Texas records · KLEBERG County · KINGSVILLE
Bright Stars Child Development Center, LLC
Licensed Center in KINGSVILLE, Texas · Full Permit · permit issued January 25, 2021
State record presented as of November 5, 2026
- Address
- 612 S 13TH ST, KINGSVILLE, TX 78363 5810
- Operation type
- Licensed Center
- Type of issuance
- Full Permit
- Permit issued
- January 25, 2021
- Operation number
- 1708458
- Licensed capacity
- 22 children
- Ages served
- Toddler,Pre-Kindergarten,School
- Schedule
- Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat · 07:00 AM-05:45 PM
- Conditions on permit
- NO
The record at a glance
| Inspections on record | 24 |
| Reports (complaints, incidents, self-reports) on record | 6 |
| Assessments on record | 2 |
| Standards evaluated across those visits | 4,166 |
| Citations recorded | 30 |
| Record covers | January 5, 2022 – May 1, 2026 |
Citations by the state’s risk levels
| High | 9 |
| Medium High | 8 |
| Medium | 13 |
Visits and findings, newest first
Written feeding instructions were not available for review during inspection.
Correction verified by the state on February 17, 2026. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Observed the following during a follow up inspection: A caregiver was supervising 6 infants ages ranging from 5 months to 17 months. Child/caregiver ratios 4:1.
Corrected at the time of inspection. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Permit holder has not designated a qualified director.
Correction verified by the state on July 31, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
The operation failed to submit two corrections for two children's files within the required time frame. This is a third re-cite.
Correction verified by the state on May 14, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Two out of six children did not have immunizations on file. Three out of six children did not have a health statement on file. Two out of six children did not have documentation on whether or not they had food allergies. One child mentioned above had no paperwork on file for admission. This is a re-cite.
Correction verified by the state on May 14, 2025.
One staff did not complete their 7 hours of required training. A second staff did not have their file available for review. That staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. This is a re-cite.
Correction verified by the state on May 8, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Inspector observed one caregiver sharing her McDonald's lunch with infant children. One child was observed eating french fries, another child was observed eating tomato.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Inspector observed one staff with 7 infants between the ages of 3-17 months old. There was no extra staff observed at the facility during nap time when the inspector arrived.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025.
Inspector observed one three month old asleep on their stomach.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Two out of six children did not have immunizations on file. Three out of six children did not have a health statement on file. Two out of six children did not have documentation on whether or not they had food allergies. One child mentioned above had no paperwork on file for admission. This is a re-cite.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025.
One staff did not complete their 7 hours of required training. A second staff did not have their file available for review. That staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. This is a re-cite.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025.
Inspector observed infants with blankets in cribs while infants were asleep. Two of the infants were 12 months and under. Many of the other cribs had blankets inside with no infants.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
The operation's last fire inspection was dated 6/5/2023.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Staff in building #2 stated no fire drills had been conducted in at least a year. No documentation of fire drills was found for 2025. The operation also did not have documentation of severe weather and lock down drills in building #2.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Inspector observed one-3 month old infant in a playpen lying on back with a mobile toy. The infant was placed under the toy so the infant could play with the objects above.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Inspector observed one caregiver supervising two classrooms during nap time with no additional staff. Two children ages 3-4 yrs. old were in one classroom and the caregiver was in a secondary classroom with infants who were between the ages of 3-14 months old.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
The operation had one carbon monoxide that was not working in the pre-k building. The operation also had no documentation of carbon monoxide, smoke detector, or fire extinguishers being checked monthly.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Two out of four staff were missing annual training hours. One staff was missing all trainings in section (e) of this standard as well as 7 out of 24 annual hours. The second staff was missing 5 out of 30 annual hours. The hours missing included hazardous materials and management training.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Two out of six children's records did not have the required documentation available for review.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Two out of four staff records were not available for review at the time of inspection.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
The infant's daily schedule does not indicate that infants go to play outside twice a day on a daily basis. Staff stated infants do not go outside to play. There is no infant playground located at the operation.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Inspector observed two infants asleep in restrictive devices. One infant who was 8 months, was in a swing and the other infant who was 11 months was in a stationary walker. Inspector spoke to caregiver and infants were removed. At the end of inspection, inspector observed a 3 month old asleep in a swing.
Correction verified by the state on April 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Five out of six children's records did not have immunizations on file.
Correction verified by the state on May 1, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
In the infant classroom an infant was in a play yard with a training cup toy and a blanket. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when caregiver removed the items from the play yard.
Corrected at the time of inspection. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
A caregiver did not show good judgment by taping a child's shoes, so the child would not remove the shoes.
Correction verified by the state on June 14, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During nap time in the infant, toddler, and Pre k classroom the cots, and the play yards were not arranged with space between them to allow caregivers to walk between them.
Correction verified by the state on April 4, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
There were 6 gallons of milk that were not stored properly in the refrigerator, the gallons of milk were room temperature.
Correction verified by the state on April 4, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
The infants were in the room designated for the toddlers and the toddlers were in the room designated for the infants. Director had not notified licensing of the changes of the classrooms.
Correction verified by the state on April 4, 2023.
Base on the DFPS investigation; There was neglectful supervision at the operation, a child was left outside from 10 - 20 minutes with out supervision.
Correction verified by the state on June 17, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
One out of four records review was missing training hours.
Correction verified by the state on February 22, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
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