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After The Bell

A license type: II in Ponchatoula, Louisiana 70454

250 Barringer Dr, Ponchatoula, Louisiana 70454. (985) 386-2233.

Louisiana’s own record, on louisianaschools.com

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The short answer

Record last released by Louisiana Department of Education on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 46. Last cited Aug 2024. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

Louisiana lists 14 inspection visits, the latest on Jul 28, 2025 (Annual Inspection).

Louisiana says deficiencies were cited at 4 of them.

The Department’s file lists 8 deficiencies cited at 2 visits from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, each in its words below.

Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 46. Last cited Aug 2024. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 deficiencies by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.

Aug 27, 2024: follow Up To Annual7 deficiencies
  • Staff Records and Personnel Files

    “1715.A.13: Based on interviews and record review, at 5:30 p.m., S1 failed to have a personnel file maintained at the center for S13. S1 stated she was unaware a file had to be maintained for a substitute bus driver.”

    Rule 1715.A.1,3.&4.

  • Orientation Training

    “1719.A.-C.: Based on record review and interview(s) 5:30 p.m., S1 failed to document that S13, (DOH 9/09/2021), received orientation within seven days of the first day present at the center, and additional orientation within thirty days of date of hire, prior to having sole responsibility for any children.”

    Rule 1719.A.-C.

  • Orientation Training - Transportation Staff

    “1719.D. Based on record review and interview(s) at 5:30 p.m., S1 failed to document that S13, (DOH 9/09/2021), received additional training for transportation staff, prior to assuming transportation duties.”

    Rule 1719.D.

  • CPR and First Aid Certifications

    “1723.AB: Based on record review at 5:30 p.m., S1 failed to have documentation that 1 of 13 staff on the premises and accessible to children have current certification in infant, child, and adult CPR through training approved by the Department. S13 failed to have the current certification. S1 will schedule an infant, child, and adult CPR class from an approved trainer by 8/30/2024.”

    Rule 1723.A.&B.

  • Pediatric First Aid

    “1723.C.: Based on record review at 5:30 p.m., S1 failed to have documentation that 1 of 13 staff on the premises and accessible to children have current certification in Pediatric First Aid through training approved by the Department. S13 failed to have the current certification. S1 will schedule a First Aid class from an approved trainer by 8/30/2024.”

    Rule 1723.C.

  • Child Neglect and Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training

    “1727.A.B.: Based on record review at 5:30 p.m., S1 failed to have documentation that S13 completed the online child abuse and neglect Mandated Reporter Training provided by DCFS.”

    Rule 1727.A.-C.

  • CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Child Care Purposes Required for Volunteers and Staff

    The inspectors’ words, 101 words

    “1807.B. Based on record review/interviews at 4:30 p.m.: S1 failed to obtain a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes from the department for each volunteer, staff member, or employee of any kind, prior to the person being present at the center or performing services at the center when children are present. S13 (DOH 9/09/2021) substitutes as the bus driver at the center, as needed. On 8/22/2024, at 4:30 p.m., S13 had sole responsibility and transported 33 children, ages eight to twelve-years-old, on the centers school bus. S1 has never completed or received a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for S13.”

    Rule 1807.B.

Jul 16, 2024: annual Inspection1 deficiency
  • Vehicle - Safety Inspection

    “2101.A.9. Based on observations at 10:00 a.m., the center’s vehicle failed to have evidence of a current safety inspection. There was no inspection sticker present in the windshield. S1 stated the bus was last utilized for a field trip on 6/19/2024, and she was not aware the inspection sticker was not present.”

    Rule 2101.A.9.

All 14 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 28, 2025Annual InspectionNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Mar 10, 2025ComplianceNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Sep 19, 2024Follow Up To Follow Up To AnnualNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Aug 27, 2024Follow Up To AnnualDeficiencies were cited on this date
Aug 2, 2024Follow Up To AnnualNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Jul 16, 2024Annual InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Jul 17, 2023Annual InspectionNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Jun 23, 2022Annual SurveyNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Sep 29, 2021ComplianceDeficiencies were cited on this date
May 10, 2021Annual SurveyNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Apr 13, 2021Follow-Up to ComplianceNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Feb 11, 2021ComplianceDeficiencies were cited on this date
Feb 10, 2020ComplianceNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Nov 4, 2019ComplianceNo deficiencies were cited on this date

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed. License type: II. Licensed Center.
  • Ages served: PK (ages 3-4)-PK (ages 3-4).
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Louisiana acted against it?

  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show enforcement actions, such as fines or licence revocations, for individual providers.

Who does the caring?

  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Louisiana’s Early Childhood Performance Rating: Not applicable for this center for 2024-2025.,.
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Providers aren’t compared with each other here: the Department’s file doesn’t grade its deficiencies by how serious they are.
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

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After The Bell This child care providerNot given

What the record doesn’t say

  • Each deficiency here is from the file of deficiencies the Department of Education sent in answer to a public records request, covering Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, as it wrote them. The file lists only deficiencies, so a visit that found none isn’t in it; the School Finder’s visits are listed below.
  • The Department’s file doesn’t grade deficiencies by how serious they are. Its statements of deficiencies, the reports themselves, open from Louisiana’s own page for this provider.
  • Louisiana lists only recent visits. In its words: “Inspection displayed on this page are the last 15 visits or last visits done within 3 years period of time.”
  • Louisiana also says: “Inspections conducted before July 2024 that do not have deficiencies may not have an available Inspection Report.”
  • Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show owners, staffing levels or enforcement actions for individual providers.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Louisiana Department of Education. Louisiana’s own record is on louisianaschools.com. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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