By the Barnyard Gate
Does By the Barnyard Gate have a state child-care violation history?
Texas HHSC records list 15 child-care citations for By the Barnyard Gate in FORNEY, TX. The state assigns each cited standard a risk level; for this facility, 7 are recorded at the High level and 7 at Medium High, with the remainder at Medium, Medium Low, or Low. Each entry below reproduces the standard Texas cited and the state's own description of what was found.
These are licensing-record findings, not a judgment about any child or family. The dates shown are the dates Texas recorded a correction as verified — they are not inspection dates, and the record may lag the state's current file. This page reflects the published record as of its last update and is not a complete history; the authoritative source is Texas HHSC.
Texas HHSC recorded 7 High-risk citations at this facility.
Risk levels below are Texas HHSC's own labels, shown verbatim.
- High
746.1205(a)(4) - 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 as part of an investigation and was found deficient. A child was left unattended in the classroom.
- High
746.1205(a)(4) - 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 as part of an investigation and was found deficient. A child was left unattended in the hallway.
- High
746.1205(a)(4) - 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 as part of an investigation and was found deficient. A child was left unattended on the playground.
Show 12 earlier citations
- High
746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
A child was left unattended on the playground for approximately 8 minutes.
- High
746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
A child was left unattended in the classroom for approximately 15 minutes.
- High
746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
This standard was reviewed in part of a report an found to be deficient. A caregiver did not use good judgment when they physically redirected a child, causing the child to receive an injury.
- High
746.2805(6) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
This standard was reviewed in part of a report and found to be deficient. A caregiver yelled at children in care in the classroom.
- Medium High
746.1203(4) - Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
A five year old child was left in the classroom for twenty minutes.
- Medium High
746.4953(5) - Safety Requirements of SCPE - Supervison
The operation failed to have a caregiver on the second floor of the indoor playscape.
- Medium High
746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
The indoor playscape had two areas with torn materials. One was the flat woven straps and the other was a fabric structure that the children walk over.
- Medium High
746.4953(5) - Safety Requirements of SCPE - Supervison
A caregiver was not assigned to supervise the second level of the indoor play area. A child received an injury which required medical attention.
- Medium High
746.4103(b) - Policies for Release of Children - Record Identity of Person
The operation did not record the identity of a person listed on the pick up list.
- Medium High
746.2419(1) - Requirements for Feeding Infants-Hold through 6-months
This standard was reviewed in part of a report and found deficient. Caregivers routinely allowed infants younger than six months to hold their own bottle while in a bouncer seat.
- Medium High
746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness
The operation has had a total of 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases that were not reported to Child Care Licensing and the local health authority.
- Medium
746.2803(4)(D) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
A child was left in time out for approximately 15 minutes.
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Compiled from public Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Child-Care Licensing records. To flag a discrepancy, write to records@daycaredossier.com.