Thistle Bee Discovery Center
A licensed child care center in Kyle, Texas 78640
1381 Bunton Creek Rd, Kyle, Texas 78640. (512) 504-3119.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Hays County: 2
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 24 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?
10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 124 child care providers in Hays County had 2.
24 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 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 Mar 4, 2024
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 Feb 28, 2024
Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Dec 13, 2023
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
10 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 12, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Medication No Longer Used
“One child’s epi-pen expired in November 2025.”
Jun 10, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
“This investigation found that the parent was not notified of a minor injury at pick up.”
Sep 19, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation’s last sanitation inspection was January 2024.”
Mar 4, 2024: 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
“Supervision was compromised when a child hid in the food pantry.”
Feb 28, 2024: 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
“There was a child that was left unattended in a classroom for 2 minutes.”
Dec 13, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
“During the inspection a caregiver had access to children in care unsupervised without an eligible background check. This was immediately corrected during the inspection by removing the caregiver from the classroom and submitting the online background check during the inspection.”
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Safety - Bodies of Water Inaccessible to Children
“During the walk-through inspection, the pool gate was not locked. This was immediately corrected when a new lock was secured to the gate making the pool inaccessible to the children in care.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The last documented sanitation inspection occurred on 3/17/2022.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Upon review of records, there were no fire, severe weather, shelter, or lock-down drills documented. This was immediately corrected during the inspection by conducting a fire drill and severe weather drill.”
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Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
“Upon review of records, Health and Safety trainings were missing in 3 out of 4 records. Also missing was the Consumer Product Annual Certification.”
11 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 11, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety
“Caregivers were not able to intervene when a child was able to leave the playground and run into the parking lot.”
Jul 25, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety
“Caregivers were not able to intervene when a child was able to leave the playground and run into the parking lot.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation did not report to Child Care Regulation when a child was placed at risk.”
Oct 24, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System
“The sign in/sign out tracking system does not include the time of arrival, the time of departure, and initials/idintifier of person signing the child in and out.”
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Caregivers Have Access to Tracking System
“All caregivers do not have access to the child trackiing system during the day.”
Oct 21, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Posting Requirements - Prominent & Public
“During investigation, it was found that the operation’s menu was not posted in an area that was easily visible to parents.”
Mar 29, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Operation Open to Parents At All Times
“It was found during the investigation that the operation was not allowing parents into the building during operating hours.”
Mar 4, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date
“It was found during the inspection that there was melatonin lotion in the infant room that was not labeled with the child to whom it belongs name.”
Feb 25, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
“Annual fire inspection was past due. -”
Dec 23, 2021: report to the state2 deficiencies
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AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
“A child was injured at the operation and sought medical treatment on 12/16/2021. A self-report was not made to licensing.”
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Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization
“A copy of the incident report was not available. A incident report was not completed after the incident.”
All 41 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 17, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Inspection | 5 deficiencies cited |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 10, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 28, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 12, 2021.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 58 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 17 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 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 124 child care providers in Hays County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| All Aboard Learning Center | 1 |
| Sauni Tamez | Not given |
| Diana V. Milicia | 0 |
| Stepping Stone School Xxi | 9 |
| Caterpillar Clubhouse Child Development Center | 1 |
| Leticia Campos | 0 |
| Cei Preschool Spanish Immersion School | 4 |
| Tobias International Eac YMCA | 0 |
| Science Hall Eac YMCA | 3 |
| Kyle Eac YMCA | 4 |
| Fuentes Eac YMCA | 1 |
| Thistle Bee Discovery Center This child care provider | 10 |
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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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