The Goddard School
A licensed child care center in New Braunfels, Texas 78132
582 Geneva St, New Braunfels, Texas 78132. (830) 420-6700.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 27, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Comal County: 4
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 34 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 61 child care providers in Comal County had 4.
34 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 26, 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 May 18, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone, at the inspection on Mar 4, 2026
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 Oct 10, 2025
2 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 |
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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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
May 18, 2026: 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
“Based on the information gathered through interviews conducted by the staff, parents, and documents received. It was determined that a child was found unsupervised in a classroom by a parent.”
Mar 4, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
“A caregiver was observed in the classroom without an active background check. Note: This was corrected when the caregiver left the operation and their background was resubmitted.”
Oct 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
“A two-year-old child was left outside the classroom unsupervised.”
Aug 25, 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
“A 4yr old child was left in the classroom unsupervised.”
Mar 25, 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
“A 3-year-old child ran out of the classroom into the hallway while the teacher ran after the child leaving the classroom unattended. A staff close by heard and saw what was happening and made the decision to go inside the classroom with the children.”
Oct 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Exemptions for Immunization Requirements Must Meet Criteria Specified by DSHS
“A child affidavit was observed to be expired.”
10 deficiencies older than three years
Oct 3, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The 12-18 classroom had a toy bin with outside debris in it. The 2-year-old room had a cracked toy bin with toys in it. These were corrected during the inspection.”
Aug 8, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
“Three infants under the age of 12 months were observed to have a type of attachment hook on their pacifier such as a beaded string and a small stuff animal while still in the crib. This was corrected at inspection when the director detached each one from the pacifier.”
Jun 29, 2023: 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
“A 5-year-old child was using the restroom in the gym while no teachers were present in the gym to provide proper supervision.”
May 10, 2023: 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
“A staff did not conduct a name to face while lining the children up to transition to another room to ensure all children were accounted for. This resulted in a child being left in a classroom alone for approximately one to two minutes.”
Apr 17, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Medication Records - Name of Employee Who Administered
“Several medication records did not have the first and last name of the person administering the medication.”
Oct 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name
“There were several rooms observed where the cots were not labeled. This was corrected when the caregivers labeled each cot that was missing a child’s name.”
Jul 6, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Medication No Longer Used
“Medication wasn’t returned when a child withdrew from the center. This was corrected when an email was sent to the parent to come pick up the medication.”
May 3, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib for Each Non-walking Infant Younger Than 12 Months of Age
“The equipment for cribs was not available for review.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Toddlers - Age-appropriate
“The furnishing and equipment for toddlers was not available for review.”
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Furnishings and Equipment for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Age-appropriate
“The furnishing and equipment for pre-kindergarten ages was not available for review.”
All 47 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 18, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 5, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 1, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 10, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 9, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 6, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 3, 2022 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 28, 2022.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 257 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 13 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 27, 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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 61 child care providers in Comal County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Children’s Courtyard, Inc. | 10 |
| Kids ‘r’ Kids Learning Academy | 9 |
| The Goddard School This child care provider | 6 |
| Lisa Kay Booth | Not given |
| Y School Age @ Veramendi | 1 |
| Y School Age @ Lamar Elementary | 0 |
| Jessica Leister | 1 |
| Gruene Tree Learning Center | 3 |
| Jabberwocky Journey Learning Academy, LLC | 1 |
| Through A Child’s Eyes | 3 |
| Tiffany Hasty | 1 |
| Early Learning Cottage | 3 |
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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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