St. John Lutheran Parochial Day Care

A licensed child care center in Marion, Texas 78124

594 S Center St, Marion, Texas 78124. (830) 475-9010.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Guadalupe County: 4
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
12 inspections on record
2-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

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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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 82 child care providers in Guadalupe County had 4.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 2, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most

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 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 2, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“The fire drill was not filled out for the past month.”

Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 10, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2026.

Apr 16, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

“The diaper changing mat had a few areas torn exposing the padding. This was corrected when the director found another mat.”

Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2025.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records

“There was no playground maintenance checklist available for review.”

Rule 746.801(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 28, 2025.

Apr 23, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Director Annual Training - Caring for children under 24 months

“All the infant teachers had expired SIDS training.”

Rule 746.1311(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 1, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 30, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years

Jun 13, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

“At the time of inspection one caregiver was in direct care of a group of children without First Aid certification.”

Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 16, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 19, 2023.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“At the time of inspection the plastic bags holding extra clothes in the 12 to 18 month old classroom were accessible to the children in care. This was corrected when the caregiver removed the bags and placed them out of the reach of children. There was sunscreen and repellent cans accessible to the children in the two year old classroom. This was corrected when the sunscreens and repellent were placed out of the reach of children.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2023.

May 22, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Storage of Medication - Inaccessible to Children

“At the time of inspection, three medications were accessible to the children in care. This was corrected when the medication was removed from the classroom and placed in the office.”

Rule 746.3807(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 13, 2023.

Jun 14, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“One infant feeding schedule was expired.”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 14, 2022.

Feb 15, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies

Sanitize Tables Tops, Furniture and Similar Equipment

“Based on the information gathered one caregiver in the center was using the broom that is used on the floor to sweep the table tops after meals.”

Rule 746.3407(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 23, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 30, 2022.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“Based on the information gathered the caregivers do not always wash the children’s hands after diaper changes.”

Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 23, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 30, 2022.

Jan 28, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness

“Based on the information gathered the center staff failed to report the communicable illnesses within the required time frame.”

Rule 746.305(a)(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 28, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

All 15 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Apr 2, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Mar 10, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 16, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Apr 23, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Oct 23, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 13, 2023	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
May 22, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Dec 13, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 14, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Mar 30, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 25, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 15, 2022	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
Jan 28, 2022	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Dec 17, 2021	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 9, 2021	Report to the state	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 23, 1986.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 169 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.
3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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: 2-Star (the first 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 4.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 82 in Guadalupe County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Candy Morin	1
St. John Lutheran Parochial Day Care This child care provider	4
La Petite Academy Savannah	20
Grace Place Learning Center	4
Panther Club	10
Blue Bird Kids Academy	9
Kids Academy	18
Lisa Rush	1
Childrens Lighthouse Learning Center at Schertz	9
Leap Ahead Learning	9
Little Cowboys and Tiaras Daycare	7
Melissa Lynn Timberlake	Not given

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

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).
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).
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).
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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