during nap time.

Critical Corrected

A caregiver was observed at the operation after receiving notification of an ineligibity on 11/10/21.

Serious Corrected

Milk was observed in the fridge with an expiration date of 11/15/21. Note: Pictures were taken for the file.

Moderate Corrected

One child's immunization record was not current in their file.

Serious Corrected

The door frame was observed broken exposing a nail. The tires on the car equipment outside was observed to be shredding and exposing wires that are sharp. The ceiling fan in the nap room was observed on and wobbling. Two active ant piles were observed on the playground. Note: Pictures were taken for the file.

Serious Corrected

Two children's files out of six reviewed are missing emergency contact information on their admission forms.

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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.