# The Children's Courtyard, INC.

The Children's Courtyard, INC. is a licensed child care program (child care center) in New Braunfels, TX serving ages Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 229 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 241 Hunters Vlg, New Braunfels, TX 78132

- Ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Capacity: 229
- License/permit: 1692438- 810
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (830) 625-4404

- Hours: 06:30 AM-06:30 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
- Accepts child care subsidies: yes
- Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=1332768

## Inspection record
27 findings across 36 Texas HHSC inspections (2021-12-13 to 2026-06-23); 21 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2026-02-19 — Facilities & equipment, High risk, Correction verified 2026-04-09: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual: Video footage shows a caregiver picking a child up from their nap mat, the caregiver then aggressively hands the child the mat causing the child to take a step back.  The same video also shows the caregiver roughly pushing the child?s head up when she is attempting to talk to the child.  At the end of the video, the caregiver roughly lays the child down on their nap mat. (§746.2805; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2805))
- 2025-04-30 — Safety hazards, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2025-06-04: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children: A two year old child tripped while holding a caregiver's hand. The caregiver brought the child to their chest by raising the child by up with one arm. Same caregiver was carrying two children, and they set the second child down releasing the child a minimal distance before the child was all the way to the ground.     *The above instances were not discipline related.* (§746.1203(5); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1203-5))
- 2025-03-05 — Facilities & equipment, High risk, Correction verified 2025-04-14: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling: Based on the video, a caregiver grabbed a child by one arm and the child grabs the caregiver?s arm with the other hand and the child can be seen in the video being lifted off the ground as the caregiver is walking out of the classroom. (§746.2805(3); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2805-3))
- 2025-03-05 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2025-04-14: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: The operation staff failed to ensure that all children were accounted for while transitioning the children out of the classroom to go into the gym at the end of the day, resulting in a child being left unattended in the classroom for approximately 15 minutes.  The operation terminated the caregiver responsible for the incident. (§746.1205(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-4))
- 2025-03-05 — Health records & medication, Medium risk, Correction verified 2025-04-14: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: The incident report was not updated with the additional information that was viewed from the video after the self-report was made, which makes it unknown if the parents were told about the additional information. (§746.707; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-707))
- 2025-03-05 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2025-04-14: Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling: Based on the information gathered from interviews and video, a teacher was heard and seen on video using a yelling unpleasant type of tone and had an angry demeanor with the child that was left in the room unsupervised for 15 minutes. (§746.2805(5); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2805-5))
- 2024-11-25 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2024-12-05: Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current: One out of ten children's records was missing a current immunization. (§746.613(b); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-613-b))
- 2023-12-28 — Food & nutrition, Medium risk, Correction verified 2024-01-03: Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days: Four out of ten feeding schedules had not been updated timely. (§746.2421(b); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-2421-b))
- 2023-12-28 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-high risk, Corrected at inspection: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards: The safety straps in the highchairs located in the infant II room were observed to have an accumulation of food on them.  This was corrected when a teacher came in the room to clean them.  The shelf in the infant II room had an accumulation of dust with a few dirty toys.  This was corrected when the shelf and toys were cleaned.  A drawer in the 3-year-old room had a broken latch with a few unsafe items such as adult scissors and staple remover.  This was corrected when the items were removed and put out of the way of children. (§746.3701; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-3701))
- 2023-12-28 — Supervision & ratios, Medium risk, Corrected at inspection: Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving: One employee was not inactivated after leaving the operation in September.   This was corrected when the director validated the list again for the month. (§745.651(1); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-745-651-1))
- 2023-09-15 — Supervision & ratios, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2023-09-28: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children: The infant II room was over ratio by one around 1:10pm.  The room had 5 infants and the youngest was 9months old and the oldest was 12 months old with one teacher.  This was corrected when the director removed an infant back to the infant I room. (§746.1601; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1601))
- 2023-09-15 — Facilities & equipment, High risk, Correction verified 2023-10-19: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety: Based on the interviews and video, a 19month old child that was being transferred to another room ran ahead of the caregiver during transition time, which resulted in the child walking in between parents out one door that leads into the foyer and out the front door of the building while walking in between two different parents until the child?s parent saw him outside in the front of the daycare next to a parent. (§746.1205(a)(5); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-5))
- 2023-08-11 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2023-10-19: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Caregivers at the operation failed to ensure that an item was inaccessible to a child after taking it away several times, resulting in the child retrieving it and placing it in their mouth, resulting in a choking incident. (§746.1205(a)(4); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1205-a-4))
- 2023-03-29 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2023-03-30: Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.: One out of five staff records that were reviewed for the HASA did not have a current pediatric CPR/First-aid card.  The training expired on March 12, 2023.  This was corrected when the director called to make an appointment. (§746.1315(a); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-1315-a))
- 2022-08-24 — Fire safety & emergency drills, Medium-high risk, Correction verified 2022-09-12: Fire Extinguishers Serviced: The three fire extinguishers located in the building were lasted serviced in July 2021. (§746.5307(b); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-5307-b))
- …and 12 more on the source page.

## Nearby programs
- [The Goddard School](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1395500) — 1.36 km, capacity 257
- [Y School Age @ Veramendi](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1512261) — 1.39 km, capacity 100
- [Learning Their Way](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1368025) — 2.88 km, capacity 51
- [Y School Age @Seele](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1288131) — 3.16 km, capacity 100
- [Kids Day Out](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-157591) — 3.32 km, capacity 80
- [New Braunfels Head Start Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1383792) — 4.21 km, capacity 45

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 1332768 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=1332768
- us_census_geocoder record 241 HUNTERS VLG|NEW BRAUNFELS|TX|78132 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/

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Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1332768 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.
