La Petite Academy
A licensed child care center in Fort Worth, Texas 76137
5432 Basswood Blvd, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. (817) 281-7778.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 26 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
- 6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 38 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
26 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
38 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 29, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling, at the report to the state on Oct 2, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Sep 19, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Jan 31, 2025
3 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
26 deficiencies in 12 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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 | Nov |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 2, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“This standard was evaluated in regard to a report and found deficient. A caregiver was observed yelling at children.”
Sep 11, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
“At the time of inspection, several outlets did not have plug covers. Photographs were taken.”
Sep 4, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“At the time of inspection, the fire drill log indicated the last drill occurred in May 2026. A drill was completed at the time of inspection.”
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“At the time of inspection , one caregiver had not checked in 6 children she was caring for. The children had been at the operation for 30-60 minutes without having been checked in on the iPad.”
Jun 26, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Placement of Groups - Groups Kept Separate
“One caregiver was observed supervising two separate room, the caregiver was sitting by the door that separate the rooms. The caregiver was supervising 22 children over the age of 18 months old.”
Jun 16, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Groups Not Combined Not Reduced
“The area used in central nap time location were observed with limit space between mats, furniture, and children mats were place in areas that might limited the view of all children.”
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Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Provides Access to Walkway
“The nap time room arrangement did not provide sufficient space for caregiver and children walk between mats without walking over other children.”
Oct 16, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Diapering Procedures - Use Disposable Gloves
“A caregiver was seen not initially using gloves during diaper changing a child. The caregiver corrected the action and put gloves on to finish the diapering.”
Sep 19, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A caregiver grabbed a child’s arm and pulled their leg forward during naptime.”
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“Caregiver tried to force a child to sleep. Force was used by grabbing the child’s arm and pulling their leg forward to lay flat on a sleeping cot.”
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Alternate Activity for Non-sleeping Children
“A caregiver did not provide an alternative activity to a child who was not sleeping during naptime.”
Sep 5, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Health statements missing in two children’s files.”
Jul 23, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
“Monthly feeding instructions was not available for review.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“Health statements missing in three children’s files.”
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Required Admission Information - Physician Information
“One children’s file missing physician information.”
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Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
“Three personnel files were missing proof of education requirement.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
“Two personnel files were missing affidavits.”
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Personnel Record Storage - Training Records
“Six personnel training records were not accessible at the time of inspection.”
Mar 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
“At the time of inspection the loose-fill surfacing (mulch) on the playground was observed to be less than 2 inches under climbing equiipment.”
Jan 31, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“A caregiver used prohibited punishment by grabbing a child’s arms.”
Aug 27, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documentation PEDIATRIAC CPR-1st aid original certificate on file at center or copy available if licensing requests
“Two caregivers CPR/First Aid training certificates were missing from personnel files.”
May 9, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Caregivers did not demonstrate self-control when using raised tone of voices and yelling while children were in care.”
Feb 1, 2024: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A caregiver did not demonstrate patience with a child during naptime. This is evidenced through the caregiver?s actions towards the child such as pointing her finger in the child?s face, patting the child roughly on the back, and aggressively placing the child on a nap mat.”
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Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. Caregiver tried to force a child to sleep. Force was used by roughly placing the child’s head on the mat and repositioning the child’s arms.”
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Access to Personnel Records
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. The training records for a caregiver were not available during the visit to the operation by the DFPS investigator. The training records were requested multiple times by the Investigator before they were received.”
Dec 4, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. A refrigerator was not secure and allowed children under the age of two to open the refrigerator; as a result, a child got injured.”
14 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 4, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Written Activity Plan - No Long Waiting Periods
“Evidence shows that a school age caregiver required the children to sit down on the carpet for at least 10 minutes or longer before engaging with the children. The caregiver did not give the children an activity or specific instruction.”
Jul 27, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
“At the time of inspection, children in the school age classroom were observed watching “Jumanji”. One child was observed taking a nap on one side of the room. A couple other children were observed laying down, but they were not asleep.”
Jul 26, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio for Field Trips - Areas Open to General Public
“There was evidence found proving that the operation was out of ratio while on a field trip. There were two groups of children on the field trip. The ratios of the groups were 12:1 and 14:1. The youngest child on the field trip was 6 years old. The 14:1 group was over ratio by 2 children.”
Jun 26, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“It was found that a caregiver did not notify or report to administration or parents when a child was left inside the classroom during a transition. It was also found that multiple caregivers had concerns regarding child safety and did not report this appropriately to administration.”
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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
“Based on information obtained through investigation it was found that a child was left inside the classroom while the rest of the class had gone to the outdoor play area. The child was left inside for less than 5 minutes.”
Mar 7, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“This standard was evaluated based on a reported incident. Evidence shows that the caregiver’s pediatric first aid training was expired at the time of incident.”
Oct 21, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“A child in care with diagnosed food allergies, did not have a food allergy emergency plan on file.”
Aug 11, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on information gathered from a DFPS investigation, it is determined that the operation did not report the allegations within 48 hours to Licensing. The director was informed of the allegations on 8/15/2022 and Licensing received the report on 8/18/2022.”
Jul 21, 2022: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Children in Control
“This standard was evaluated in regards to a report and found deficient. The toddler classroom was observed on video for over 30 minutes being out of control. Children were observed standing on shelves, running and throwing toys.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Use Praise and Encouragement
“A caregiver was observed on video grabbing several children by one arm and forcibly moving them from one place to the other in the classroom.”
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Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
“A caregiver was observed on video grabbing several children by one arm and forcibly moving them from one place to the other in the classroom.”
Jul 15, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“A caregiver did not ensure an infant bottles were properly labeled, as a result an infant was fed with another infant milk, this caused an allergic reaction to the infant.”
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
“An infant bottles were not properly labeled with the infant name, as a result an infant was fed with another infant milk, this caused an allergic reaction to the infant.”
Nov 18, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“Ten children’s records were evaluated. Two children did not have an updated shot record on file.”
All 58 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Inspection | 6 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 9, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 27, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 9, 1990.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 140 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 19 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 Nov 5, 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 26.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Connie Roper | Not given |
| Skyrise School of Summerfields | 6 |
| La Petite Academy This child care provider | 26 |
| Wendy Schwier | 1 |
| Xplor | 31 |
| Primrose School of Parkwood Hill | 2 |
| Sandra Montano | 0 |
| Mrs Sallys Day Care | 1 |
| Sunshine Montessori | 20 |
| Shameka Wright | 2 |
| Iexplore Montessori Fort Worth LLC | 11 |
| Green Space Nature Preschool | 12 |
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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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