Texas records · RANDALL County · AMARILLO
Children's Orchard Academy on Hillside
Licensed Center in AMARILLO, Texas · Full Permit · permit issued February 7, 2025
State record presented as of November 5, 2026
- Address
- 9175 HILLSIDE RD, AMARILLO, TX 79119
- Operation type
- Licensed Center
- Type of issuance
- Full Permit
- Permit issued
- February 7, 2025
- Operation number
- 1803308
- Licensed capacity
- 238 children
- Ages served
- Infant,Toddler,Pre-Kindergarten,School
- Schedule
- Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri · 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Conditions on permit
- NO
The record at a glance
| Inspections on record | 25 |
| Reports (complaints, incidents, self-reports) on record | 12 |
| Assessments on record | 0 |
| Standards evaluated across those visits | 4,418 |
| Citations recorded | 10 |
| Findings still pending | 1 |
| Record covers | September 27, 2024 – October 28, 2026 |
Citations by the state’s risk levels
| High | 9 |
| Medium | 1 |
Visits and findings, newest first
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a report was not made by the operation regarding a situation that placed a child at risk with being left unsupervised.
Correction verified by the state on September 22, 2026. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a child was unaccounted for about 10 minutes after their classroom transitioned out of the cafeteria and back to their classroom.
Correction verified by the state on September 22, 2026. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
An incident report was written on 8/28/2026 after a situation that places a child at risk but was not shared or signed by the parent within 2 days of the incident.
Correction verified by the state on September 9, 2026. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child's on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of the child, as a child was in a classroom for approximately fourteen minutes by themselves before they were found by staff.
Correction verified by the state on August 20, 2026. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
An individual that had a prior eligible background check was inactivated on 06/17/2026 and has continued to be present at the operation without an eligible background check at the operation. The individual is currently inactive and requires a new background check submission to be present at the operation. The individual left the operation during the inspection.
Corrected at the time of inspection. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Children were left the classroom unattended and were unsupervised in the halls and office.
Correction verified by the state on July 17, 2026. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver would discipline by grabbing children by the arm in a rough manner.
Correction verified by the state on October 20, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver has grabbed multiple children by the arm in a rough manner when disciplining.
Correction verified by the state on September 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an incident occurred where children were repeatedly climbing on shelves during nap time in the classroom and the caregiver failed to intervene. The caregiver sat on the ground instead of removing the children from the shelves to ensure their safety. The caregiver doesn?t attempt to redirect the children until after a child falls off the shelf and lands onto another child laying on their nap mat resulting in the other child crying.
Correction verified by the state on September 16, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
A child walks out of the classroom and down the three halls without supervision, while the caregiver was changing a diaper in the diapering pod. Staff was unable to see and unaware he left the room.
Correction verified by the state on May 20, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
This page presents the state’s record for this operation as of November 5, 2026; it is a dated presentation, not a live register. If something here does not match the operation’s current state record, file a correction report.