Pioneer Drive CDC
Licensed Center in Abilene, Texas. License #27811, issued October 19, 1985.
- Address
- 750 Buccaneer Dr, Abilene, TX 79605
- Phone
- (325) 692-6776
- Licensed capacity
- 250 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 09:00 AM-02:30 PM
- Days
- Tue, Wed, Thu
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- pioneerdrive.org
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
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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 3,164 standards at Pioneer Drive CDC between January 11, 2022 and April 7, 2026 and recorded 29 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 | 1 | 124 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 1 | 114 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 631 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 1 | 90 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 6 | 120 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 89 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 3 |
The table adds up to 3,110 of those standards. The remaining 54, including 22 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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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 35 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on April 7, 2026, and 29 citations.
One of those visits began with Pioneer Drive CDC 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.
- 16High
- 9Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 29. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High March 19, 2026 Correction verified March 24, 2026
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have an updated sanitation inspection.
- Medium High March 19, 2026 Correction verified April 7, 2026
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
7 children were observed to be unbuckled in the kidney bean toddler table during meal service. This was corrected at inspection when all the children were removed from the table.
- Medium High March 19, 2026 Correction verified March 24, 2026
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
A child allergic to peanuts did not have an allergy plan on file that was signed by both the parent and the physician.
- Medium High March 19, 2026 Correction verified March 24, 2026
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The operation did not have an updated fire inspection.
- Medium High April 24, 2025 Correction verified May 30, 2025
746.1203(5): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver made demeaning and inappropriate comments towards the children in care.
- High April 24, 2025 Correction verified May 30, 2025
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver yelled at children in care.
- Medium November 15, 2024 Correction verified December 4, 2024
746.501(a)(13): Written Operational Policies - Enrollment
The operational policies did not have enrollment procedures or a policy for policy changes.
- Medium High November 15, 2024 Correction verified December 6, 2024
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Seven of ten children records did not have a current immunization record on file.
- Medium High November 15, 2024 Correction verified November 21, 2024
746.5401: Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
The last documented gas inspection was from 2022.
- High June 25, 2024 Correction verified July 18, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that an operational employee forcefully picked a child in care up off the ground by their left arm on more than one occasion when the child was acting defiant.
- Medium June 25, 2024 Correction verified July 15, 2024
746.1309(b): Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that an operational staff who had access to a child in care unsupervised did not have Positive Guidance and Discipline Training when an incident occurred with prohibited punishment.
- High March 23, 2024 Correction verified July 18, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a caregiver failed to utilize good judgement and self-control when a sleep aid was administered to children in care prior to naptime. The caregiver failed to utilize good judgement when she administered a sleep aid without parental consent.
- High March 23, 2024 Correction verified July 18, 2024
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a collateral caregiver failed to report a caregiver administering an over-the-counter sleep aid to children in care prior to naptime.
- Medium February 21, 2024 Correction verified April 4, 2024
746.2907(b): Toddler Out of Crib When Not Sleeping
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that toddlers were placed in their cribs at the end of day during pick-up so the caregivers could clean the classroom.
- Medium High February 21, 2024 Correction verified April 4, 2024
746.2803(2): Discipline - Appropriate to Child's Level of Understanding
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a young child in care was placed in a crib twice for hitting another child in care as a form of punishment.
- Medium February 21, 2024 Correction verified April 4, 2024
746.1309(b): Documented Annual Training - 6 Hours of annual training required
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that the primary caregiver was not current on the required annual training.
- High February 8, 2024 Correction verified May 14, 2024
746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
Two transportation vehicles were inspected. Two vehicles did not have an electronic alarm system as required.
- High February 8, 2024 Correction verified February 22, 2024
746.5617(a)(5): Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
Two of the transportation vehicles were inspected. One transportation vehicle did not have a fire extinguisher. The other transportation vehicle had an expired fire extinguisher.
- High February 8, 2024 Correction verified February 22, 2024
746.5617(a)(6): Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
Two transportation vehicles were inspected. One of the two transportation vehicles did not have a first aid kit.
- High September 1, 2023 Correction verified November 16, 2023
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a caregiver failed to utilize good judgment with a child in care when the caregiver applied forceful pressure to a young child's arm with their hand and pulled the child upward from the ground.
- High September 1, 2023 Correction verified November 16, 2023
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a child in care was physically abused by a caregiver.
- High August 7, 2023 Correction verified October 13, 2023
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
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS investigation that a young child in care was unsupervised for a 15-minute duration.
- High August 7, 2023 Correction verified October 13, 2023
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation that three caregivers neglectfully supervised a child in care.
- Medium High January 19, 2023 Correction verified February 2, 2023
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver did not have current CPR First Aid when caring for children.
- High October 21, 2022 Correction verified November 17, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
It was determined throughout the course of the HHS investigation that two caregivers forcefully threw a ball at a child's face leaving a red mark. It was also determined that one of the two caregivers forcefully picked a child in care up by the arms and placed the child in time-out in a forceful manner.
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About this record
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