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Children's Orchard Academy on Hillside

Licensed & activeAges Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, SchoolUp to 238 children

9175 Hillside Rd, Amarillo, TX 79119

Safety record

10 findings across 38 inspections

9 were rated high or medium-high risk. All were marked corrected. Texas HHSC inspections since 2024.

Supervision & ratiosHigh riskCorrectedSep 3, 2026
Report Situation Placing Children at Risk: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a report was not made by the operation regarding a situation that placed a child at risk with being left unsupervised.
Health records & medicationMedium riskCorrectedSep 3, 2026
Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: An incident report was written on 8/28/2026 after a situation that places a child at risk but was not shared or signed by the parent within 2 days of the incident.
Supervision & ratiosHigh riskCorrected

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Date	Inspection	Result	Evidence
Oct 28, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	Verified
Oct 20, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	Verified
Oct 6, 2026	Investigation of a report	No deficiencies cited	Verified
Sep 22, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	Verified

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Date	Code	Severity	Status	Finding (source text)
Sep 3, 2026	§746.305(a)(6) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	Report Situation Placing Children at Risk: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a report was not made by the operation regarding a situation that placed a child at risk with being left unsupervised.
Sep 3, 2026	§746.707 Health records & medication	Medium risk	Corrected	Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: An incident report was written on 8/28/2026 after a situation that places a child at risk but was not shared or signed by the parent within 2 days of the incident.
Sep 3, 2026	§746.1205(a)(4) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a child was unaccounted for about 10 minutes after their classroom transitioned out of the cafeteria and back to their classroom.
Jul 14, 2026	§746.1205(a)(4) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child's on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of the child, as a child was in a classroom for approximately fourteen minutes by themselves before they were found by staff.
Jun 18, 2026	§745.621(a)(2) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone: An individual that had a prior eligible background check was inactivated on 06/17/2026 and has continued to be present at the operation without an eligible background check at the operation. The individual is currently inactive and requires a new background check submission to be present at the operation. The individual left the operation during the inspection.
Jun 16, 2026	§746.1205(a)(4) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Children were left the classroom unattended and were unsupervised in the halls and office.
Sep 12, 2025	§746.2805(3) Other	High risk	Corrected	Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver would discipline by grabbing children by the arm in a rough manner.
Aug 13, 2025	§746.2805(3) Other	High risk	Corrected	Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver has grabbed multiple children by the arm in a rough manner when disciplining.
Aug 13, 2025	§746.1205(a)(5) Facilities & equipment	High risk	Corrected	Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an incident occurred where children were repeatedly climbing on shelves during nap time in the classroom and the caregiver failed to intervene. The caregiver sat on the ground instead of removing the children from the shelves to ensure their safety. The caregiver doesn?t attempt to redirect the children until after a child falls off the shelf and lands onto another child laying on their nap mat resulting in the other child crying.
Apr 25, 2025	§746.1205(a)(4) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: A child walks out of the classroom and down the three halls without supervision, while the caregiver was changing a diaper in the diapering pod. Staff was unable to see and unaware he left the room.

Date

Code

Severity

Status

Finding (source text)

Sep 3, 2026

§746.305(a)(6)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

Report Situation Placing Children at Risk: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a report was not made by the operation regarding a situation that placed a child at risk with being left unsupervised.

Sep 3, 2026

§746.707

Health records & medication

Medium risk

Corrected

Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: An incident report was written on 8/28/2026 after a situation that places a child at risk but was not shared or signed by the parent within 2 days of the incident.

Sep 3, 2026

§746.1205(a)(4)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a child was unaccounted for about 10 minutes after their classroom transitioned out of the cafeteria and back to their classroom.

Jul 14, 2026

§746.1205(a)(4)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child's on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of the child, as a child was in a classroom for approximately fourteen minutes by themselves before they were found by staff.

Jun 18, 2026

§745.621(a)(2)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone: An individual that had a prior eligible background check was inactivated on 06/17/2026 and has continued to be present at the operation without an eligible background check at the operation. The individual is currently inactive and requires a new background check submission to be present at the operation. The individual left the operation during the inspection.

Jun 16, 2026

§746.1205(a)(4)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: Children were left the classroom unattended and were unsupervised in the halls and office.

Sep 12, 2025

§746.2805(3)

Other

High risk

Corrected

Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver would discipline by grabbing children by the arm in a rough manner.

Aug 13, 2025

§746.2805(3)

Other

High risk

Corrected

Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver has grabbed multiple children by the arm in a rough manner when disciplining.

Aug 13, 2025

§746.1205(a)(5)

Facilities & equipment

High risk

Corrected

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety: Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an incident occurred where children were repeatedly climbing on shelves during nap time in the classroom and the caregiver failed to intervene. The caregiver sat on the ground instead of removing the children from the shelves to ensure their safety. The caregiver doesn?t attempt to redirect the children until after a child falls off the shelf and lands onto another child laying on their nap mat resulting in the other child crying.

Apr 25, 2025

§746.1205(a)(4)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: A child walks out of the classroom and down the three halls without supervision, while the caregiver was changing a diaper in the diapering pod. Staff was unable to see and unaware he left the room.

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Treehouse Childrens Academy Amarillo, 79109	Child care center	—	222	No records	—	4.0 km
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Source	Record	Facts	Evidence	Effective	Retrieved
Texas HHSC Operations TX	1487561	name, type, status, capacity, ages, hours, address, phone, subsidies	Verified	—	Nov 5, 2026
us_census_geocoder US	9175 HILLSIDE RD\|AMARILLO\|TX…	location Census Geocoder Exact match: 9175 HILLSIDE RD, AMARILLO, TX, 79119	Verified	—	Nov 5, 2026
tx_twc_subsidy_providers TX	1803308	tx_rising_star_rating, accepts_cc_subsidy	Verified	Jul 7, 2026	Nov 6, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905884383		Verified	Oct 28, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905884382		Verified	Oct 20, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905952906		Verified	Oct 6, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905884381		Verified	Sep 22, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905884380		Verified	Sep 18, 2026	Nov 5, 2026

Children's Orchard Academy on Hillside

10 findings across 38 inspections

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Children's Orchard Academy on Hillside

10 findings across 38 inspections

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