International Preschool LLC dba Little Academy

The First Aid Kits on the buses did not have one or more of the following items: Tweezers and scissors.

The fire extinguishers on the buses have not been serviced since April 2025.

The antiseptic wipes in a First Kit on one bus were expired. This was corrected at inspection.

The conditions of the probation were evaluated and compliance was not met. Condition 1:A meeting discussing the probation was not held during orientation for two staff. Condition 4: The weekly evaluations are not being conducted weekly. Evaluations were not conducted for the week of 7/20/26.

The Emergency Prepardness Plan does not state how children will under the age of 2 with limited mobility will be evacuated.

Pieces of the unitary surfacing on both playgrounds is missing pieces and has cracks.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being recited. The operation failed to maintain it's good standing with the Texas Comptroller and Secretary of State by not paying the required franchise tax fees.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being re-cited. The director did not receive training in the following topics for the February 2024-February 2025 training year: understanding building and physical premises safety, and food allergies.

As of 12/3/25 documentation of compliance has not been received. The director did not receive any training hours on serving children with special care needs for the February 2024-February 2025 training year. This deficiency is being recited.

The operation failed to maintain it's good standing with the Texas Comptroller and Secretary of State by not paying the required franchise tax fees.

As of 12/3/25 verification the required trainings were completed has not been received. The director did not receive training in the following topics for the February 2024-February 2025 training year: understanding building and physical premises safety, and food allergies. This deficiency is being recited.

The director did not receive six clock hours of training in management techniques, leadership or staff supervision for the February 2024-February 2025 training year.

The director did not receive any training hours on serving children with special care needs for the February 2024-February 2025 training year.

The director did not receive training in the following topics for the February 2024-February 2025 training year: emergency preparedness, administering medications, understanding building and physical premises safety, food allergies and handling, storing and disposing of hazardous materials.

The fire extinguisher in one bus is not secured.

The person in charge did not have access to personnel records.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. The training hours for the director's previous training year were not available for review.

Both buses need to be cleaned out; they are littered with trash and debris.

The Consumer Product Certification form is not being completed annually.

Children's hands are not being washed after diaper changes.

The foreign education documents for two staff has not been translated into English to verify the education received is the equivalent to a United States high school diploma.

The full name of the employee administering meducation is not being documented,

Three children who have been enrolled for over a year do not have a health statement from a health care professional on file.

Of the seven personnel records evaluated the following information was missing: 1. Three lacked a hire date 2. One lacked a notarized affidavit

The personnel file and training certificates of the director were not available for review and training certificates for one caregiver were not available for review.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being recited. The center is not keeping accurate sign in and out documentation for each child attending the center. There are no initials of the person signing the child in and out daily.

Caregivers are not washing their hands after the removal of disposable gloves.

Children are not washing their hands before eating meals.

One caregiver completed CPR training online. The on-line course does not include the use of a CPR manikin and hands-on skill-based instruction, practice, and testing.

Ten children's records were evaluated and the following information was mising: 1. One lacked the date of admission 2. Two lacked the address of the emergency contact 3. Four lacked the updated information regarding water activities 4. Four lacked the updated information regarding special needs 5. One was behind with immunizations 6. Two lacked an immunization record 7. One lacked the parents' address 8. One lacked the name, address and phone number of the child's doctor 9. One lacked authorization for emergency medical care

The permit holder is not ensuring the center is operating in compliance with Minimum Standards, rules and laws. This is based on the number of deficiencies the center has received during today's monitoring and the recent investigations.

Caregivers are not washing their hands after wiping children's noses.

Letters from the most recent investigations were not posted.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. The center has not developed written activity plans for each age group of children.

A caregiver's purse that contained medications was sitting on the desk, accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection.

Two staff have not completed an orientation to the child care center.

Three staff have not completed the required pre-service training hours within the required time frames. Staff A completed 17 clock hours of pre-service training. Staff B completed 20 clock hours of pre-service training. Staff C completed 11 clock hours of pre-service training.

Active play is being withheld from children who misbehave in the classroom.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance wad not met. This deficiency is being recited. One child's food allergy plan has not been signed by the parent.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. The center has not developed written activity plans for each age group of children.

A bottle of bleach/water solution was accesibble to children.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being recited. Children were not directed by staff to wash their hands prior to eating snack.

Documentation of safety drills was not available for review.

There were 6 children ages 13 months to 2 years old with one caregiver. The specified age group was 12-17 months old. With this specified age group, one caregiver can care for 5 children.

The center has not developed written activity plans for each age group of children being cared for.

One child's food allergy plan has not been signed by the parent.

Caregivers did not wash their hands prior to serving children breakfast.

Children were not directed by staff to wash their hands prior to eating breakfast.

The diaper changing surface in one classroom has tear; therefore, it is no longer non-absorbent and needs to be replaced.

A child was told they would not recieve ice cream if they continued to misbehave.

This standard was evaluated and compliance was not met. Expired food was found in the pantry. This was corrected at inspection.

The center is not keeping accurate sign in and out documentation for each child attending the center. There are no initials of the person signing the child in and out daily.

The center did not notify that Child Care Regulation that it is now offering water activities.

Staff are using the same towels throughout the day to clean the diaper changing table, tables and high chairs and are not being washed until the end of the week.

The parent handbook does not include an open door policy.

Of the 10 children records evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. All 10 records lacked the required information regarding special needs. 2. All 10 records lacked information regarding water activities. 3. One lacked the address of the emergency contact. 4. One lacked the name, address and phone number of the child's doctor or an emergency care facility. 5. One was behind with required immunizations.

Of the 10 children's records evaluated, one lacked a health statement from a health care professional.

The First Aid Kits on the buses were missing thermometers.

A current list of employees was not posted. This was corrected at inspection.

A sign in/out log showing the arrival and departure of school-age children throughout the day is not being kept. Also, the parent or caregiver's initial is not being documented when children are being signed in and out on the hand-written logs.

A record of attendance is not being kept for all staff.

During the inspection it was observed than an infant was sleeping in a swing which is considered a restrictive device.

During the follow-up it was observed that in one of the toddler classrooms there were no toys on low shelving to allow the children access without adult supervision and in the other toddler classroom there were some toys on low shelves, however the caregiver was deciding what toys they would be playing with as a group rather than allowing the children a choice.

During the inspection it was observed that the daily schedule stated that the children eat at 8:30am and they were not served food until 9:40am.

During the inspection it was observed that 18 children were present with 1 caregiver in a classroom that had a specified age of 3 years old. This classroom was over ratio by 3 children.

Based upon information gathered during the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support a caregiver physically abused a child by grabbing the child several times by the arm causing bruises.

Based on the information gathered during the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to show that a caregiver did not wash a child's hands after a diaper change.

Based on the information gathered during the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to show that a caregiver grabbed a child by the arm several times.

Based on the information received during the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to show that a caregiver did not use soap and water to wash their hands after a diaper change.

The director did not have transportation training available for review.

2 out of 6 children with a diagnosed food allergy did not have their food allergy emergency plan available for review. 2 out of 6 children had a allergy form on file but it was documented on the admission form they did not have a food allergy.

2 out of 6 children files did not have the required physician health statement.

The operation has not had a Director in over 30 days.

There was infant with a bottle near their mouth during nap.

There is evidence to suggest that supervision is deficient.

There were 4 children files that did not have the Special Needs section filled out.

There was a diaper station that had diaper wipes within reach of children on the equipment. There was a diaper changing station that had various materials covering the surface. Note: corrected when sttaff cleared thhe station.

The center did have mats that were torn during the inspection.

The CPR available for the director was completed via an online course International CPR Institute Inc.