ChildCareTX

Kids R Here Learning Academy

Licensed Center in Gladewater, Texas. License #1816274, issued July 15, 2025.

Address
1600 W Upshur Ave, Gladewater, TX 75647
Phone
(903) 845-1543
Licensed capacity
85 children
Licensed for
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
06:00 AM-06:00 PM
Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Child care subsidies
Not accepted
Website
krhschools.com

Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, 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 3-star of a possible 4

A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.

In effect since May 26, 2026. From the state's provider report of August 3, 2026.

Where this is

A map of this address loads when you ask for it. Nothing is requested from the map host until then, so opening this page does not tell anyone which program you were reading about.

Open in OpenStreetMap

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 2,579 standards at Kids R Here Learning Academy between May 28, 2025 and August 14, 2026 and recorded 19 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 communication22472
Record keeping22230
Personnel23150
Ratios and group sizes21080
Activities2720
Infants21800
Toddlers2440
Pre-kindergarten2380
School-age2400
Discipline2400
Naptime2240
Field trips2220
Get well care2540
Nighttime care2260
Nutrition and food care2900
Health practices22262
Safety practices21561
Physical facilities21500
Outdoor safety21922
Pools2600
Fire safety21340
Transportation2980

The table adds up to 2,539 of those standards. The remaining 40, 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.

Changes we have recorded

Texas HHSC publishes the register as it stands today and overwrites it, so nothing in the state's own data shows that a figure used to be different. We compare the register against the previous day's copy and keep what moved. We have been doing that since October 24, 2026.

  1. November 4, 2026Administrator “Chasity Handley” to “Amber Chumley”

Each date is the day we first saw the new value, not the day the program changed anything or the day the state recorded it. A change made in February can appear in the register in May. We do not know which, so we do not say.

Ask about an opening

This goes to Kids R Here Learning Academy 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 19 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 14, 2026, and 19 citations.

2526
visitsvisits where something was found19 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.
  • 5High
  • 12Medium High
  • 2Medium

Every citation below records a correction.

Citations

Showing all 19. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.

  1. Medium High July 16, 2026 Correction verified August 14, 2026

    746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    During the walk through a trash can with food waste was observed in reach of children and accessible.
  2. Medium July 13, 2026 Correction verified August 12, 2026

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

    This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. The written feeding instructions have not been updated and were last signed by a parent on 6/2/26.
  3. Medium High July 2, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 2026

    746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

    During the walk through a trash can with food waste was observed in reach of children and accessible.
  4. Medium High July 2, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 2026

    746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    During the inspection the loose-fill was observed under the required amount and with grass growing around it.
  5. High July 1, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 2026

    746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

    Through an investigation it was determined that multiple caregiver threatened corporal punishment.
  6. Medium High July 1, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 2026

    746.3407(9): Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    During the insepction areas of the walls and air grates in reach of children were not kept clean.
  7. High July 1, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 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

    During the investigation inspection a child was observed unsupervised in the daycare with the caregiver unaware of their location.
  8. Medium High July 1, 2026 Correction verified July 16, 2026

    746.2807: Employees Discipline Own Children

    Through an investigation inspection it was determined that caregivers were not disciplining their own children still in care as they would other children in their care.
  9. Medium High November 7, 2025 Correction verified November 20, 2025

    746.3417(1): Children Handwashing Before Eating

    A class was observed to clean up and sat down to eat a meal without handwashing, the tables being sanitized or the teacher washing hands as she served.
  10. High November 7, 2025 Correction verified November 20, 2025

    746.3701(9): Safety - Bodies of Water Inaccessible to Children

    During the inspection a mop bucket was observed in the hallway in front of the infant rooms full of water. The bucket was removed during the inspection.
  11. Medium High November 5, 2025 Correction verified November 20, 2025

    746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    During the investigation it was found that the infant class and the older toddler/two class mix on the playground and one class is not going inside when the other class comes out.
  12. Medium High November 5, 2025 Correction verified December 17, 2025

    746.3505(e): Diapering Procedures - Sanitizing Diaper Changing Area

    During the investigation, diapering areas as well as children's tables were observed to be dirty and need to be sanitized.
  13. High September 3, 2025 Correction verified September 12, 2025

    746.3407(12): Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    The operation had open paint cans, large painting equipment, tools, and other chemicals including a fire extinguisher where children could access them. Chemicals and tools were observed in the kitchen food prep area.
  14. Medium High September 3, 2025 Corrected at inspection

    746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age

    During the investigation, the infant room was being renovated and an infant was placed in a room with children more than 18 months older. During inspection, the room was cleaned up and the infant was taken to the infant room.
  15. High May 28, 2025 Correction verified June 24, 2025

    746.501(a)(24): Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plans

    The emergency preparedness plan in the parent handbook does not include the required information and needs more detail.
  16. Medium High May 28, 2025 Correction verified July 7, 2025

    746.3407(9): Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

    During inspection a section of the wall has peeling paint and needs repair.
  17. Medium High May 28, 2025 Correction verified July 7, 2025

    746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    During inspection the plastic borders that enclose the loose fill was observed to be cracked and broken.
  18. Medium High May 28, 2025 Correction verified July 7, 2025

    746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    The loose fill was observed to be compacted and needs to be either removed and replaced or additional inches added to proper depth. Compacted earth cannot be included in the inches.
  19. Medium May 28, 2025 Correction verified June 24, 2025

    746.501(a)(23): Written Operational Policies - Procedures parents access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline, and HHSC website

    The parent handbook was reviewed and was missing the following procedures: 1) How to view standards online, to report abuse/neglect, and the HHSC website 2)A list of the require parents rights 3) how the operation will support children with special needs.
Do you have a child enrolled here?

If Kids R Here Learning Academy confirms you are enrolled, you can tell us what you actually pay. We publish price ranges by city and age so other families know what to expect, and the only reliable source for that is people paying it.

There are no reviews on this site and we are not adding them. We publish the state's inspection record and facts families confirm, not opinions. Your address is never shown publicly; it goes to the program so they can confirm you, and nowhere else.

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.

Operate this program? Write to corrections@childcaretx.com and we will publish your response beside any record here.