First Step Holdings Inc. dba Discovery Schoolhouse
Licensed Center in Katy, Texas. License #1548182, issued September 29, 2014.
- Address
- 4900 Falcon Landing Blvd, Katy, TX 77494
- Phone
- (281) 698-7234
- Licensed capacity
- 219 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- discovery-schoolhouse.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, 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 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since November 19, 2025. From the state's provider report of June 10, 2026.
Where this is
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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 3,976 standards at First Step Holdings Inc. dba Discovery Schoolhouse between November 10, 2021 and October 21, 2026 and recorded 16 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 rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 365 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 220 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 571 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 337 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 1 |
The table adds up to 3,940 of those standards. The remaining 36, including 12 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.
What First Step Holdings Inc. dba Discovery Schoolhouse says about itself
Our vision at Discovery Schoolhouse is to provide exceptional educational programs for children from the age of 6 weeks to 5 years old and before and after school care for children 5 - 12 years old. Preschool, After School Programs & Educational Child Care for Cinco Ranch - Katy, TX and surrounding areas.
Quoted from discovery-schoolhouse.com, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 31 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 21, 2026, and 16 citations.
3 of those visits began with First Step Holdings Inc. dba Discovery Schoolhouse 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.
- 4High
- 4Medium High
- 7Medium
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 16. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Low October 21, 2026 Correction verified October 30, 2026
746.1045: Education Outside of U.S.
Two out of ten staff records evaluated the education outside of U.S. was not translated to English.
- Medium October 21, 2026 Correction verified October 30, 2026
746.901(2): Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
One of out ten staff files evaluated did not have documentation showing their education qualification.
- Medium October 21, 2026 Correction verified October 30, 2026
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
Five out of ten staff's records evaluated were lacking twenty-four clock hours of training.
- Medium October 27, 2025 Correction verified October 28, 2025
746.4003(b): First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired
The first aid kit cabinet was review. Four items were found to be expired since 2024.
- Medium October 27, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification
The operation has not complete their annual children product certification since year of 2024.
- Medium October 27, 2025 Correction verified November 6, 2025
746.503: Provide Parents With Copy of Policies
A total of ten children files were review; Ten out of ten children files were missing the parental right form 2987 in their respective folders.
- Medium High December 5, 2024 Correction verified December 19, 2024
746.5205(2): Sheltering Drill For Severe Weather-Four times a calendar year
Operation failed to conduct 4 severe weather drills for a calendar year. The last drill was conducted in January 2024.
- High December 6, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.5617(a)(6): Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
1 of 4 vans observed was missing multiple items in their first aid kit. ** Director gathered and placed missing items into the kit during the inspection. **
- Medium High August 5, 2023 Correction verified October 24, 2023
746.2905(2): Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Confine in a Restrictive Device
The caregiver placed a 16 month-old child that refused to sleep in a restrictive device.
- Medium August 5, 2023 Correction verified August 21, 2023
746.307(c): Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
A parent was not notified of a bruise their child sustained while in care.
- Medium High December 9, 2022 Correction verified February 22, 2023
746.4907(a)(2): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Nine Inches if Equipment Greater Than 5 Ft.
The mulch on the large playground was not at the proper depth of 9 inches. The mulch was gathered under the bottom of the plsy structure.
- Medium High August 15, 2022 Correction verified August 25, 2022
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
A health inspection was last completed on 08.05.21.
- High June 2, 2022 Correction verified June 15, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
An eight year old child was observed in a classroom unsupervised at inspection.
- Medium May 23, 2022 Correction verified June 15, 2022
746.201(7): Operation Open to Parents At All Times
Parents are not entering the operation as a covid precaution. Note: directo/ownerr stated parents will resume drop off/pick up within the facility on 06.06.22.
- High April 10, 2022 Correction verified May 11, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
A two year old child was left unsupervised on the playground for less than five minutes.
- High March 2, 2022 Correction verified March 10, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
A 16 month old was left unattended on the playground for a few minutes.
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About this record
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