Martial Arts & Athletic Center
Licensed Center in Amarillo, Texas. License #861921, issued April 8, 2008.
- Address
- 4714 Northwest 4th Avenue, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Phone
- (806) 322-1080
- Licensed capacity
- 204 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- maackids.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, After School Care, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes, 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 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since December 17, 2025. From the state's provider report of September 11, 2026.
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 16 areas it checked 4,321 standards at Martial Arts & Athletic Center between February 23, 2022 and September 9, 2026 and recorded 18 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 16 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 423 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 402 | 2 |
| Personnel | 4 | 633 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 168 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 247 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 137 | 0 |
| Naptime | 6 | 60 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food service | 4 | 170 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 370 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 284 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 352 | 0 |
| Active play | 4 | 456 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 256 | 1 |
| Transportation | 4 | 138 | 1 |
The table adds up to 4,253 of those standards. The remaining 68, 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 47 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 21, 2026, and 18 citations.
2 of those visits began with Martial Arts & Athletic Center 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
- 8Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 18. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium Low June 19, 2026 Correction verified July 15, 2026
744.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
The required notarized Affidavit for Applicants for Employment with a Licensed Operation or Registered Child-Care Home, form 2985, was missing for five staff files reviewed.
- Medium High June 19, 2026 Correction verified July 15, 2026
744.605(15): Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
Four children that have listed a diagnosed food allergy did not have a diagnosed food allergy plan in file for review. One child's file reviewed did not have the required parent signatures on the food allergy plan provided by either the doctor/physician or the child's parent.
- Medium High June 19, 2026 Corrected at inspection
744.2655(b)(3): Administering Medication - Not After Expiration Date
Epi-pen medication was observed for a child who has a diagnosed food allergy and it had expired as of 4/2026.
- High June 19, 2026 Correction verified August 12, 2026
744.1205(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 evidence obtained during the investigation, caregivers were not appropriately supervising when at least five children cut themselves by using blades and staff were not aware of this until the second day of this occurring.
- Medium June 19, 2026 Correction verified August 12, 2026
744.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
Based on the evidence obtained during an investigation, the staff did not complete incident report forms that were required to be completed when children were placed at risk when the children were using razor blades to cut themselves.
- Medium High May 7, 2026 Correction verified September 11, 2026
744.1011: Director Present During Operating Hours
The named director has not been present the required 75% of the operations hours or at least 30 hours a week.
- Medium May 7, 2026 Correction verified September 11, 2026
744.801(4): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance
Attendance records for the director were not available for review at inspection.
- Medium High March 6, 2026 Correction verified May 7, 2026
744.1011: Director Present During Operating Hours
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the named director has not been present the required 75% of the operations hours or at least 30 hours a week.
- Medium March 6, 2026 Correction verified May 7, 2026
744.801(4): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance
Attendance records for the director were not available for review at inspection.
- Medium High December 18, 2025 Correction verified January 9, 2026
744.3807(d): Child Passenger Safety Seat System- Child 12 years and younger must not ride in front seat of vehicle
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, children that are younger than 12 years of age have been permitted to seat in the front seat when being transported.
- High October 10, 2025 Correction verified December 16, 2025
744.3501(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The last fire inspection was dated for 8/26/2024 and it was to be completed annually, or by 8/26/2025.
- High October 10, 2025 Corrected at inspection
744.3817(a)(6): Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
Three vehicles used to transport children in care had expired antiseptic wipes. ***This was corrected at inspection when the operation placed non-expired anti-sepctic wipes into the first aid kits in the vehicles that required them. This is in compliance.
- Medium October 10, 2025 Correction verified November 7, 2025
744.801(7): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records
The last three months of the playground maintenance records were not avaiable for review when requested.
- High July 8, 2025 Correction verified August 19, 2025
744.2655(a)(1): Administering Medication - According to Label Directions
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the staff have not been administering medication to children according to the label directions.
- Medium High April 29, 2024 Correction verified May 23, 2024
744.1317(a): Transportation Safety Training
One staff that provides transportation to children did not have proof of transportation training in file when reviewed.
- Medium High April 29, 2024 Correction verified May 23, 2024
744.2655(b)(1): Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date
Medication was not in the original container so the epi pen lacked vital information including the name of the child's full name who the epi pen belongs to for two children with doctor provided label. There were a total of three children's epi pens that were past the expiration date.
- Medium High April 29, 2024 Correction verified May 23, 2024
744.1315(b): Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Pediatric CPR
Seven staff files that were reviewed had CPR training that was received online by staff. One staff did not have proof off CPR training at all in the file.
- High February 23, 2022 Correction verified March 10, 2022
744.3805(4): AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
The operation left a child unattended in a vehicle.
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About this record
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