The Lilypad Garden School
Licensed Center in San Antonio, Texas. License #1722980, issued August 12, 2021.
- Address
- 18952 Redland Rd, San Antonio, TX 78259
- Phone
- (210) 497-3024
- Licensed capacity
- 218 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, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star, entry level
In the program and not yet star-rated. This is a stage, not a low score.
In effect since September 10, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 8, 2026.
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 3,876 standards at The Lilypad Garden School between February 22, 2022 and June 16, 2026 and recorded 10 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 | 357 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,835 of those standards. The remaining 41, including 8 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 27 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 16, 2026, and 10 citations.
4 of those visits began with The Lilypad Garden School 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.
- 4High
- 1Medium High
- 3Medium
- 2Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium June 16, 2026 Correction verified June 18, 2026
746.605(10): Required Admission Information - Physician Information
Two of ten children's records audited did not have their physician's information on file.
- Medium Low January 20, 2026 Correction verified January 26, 2026
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
The operation did not report the number of employees to leave the operation by the required date.
- Medium November 25, 2025 Correction verified December 3, 2025
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Two infant feeding sheets were not current in an infant classroom.
- Medium High November 7, 2025 Correction verified November 19, 2025
746.2409(a)(1): Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting, Firm, Flat Mattress Designed for Use in Crib
During inspection it was observed that 13 cribs had additional mats in the cirbs. One of the 13 cribs had two full size mats and a thin mat. One of 13 cribs had two full size mats in the cribs.
- High November 7, 2025 Correction verified November 7, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Two caregiver's did not have a background check submitted. Note: One staff member was counted in ratio during walk through and left operation at 1:00 pm and other caregiver was not present during inspection. Background checks were submitted during inspection.
- Medium July 10, 2024 Correction verified August 5, 2024
746.4307: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Exits Required
A newly added playground did not contain 2 exits.
- High July 10, 2024 Correction verified July 23, 2024
746.4601(3): Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Entrapment Openings
There was one gate on the 18+ playground that did not close at the ground level creating an approximate 2 in gap. On the back playground where the fence material did not meet the shed, there was a large enough gap where children could exit the playground.
- High April 21, 2023 Correction verified August 10, 2023
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Former caregiver was seen in video footage grabbing and pulling a child across the carpet.
- High April 21, 2023 Correction verified August 10, 2023
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
Former caregiver was seen in video footage hitting a child in the foot with the child's shoe.
- Medium Low February 22, 2022 Correction verified March 21, 2022
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
Five of the ten personnel records reviewed did not have the employment affidavit in file.
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About this record
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