Kids Under Construction
Licensed Center in Mount Vernon, Texas. License #407734, issued February 10, 1992.
- Address
- 319 Kaufman St S, Mount Vernon, TX 75457
- Phone
- (903) 537-4311
- Licensed capacity
- 99 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: 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
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 4,623 standards at Kids Under Construction between November 17, 2021 and November 2, 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 rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 6 | 660 | 0 |
| Personnel | 6 | 902 | 2 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 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 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 2 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,513 of those standards. The remaining 110, including 13 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 Kids Under Construction 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.
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 27 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 2, 2026, and 19 citations.
3 of those visits began with Kids Under Construction 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.
- 5High
- 10Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 19. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium October 6, 2026 Correction verified October 7, 2026
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
One caregiver lacked 4 hours of training to complete last year's annual training.
- Medium High March 19, 2025 Correction verified April 14, 2025
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
One panel in the white fence is not secured and blows up when the wind blows. Additionally, there were some holes a few of the panels that has created sharp edges.
- Medium High March 19, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.1301(a)(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
One caregiver lacked 0.5 hours of training to complete last years annual training. This was corrected at inspection as the a training completed for the current training year was used to complete last years annual training. One of the directors lacked 0.5 hours training to complete last years annual training. This was corrected at inspection as the a training completed for the current training year was used to complete last years annual training.
- Medium High March 19, 2025 Correction verified March 28, 2025
746.5401: Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
The last gas inspection was observed completed 3/16/2023. You must have a gas inspection once every 2 years.
- Medium High May 22, 2024 Correction verified May 29, 2024
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
One child's food allergy plan was not signed by the parent. One child's food allergy letter did not include the possible symptoms if exposed to a food on the list; the steps to take if the child has an allergic reaction; and the health care professional and parent signatures.
- Medium May 22, 2024 Correction verified May 23, 2024
746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification
The operation has not reviewed the CPSC Recall list in over one year to verify that there are not recalled items in the center.
- High July 24, 2023 Correction verified August 17, 2023
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. It was discovered that a staff member had hit a child on their arm as a form of discipline.
- Medium July 19, 2023 Correction verified July 20, 2023
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
One infants feeding instruction form has not been reviewed or updated by the parent or health care professional since 5//2023. Infant feeding instructions must be reviewed and updated by a parent or health care professional every 30 days until the child starts eating table food.
- High March 27, 2023 Correction verified March 27, 2023
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver who did not have a background check has been present at the operation assisting to care for children. This was corrected at inspection as the operation submitted the individuals background check request.
- Medium High March 13, 2023 Correction verified March 27, 2023
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
One portion of the fence has come detached and needs repaired. On the school age playground, construction netting was observed down in one area where it had been installed to prevent children's access to a large tree on the ground.
- Medium High March 13, 2023 Correction verified March 17, 2023
746.5401: Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
The operation's last gas inspection was observed 3/5/2021. You must have a gas inspection at least once every 2 years.
- High March 3, 2023 Correction verified May 8, 2023
746.2805(2): Prohibited Punishments - Associated with Food, Naps, or Toilet Training
This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews conducted it was determined that in one classroom during naptime, children have gotten in trouble if they did not sleep meaning they are required to put their nap mat by the teacher and sleep or gotten their name written down on the board and not given a reward of candy or a sticker as a result.
- Medium March 3, 2023 Correction verified May 8, 2023
746.2907(a): Alternate Activity for Non-sleeping Children
This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews conducted, it was determined that staff are not providing an alternative quite activity to non-sleeping children until the nap/rest time is over for the other children.
- Medium High November 21, 2022 Correction verified December 13, 2022
746.3701(3): Safety - Air Conditioners, Fans, Heaters Safeguarded
One side of fencing is missing around the a/c units outside in the playground area making the a/c units accessible to the children. Several electrical outlets were observed without child proof covers in one room used by the children.
- Medium High November 17, 2022 Correction verified December 20, 2022
746.3501(1): Diaper Changing Steps- Prompt
This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was determined that a caregiver did not diaper an infant promptly as the child was not diapered for over 2 hours.
- High November 17, 2022 Correction verified December 20, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews conducted, it was determined that a caregiver failed to adequately supervise a group of children when the caregiver fell asleep in class during naptime. This caregiver is no longer employed by the operation.
- Medium High August 15, 2022 Correction verified September 1, 2022
746.5103: Documentation of Fire Inspection
The operation only had documentation of fire drills, smoke detector checks, carbon monoxide detector checks completed in the following months of 2022: January, February, March, May, June, and August. You must conduct fire drills, smoke detector checks, and carbon monoxide detector checks monthly.
- Medium High November 17, 2021 Correction verified January 24, 2022
746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Loose fill surfacing is not being maintained at 6 inches around the play equipment on the playground containing the Grocery Store.
- High November 17, 2021 Correction verified December 23, 2021
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per interviews it was determined staff did not adequately supervise children on the playground as staff stood by each other visiting while the children were playing.
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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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