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Noahs Ark Preschool And Parents Day Out

4901 Lake Shore Dr, Waco, TX 76710 · Mclennan County (254) 776-6310 License #188226 · first licensed Aug 18, 1986
10
inspections on file
16
recorded violations
2
health & safety class
Apr 27, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation

Records held from Sep 1, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Inspection history for Noahs Ark Preschool And Parents Day Out
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Apr 27, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Apr 8, 2026InspectionDeficiencies cited6Agency record
Aug 26, 2025InspectionDeficiencies cited3Agency record
Sep 24, 2024InspectionDeficiencies cited3Agency record
Oct 20, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 15, 2022InspectionDeficiencies cited2Agency record
Sep 16, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Sep 14, 2022ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Feb 9, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Feb 8, 2022InspectionDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Oct 21, 2021
no longer in the state’s current file
InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 20, 2021
no longer in the state’s current file
ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Apr 8, 2026Inspection · 6 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.1301(a)(5)(A) — Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

“One caregiver was missing 11 hours of training for the 2024 to 2025 training year, and two other caregivers were missing several of the required training topics.”

Corrected Apr 22, 2026
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.5205(1) — Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“There were no fire drills or checks of the smoke detectors and fire extinguishers recorded for this year. This was corrected during the inspection when a fire drill was conducted and the smoke detectors and fire extinguishers were checked.”

Corrected Apr 8, 2026
StandardState weight: Medium
746.4503(b) — Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name

“Several mats were not labeled with the children's names.”

Corrected Apr 15, 2026
StandardState weight: Medium
746.401(5) — Posting Requirements - Activity Plans for each group of children in the child care center

“One of the classrooms did not have a schedule or lesson plan posted.”

Corrected Apr 15, 2026
StandardState weight: Medium
746.801(8) — Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records

“There were no playground checklists for this year available for review.”

Corrected Apr 15, 2026
StandardState weight: Medium
746.2421(b) — Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“Two infants who were still on formula or breastmilk had feeding instructions that had not been updated since February.”

Corrected Apr 15, 2026
Aug 26, 2025Inspection · 3 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.3301(b) — Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns

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

Corrected Aug 29, 2025
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.4901(a) — Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

“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
StandardState weight: Medium
746.3809 — Medication No Longer Used

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

Corrected Aug 26, 2025
Sep 24, 2024Inspection · 3 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium
746.1309(e) — Documented Annual Training- Required Content

“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
StandardState weight: Medium
746.901 — Required Personnel Records

“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
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.201(1) — Policies Comply with Rules

“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
Nov 15, 2022Inspection · 2 deficiencies cited
StandardState weight: Medium
746.1311(a) — Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

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

Corrected Nov 29, 2022
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.1309(d) — Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required

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

Corrected Nov 29, 2022
Sep 14, 2022Report · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.2805 — Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

“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
Feb 8, 2022Inspection · 1 deficiency cited
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.2419(8) — Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink

“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
Oct 20, 2021Report · 1 deficiency cited · no longer in the state's current file
StandardState weight: Medium High
746.4751(a) — Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily

“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.”

Corrected Oct 21, 2021

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