Cornerstone Kids Academy
A licensed child care center in Lufkin, Texas 75904
2306 W Frank Ave Ste D, Lufkin, Texas 75904. (936) 634-9494.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Angelina County: 2
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 15 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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 37 child care providers in Angelina County had 2.
15 inspections on record. The latest, on May 18, 2026: no violation found.
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 Sep 10, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Jul 23, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
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 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
“There was a classroom of children ages 20 months to 4 years old and they were watching a television show that was on the lesson plan. There was one child under the age of 2. Television is not permitted for children under the age of two. It was corrected at the time of the inspection by the caregiver turing the television off.”
Sep 10, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“This standard was evaluated regarding a report received and found to be deficient. Evidence received through interviews supports the fact that a caregiver did not properly supervise a child resulting in the child being left on the playground alone for 35 minutes.”
Jun 23, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Discipline - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance
“Based on the information obtained a caregiver did not use positive discipline when she was directing a child on laying his head down to sleep.”
Jun 11, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities
“The television was on in the school age room and it was not related to the activity list on the activity plans. It was corrected at the time of the inspection by the caregiver turing the television off.”
Jul 23, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation did not have a current copy of a fire inspection. The last copy shows the fire inspection expired on 10/26/2023. The Director is going to correct this by getting the fire inspection.”
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Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
“The Director did not have current transportation training. The Director is going to correct this by getting the transportation training done.”
10 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 11, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Janitorial duties
“Caregivers admitted and were seen on video footage doing end of day janitorial duties while supervising children.”
Aug 29, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits
“There was a nap mat that was blocking an entrance/exit to the room. The Owner corrected this at the time of the inspection by moving the nap mat.”
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Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
“There were three trash cans with no lids in the operation that had trash in them that consisted of diapers, drinking cups that had been used and hand washing paper towels. The Director corrected this by getting new trash cans with lids.”
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Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily
“The playground check list had not been done in five days. The Director is going to correct this by making sure the playground checklist is done everyday.”
Mar 24, 2023: report to the state4 deficiencies
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“During the DFPS investigation inspection, speaking with staff and reviewing video footage three children under the age of 12 months were seen sleeping in cribs with blankets.”
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“It was found during the DFPS investigation inspection that two infants were left two sleep in restrictive devices.”
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No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File
“The child that was swaddled did not have the proper documentation-the Sleep Exception Form that allowed the child to be swaddled when sleeping.”
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Pre-service Training for Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months
“Both caregivers in the infant room did not have the proper documentation stating they received safe sleep training.”
Oct 24, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
“There was not a fire extinguisher in the van. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection by putting a fire extinguisher in the van.”
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Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
“In the 14-19 mo old room there were 8 children with one caregiver. The ratios are 1 teacher to 5 children for that age group. This was corrected during the inspection by the director having another teacher go into the room.”
All 22 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 29, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 24, 2018.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 102 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.
- 7 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 37 child care providers in Angelina County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Presbyterian Early Learning Center | 0 |
| Just Kidz Preschool | 3 |
| Tots on the Move Child Education Center | 2 |
| Cornerstone Kids Academy This child care provider | 6 |
| Lufkin Tiny Treasures Preschool | 6 |
| Lufkin’s Tiny Treasures Too | 11 |
| Life Kids | 6 |
| Tiny Blessings Preschool | 1 |
| Kid Zone Childcare Center LLC | 9 |
| Garrett Day Care | 1 |
| Building Blocks Academy 2 | 2 |
| Sue Sue’s Daycare LLC | 0 |
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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