Lakshmi Telu
Registered Child-Care Home in Celina, Texas. License #1824818, issued November 13, 2025.
- Address
- 1713 Nightshade Ln, Celina, TX 75009
- Phone
- (518) 334-5428
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 08:00 AM-05:00 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, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 21 areas it checked 1,050 standards at Lakshmi Telu between October 29, 2025 and June 22, 2026 and recorded 3 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 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 1 | 90 | 0 |
| Personnel | 1 | 130 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| Activities | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Infants | 1 | 79 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| School-age | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Discipline | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Naptime | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Field trips | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Health practices | 1 | 110 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 1 | 79 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 1 | 43 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 1 | 69 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 1 | 52 | 0 |
| Transportation | 1 | 39 | 0 |
The table adds up to 1,042 of those standards. The remaining 8, including 3 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 4 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 22, 2026, and 3 citations.
- 1High
- 2Medium High
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 3. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High June 10, 2026 Correction verified June 11, 2026
745.621(a)(7): AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605
The operation had a person providing care to children at the operation during business hours in licensed space without a active background check. The operation also had two adults visiting the home for more than a week that did not have background check.
- Medium High June 10, 2026 Correction verified June 22, 2026
747.1701: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - Registered Child Care Home
During the investigation inspection, it was found that the operation caring for 1 child under 17 months and 6 children under 5. This put the operation out of ratio for a registered child care home.
- Medium High June 10, 2026 Correction verified June 22, 2026
747.3501(1): Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
Two outlets located near the backdoor and near the master bedroom in the childcare area had no outlet covers. The operator did replace these when this was pointed out.
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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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