Panther Cub Day Care
Licensed Center in Princeton, Texas. License #1694218, issued February 4, 2020.
- Address
- 301 N 5th St, Princeton, TX 75407
- Phone
- (469) 952-5400
- Licensed capacity
- 153 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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In effect since September 30, 2025. From the state's provider report of July 10, 2026.
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 22 areas it checked 4,313 standards at Panther Cub Day Care between October 14, 2021 and September 23, 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 | 363 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 329 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 2 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| 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 | 4 | 451 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 2 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,259 of those standards. The remaining 54, including 15 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 34 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 2, 2026, and 19 citations.
5 of those visits began with Panther Cub Day Care 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.
- 11High
- 4Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 19. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium September 9, 2026 Correction verified September 23, 2026
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Seven infant feeding instructions were not updated by the child's parent.
- Medium High September 9, 2026 Correction verified September 23, 2026
746.2409(a)(2): Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets
Cribs in both infant classrooms did not have sheets on the mattress with a snug fit and could pose an entanglement hazard.
- High September 9, 2026 Corrected at inspection
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver without an active background was observed supervising a group of children in the classroom. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was asked to leave the premises.
- High March 25, 2026 Correction verified April 24, 2026
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
This standard was evaluated for the investigation and was found to be deficient. Through interviews with the director and parents, it was determined that the parents were not immediately notified when it was discovered two caregivers were physically restraining their children in chairs.
- High March 25, 2026 Correction verified April 24, 2026
746.2805(8): Prohibited Punishments - Restrictive device for time out
This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. Through review of video and interviews with staff, it was determined that two caregivers were putting two children in restrictive devices multiple times daily to stop the children from exhibiting certain behaviors.
- Medium High January 7, 2026 Correction verified January 9, 2026
746.5307(b): Fire Extinguishers Serviced
At the time of inspection the program's mounted fire extinguishers were last serviced in November 2024 and have not been serviced since then.
- Medium April 22, 2025 Correction verified May 13, 2025
746.2423: Naptime for Infants
This standard was tasked over for this investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver was observed to be sleeping on the floor of an infant room and was not properly supervising or interacting with the infants in care.
- High April 22, 2025 Corrected at inspection
745.635(3): AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
This standard was tasked over for this investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that the caregiver mentioned in the report had conditions on their background check that didn't allow the caregiver to be left alone to supervise a group of children alone. By the time of the inspection at the operation the caregiver mentioned was no longer present or employed at the operation.
- Medium High December 19, 2024 Correction verified March 4, 2025
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
Based on information provided during a DFPS investigation it was determined that the previous center director had notified the caregivers of the concerns of using their cell phones while supervising the children, but no policy had been put in place. The caregivers were both observed using their phones during the times of the incidents.
- High December 19, 2024 Correction verified March 4, 2025
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
Based on information provided during a DFPS investigation it was determined that two caregivers handled a child in an aggressive manner physically. These actions resulted in Reason to Believe listings for both caregivers.
- High December 19, 2024 Correction verified March 4, 2025
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
Based on information provided during a DFPS investigation it was determined that caregivers were observed mishandling children in care during naptime by pushing their heads into their nap mat, hitting the children on their heads, and aggressively straighten their legs out to make them lay down while in care.
- High December 19, 2024 Correction verified March 4, 2025
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Based on information provided during a DFPS investigation it was determined that did not demonstrate competency of caring for the children and meeting their needs in a timely manner, as one child was observed visibly upset during the time and was not comforted by any of the caregivers present.
- Medium December 18, 2024 Correction verified January 30, 2025
746.1613(a): Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
This standard was tasked over for this investigation and found to be deficient. During this investigation and video footage review, it was determined that there was a total of 12 children, ages 12-17 months, with only one caregiver present during naptime. This is not allowed for this age group of children, as the caregiver/child ratio cannot be reduced for the group.
- High December 18, 2024 Correction verified January 30, 2025
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
This standard was tasked over for this investigation and found to be deficient. During this investigation it was determined that the caregiver left in charge of the children during naptime did not practice self-control when she mishandled the children during this time.
- High December 18, 2024 Correction verified January 30, 2025
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
This standard was tasked over for this investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver was observed mishandling a child in care during naptime by pushing the child's head into their nap mat and aggressively straighten their legs out to make them lay down while in care.
- Medium High November 18, 2024 Correction verified December 2, 2024
746.5307(b): Fire Extinguishers Serviced
The fire extinguishers are tagged to have last been serviced in July 2023, the extinguishers have not been serviced yet for this year.
- High January 5, 2023 Corrected at inspection
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
During the inspection, high school students were in classrooms with children. The high school students did not have an eligible background check through the background check unit of Child Care Regulation. This was corrected at inspection when the high school students left the operation.
- Medium October 14, 2021 Correction verified November 18, 2021
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
The standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found deficient. Management did not provide a complete incident report listing a parent's signature.
- High October 14, 2021 Correction verified November 18, 2021
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found not compliant. Management did not report to Child Care Regulations an incident that placed a child at risk within 48 hours from the time that the incident was brought to management's attention.
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