Blue Bird Kids Academy
A licensed child care center in New Braunfels, Texas 78130
1365 W County Line Rd, New Braunfels, Texas 78130. (830) 387-5096.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 9 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Guadalupe County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- 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.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- 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.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
9 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 82 child care providers in Guadalupe County had 4.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on May 4, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited, at the report to the state on Jan 13, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Jan 13, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Nov 14, 2023
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
9 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Nov 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
“Three infant caregiver files that were audited did not have SIDS/Shaken Baby/Early Brain Development for the previous training year.”
Jun 10, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders
“The toddler room was observed serving food on a bare group table setting with no individual plates/bowls.”
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The pre k room had some nap mats that were torn exposing the padding. This was corrected when the mats were disposed of and replaced. The pre k playground had a few broken toys that were sharp to the touch. This was corrected when the toys were disposed of.”
Jan 13, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“The operation staff failed to ensure that all children were accounted for while transitioning them back into the building resulting in two children getting out the playground due to the gate being left open and being found over 200 feet away from the center close to a busy street. The two children were unsupervised for approximately 2 minutes before being found and taken back to the operation. The operation terminated the caregivers responsible for the incident as soon as it was discovered.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“It was determined that the parents of children involved in an incident that placed them at risk were notified of the incident, but the operation did not obtain signatures from the parents on incident report forms completed.”
Nov 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“Two plastic containers in the school-age room that were accessible to children were cracked and sharp to the touch. This was corrected when the containers were thrown away.”
Nov 14, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Policies Comply with Rules
“The operation was missing operational policies involving criteria to determine extreme weather conditions, plan to ensure physical activity occurs on extreme weather days and procedures for supporting inclusive services. This was corrected during the inspection visit by the director.”
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Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
“The toddler playground had a few broken toys that were sharp to the touch and accessible to children. This was corrected when the toys were removed from the playground.”
2 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 14, 2021: inspection2 deficiencies
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Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
“Cleaning supplies were found under the cabinet in the PreK bathroom where there was no lock and accessible to children. This was CORRECTED when the staff put a lock on the cabinet.”
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“Eight written feeding instructions were not updated within the 30 days.”
All 22 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 31, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 14, 2021 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 10, 2013.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 175 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 8 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 82 child care providers in Guadalupe County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 9.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Blue Bird Kids Academy This child care provider | 9 |
| Michelle Caldera | Not given |
| Melissa Bustos | Not given |
| Imagine That | 0 |
| Babys First Daycare | 9 |
| Clear Springs Academy | 2 |
| Safe Steps Home Daycare | 2 |
| Stacy Ysaguirre | 20 |
| Carmen Arreguin | 1 |
| Rebecca Elizabeth Erben | 1 |
| Selena Lasater | 6 |
| Y School Age @ Voss Farms Elementary | 2 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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