Mary R. Garcia Learning Center
Licensed Center in Alice, Texas. License #1694861- 9871, issued February 11, 2020.
- Address
- 3051 Old Kingsville Rd, Alice, TX 78332
- Phone
- (361) 717-1132
- Licensed capacity
- 156 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-03:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- cacost.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
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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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 3,116 standards at Mary R. Garcia Learning Center between January 10, 2022 and August 28, 2026 and recorded 14 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 | 2 | 242 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 225 | 1 |
| Personnel | 2 | 313 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 1 |
| 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 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 222 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 2 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,098 of those standards. The remaining 18, including 7 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 15 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 28, 2026, and 14 citations.
2 of those visits began with Mary R. Garcia Learning 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
- 4Medium High
- 3Medium
- 2Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 14. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High August 28, 2026 Correction verified August 31, 2026
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The annual fire inspection that was observed to be expired during the inspection, was not provided to show an updated and current inspection was completed by the inspection due date.
- High August 20, 2026 Correction verified August 28, 2026
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The annual fire inspection was observed to be expired.
- Medium High August 27, 2025 Correction verified September 17, 2025
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
One out of ten employee records evaluated had an expired CPR/First Aid certificate.
- Medium High September 12, 2024 Correction verified September 12, 2024
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
There was not a required Food Allergy Emergency Plan in a child's file that is allgergic to cinnamon.
- High March 20, 2024 Correction verified May 29, 2024
746.3607(5): Critical Injury - Ensure Supervision of All Children
A caregiver did not have visual awareness of the children in care at the time of the incident.
- High March 20, 2024 Correction verified May 29, 2024
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
One caregiver was conducting janitorial duties at the time of the incident.
- Medium Low November 16, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.401(9): Posting Requirements - List entitled "Current Employees"--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name
Employee List is not current. This was correected during the inspection.
- Medium Low November 16, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.605(3): Required Admission Information - Date of Admission
Of the ten children's files reviewed, one did not have the date of admission specified. This was corrected during the inspection.
- Medium High November 16, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
In one of the Toddler rooms, the storage doors under the sink were unlocked. In the storage contained chemicals that were accessible to the children. This was corrected when brought to the caregivers attention who immediately locked the storage doors.
- Medium November 16, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) verification form is not current. This form is to be completed annually. This was corrected during the inspection.
- Medium November 16, 2023 Correction verified December 11, 2023
746.4003(a): First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit
The first kit that was observed , was found to be incomplete. Missing were band aids and The Guide to First Aid.
- Medium High December 5, 2022 Correction verified December 27, 2022
746.2909(4): Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Provides Access to Walkway
In serveral classrooms the napping mats were arranged to closely and did not allow the easy access to a walkway for staff or children.
- Medium December 5, 2022 Correction verified December 27, 2022
746.4503(b): Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name
In several of the classrooms observed, the children s nap mats were not labeled or numbered.
- High January 10, 2022 Correction verified January 11, 2022
746.5311(a): Smoke-Detection System
Six classrooms did not have a working smoke detector. In one classroom, the smoke detector was seen on a shelf. A battery was in the smoke detector but it was not working.
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About this record
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