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Children's Lighthouse

Licensed Center in New Braunfels, Texas. License #1832069, issued April 6, 2026.

Address
726 Barbarosa Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78130
Phone
(830) 376-0706
Licensed capacity
195 children
Licensed for
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
06:30 AM-06:30 PM
Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Child care subsidies
Not accepted

Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.

Openings

This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.

Texas Rising Star

Texas Rising Star, entry level

In the program and not yet star-rated. This is a stage, not a low score.

In effect since August 27, 2026. From the state's provider report of September 29, 2026.

Where this is

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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.

What inspectors checked

Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 1,787 standards at Children's Lighthouse between March 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 and recorded 11 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.

The 22 areas, one by one
Area of the rulesVisitsStandards checkedViolated
Scope, administration, and communication22460
Record keeping11090
Personnel11540
Ratios and group sizes21080
Activities2720
Infants21802
Toddlers2440
Pre-kindergarten2380
School-age2400
Discipline2400
Naptime2240
Field trips2220
Get well care2540
Nighttime care2260
Nutrition and food care2901
Health practices11130
Safety practices1780
Physical facilities1750
Outdoor safety1960
Pools1300
Fire safety1670
Transportation1490

The table adds up to 1,755 of those standards. The remaining 32, including 8 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.

A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.

Ask about an opening

This goes to Children's Lighthouse and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.

We email you a copy, and tell you honestly whether it reached them. Texas HHSC has no email address on file for about two programs in five, and for those the phone number above is the faster route.

Tell me about new inspections

One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.

We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.

State inspection record

HHSC records 17 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 26, 2026, and 11 citations.

4 of those visits began with Children's Lighthouse reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.

26
visitsvisits where something was found17 recorded visits since October 2017. More visits does not mean a worse program: how often the state comes depends on the license type, the program's age and whether anyone complained.
  • 3High
  • 4Medium High
  • 4Medium

Every citation below records a correction.

Citations

Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.

  1. Medium October 1, 2026 Correction verified October 26, 2026

    746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    The operation did not have the staff fill out an incident report for the parent to sign even though the parent was notified by phone.
  2. High October 1, 2026 Correction verified October 26, 2026

    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

    Based on the video and interviews conducted, a name to face was not conducted before coming back inside the building from the playground. This resulted in a child being left on the playground unsupervised.
  3. Medium September 22, 2026 Corrected at inspection

    745.651(1): Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving

    Three employees who is no longer employed at the center for more than 7 days was still active on the background list. This was corrected when the director deactivated the employees.
  4. Medium High September 22, 2026 Correction verified October 7, 2026

    746.1315(b)(1): CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

    Several employees took an online CPR course which is not allowed.
  5. Medium High September 22, 2026 Corrected at inspection

    746.3317: Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary

    Open food items such as cereal and pasta were observed in the kitchen pantry. This was corrected when the director placed the food in sealed containers.
  6. High August 10, 2026 Correction verified September 1, 2026

    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

    Based on the video and interviews conducted, a name to face was not conducted at each threshold nor was a sweep of the classroom before leaving out of the room. This resulted in a child being left in the classroom unsupervised for approximately 8 minutes while the class went outside.
  7. Medium August 10, 2026 Correction verified September 1, 2026

    746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    The operation did not have the staff fill out an incident report for the parent to sign even though the parent was notified by phone.
  8. Medium High June 17, 2026 Correction verified July 30, 2026

    746.1613(a)(6): Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Caregivers Physically Present

    Based on the video, a caregiver left the room during the beginning of naptime leaving one caregiver with 15 children, many of them were not on their mats asleep. A caregiver was in the bathroom assisting children and could not see the other children who were still playing around the room until she was finished and able to assist them with naptime.
  9. Medium High June 9, 2026 Corrected at inspection

    746.2419(6): Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

    There were several bottles not labeled correctly. This was corrected when the caregivers labeled the bottles/cups.
  10. Medium June 9, 2026 Correction verified June 18, 2026

    746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    The written feeding schedules observed have not been updated.
  11. High April 23, 2026 Correction verified May 29, 2026

    746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    Based on the video, a caregiver grabbed a child up by the forearm from the floor and pulled the child by the hand as the child was resisting. Note: The operation immediately terminated the caregiver.
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About this record

Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.

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