Pointe Academy

“A caregiver who has been employed at the operation for more than 90 days has completed CPR/First Aid training which was not conducted in person.”

“The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in May of 2025.”

“During the investigation video was reviewed which showed that after a caregiver changed a child's diaper the caregiver set the child on the ground to play and did not ensure that a child had washed their hands.”

“During the investigation video was reviewed which showed that a caregiver did not wash their hands after diapering a child.”

“This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. Caregivers left a child in the restroom of a classroom while they took the rest of the class outside on the playground. The child was left alone in the restroom for approximately 15 minutes before being found by another caregiver.”

“A caregiver was observed supervising 14 children ranging from 17 months to 2 years with a Specified Age Group of 18 to 23 months. The ratio for 18 to 23 months is 9:1. The director corrected the deficiency during the inspection by adding a second qualified caregiver in the class to mitigate risk.”

“A child was not guided to wash their hands with soap and running water after a diaper change but instead the child was guided to engage in a table activity. When CCR inspector brought hand washing to their attention, the caregiver guided the child to the hand washing sink to wash the child's hands with soap and running water.”

“A caregiver did not wash hands with soap and running water after changing a child's diaper but instead guided the child to enage in a table activity. When CCR inspector brought hand washing to her attention, the caregiver washed their hands with soap and running water.”

“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. When one caregiver saw three children running away from the group while the caregiver was supervising the group with another caregiver, the caregiver did not show good judgement when the caregiver did not run after the children which resulted in the caregiver losing sight of the children.”

“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. Three children were unsupervised in a classroom when two of the children exited through a fire door to a sidewalk on the outside of the building.”

“This standard was evaluated for investigation and was found to be deficient. Through review of video and staff interviews, it was determined a child was left unsupervised in a classroom for one minute and 3 seconds.”

“The Fire Marshall for the City of McKinney has not conducted a fire inspection at the operation since 9/15/2023.”

“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found to be deficient. Through interviews with staff and review of video, it was determined a caregiver grabbed a child's forearm with one hand and pulled the child away from an area when a child was not moving away from the area on their own.”

“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. Through interviews with staff and review of video, it was determined that when a caregiver took a group of children outside, the caregiver left one child from the group in an inside hallway for approximately one minute.”

“This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. When a child was left unattended in a hallway on 5/28/2024, the parents of the child were not notified until 5/29/2024.”

“The emergency preparedness plan did not lists procedures for how staff will evaluate with essential documentation.”

“The emergency preparedness plan did not list procedures of how children will b reunified with their parents.”

“The emegency preparedness plan did not list procedures of how staff will communication with parents and Childcare Regulations.”

“The operational policies did not list procedures for applying insect repellent.”

“The operational policies did not list safe sleep procedure.”