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St. Paul Wee Care Academy

Amarillo, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

12 state inspections, last 2 years
31 deficiencies on the state’s summary
19 high or medium-high risk
August 25, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued February 28, 2003
Capacity
120 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 08:00 AM-04:00 PM
Accepts child care subsidies
No
Conditions on the permit
No
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
820181

Where

4317 W Interstate 40
Amarillo, TX 79106

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 7
  • Medium-high 12
  • Medium 11
  • Medium-low 0
  • Low 1

The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.

Citations on the record

Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected. Showing the newest 25 of 31.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
May 7, 2026Medium746.801(1) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records
State’s note: “One child file was not available for review at inspection.”
May 8, 2026
May 7, 2026Medium High746.2407 - Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
State’s note: “Two children were observed not strapped in while sitting at a table eating that requires them to be strapped.”
May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026High746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
State’s note: “The fire inspection is past due as it was due by 4/4/2026.”
May 21, 2026
January 28, 2026High746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child's on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of a child that they were responsible for, when a child was left unsupervised in a classroom and caregivers were not aware that the child had been left behind in the classroom alone for at least 15 minutes…”
February 26, 2026
January 28, 2026Medium746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the staff did not complete the incident report form that was required to be completed when a child was placed at risk when left unsupervised in a classroom alone.”
February 26, 2026
October 21, 2025Medium High746.1315(b) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
State’s note: “A caregiver did not have proof of CPR and First Aid training when the file was reviewed.”
December 2, 2025
October 21, 2025Medium High746.2407 - Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
State’s note: “Infants were observed seated in a table with bucket seats and there were not straps on the chairs, therefore, the infants were not strapped in with the buckles.”
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025Medium High746.1301(a)(1)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
State’s note: “Two staff did not have proof of orientation completed within 7 days of employment.”
October 24, 2025
June 23, 2025Medium746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
State’s note: “A caregiver employed did not have all 24 clock hours required for the training year of 5/22/2024 - 5/22/2025 as the caregiver was missing 4.5 hours of training.”
June 23, 2025
June 23, 2025Low746.1105(3) - Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
State’s note: “Four staff files reviewed and were missing the Form 2985 and one other staff file reviewed was missing the Form 2912 that is required.”
July 14, 2025
June 23, 2025Medium High746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
State’s note: “Three caregiver files were reviewed and there was no proof of pre-service in file, including pre-service for staff that are working with children that are younger than 24 months.”
July 14, 2025
June 23, 2025Medium746.2203(a) - Written Activity Plans
State’s note: “Written activity plans were not available for two classes when requested.”
June 23, 2025
June 23, 2025Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “An infant classroom did not have any current infant feeding instructions available for review when requested.”
July 14, 2025
November 7, 2024Medium High746.1301(a)(1)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
State’s note: “Two staff did not have proof of orientation in file when reviewed. **This was corrected at inspection when the Personnel Record form was completed during the inspection.”
At the inspection
November 7, 2024Medium High746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
State’s note: “A staff was observed in the classroom during inspection and did not have the required 8 hours of pre-service in file prior to being in the classroom and in direct care of children.”
November 11, 2024
November 7, 2024Medium746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content
State’s note: “One staff file reviewed did not have all the required training topics in file as they were missing the following training topics for the previous complete training year: understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehi…”
November 14, 2024
July 19, 2024Medium High746.2807 - Employees Discipline Own Children
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an employee inappropriately disciplined their biological children while in care by swatting their child on the side of the head.”
August 16, 2024
July 3, 2024High746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the operation did not adequately notify a parent of a situation that placed children at risk when the children were inappropriately disciplined by caregivers over approximately a two-month period of time.”
August 19, 2024
July 3, 2024Medium High746.2807 - Employees Discipline Own Children
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an employee has been inappropriately disciplining biological children while in care when biting and pulling hair to show how it feels.”
August 19, 2024
July 3, 2024High746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, numerous incidents occurred related to inappropriate discipline in which may have placed a child at risk occurred and Child Care Regulation was not notified within the 48 hours of the incidents occurring.”
August 19, 2024
June 24, 2024High746.2805(1) - Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver disciplined a child by pulling the child's hair.”
July 23, 2024
April 15, 2024High746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
State’s note: “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child's on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of the child that remained outside in the playground area and was found unsupervised outside by another adult.”
May 14, 2024
March 26, 2024Medium746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations
State’s note: “Two children's files were reviewed and were missing the most current shot records in file.”
April 5, 2024
March 26, 2024Medium746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
State’s note: “One caregiver did not have any annual training to review for the training year of 3/25/2023 - 3/25/2024. One caregiver was missing four hours for the training year of 9/17/2022-9/17/2023.”
April 16, 2024
March 26, 2024Medium746.401(6) - Posting Requirements - Daily menu, including all snacks and meals served by the child care center
State’s note: “The last available menu was dated for September 2023.”
March 26, 2024

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected St. Paul Wee Care Academy?

Texas HHSC's file lists 12 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on August 25, 2026. 5 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does St. Paul Wee Care Academy have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 31: 7 high-risk, 12 medium-high-risk, 11 medium-risk, 1 low-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.

Is this a rating?

No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.

About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.

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