Licensed Child Care Center · Houston, TX 77026
Between Oct 20, 2021 and Oct 20, 2026, the state cited Imagination Island for 28 deficiencies — the Texas HHSC term for rule violations — over 10 routine inspections and 1 other visit (investigations or paperwork reviews); 0 were under rules the state weights High. The rule cited most often here is 746.501 (4 times, most recently Jun 3, 2025).
The state lists Imagination Island as serving infant, toddler, pre-kindergarten, and school-age children, open 06:30 AM to 06:00 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat). Programs on file: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Weekend Care, Field Trips. Program type: Child Care Program.
Of the 28 violations at Imagination Island, 0 fall under rules Texas weights High and 10 under Medium High; the state sets each rule’s weight by the risk a violation poses to children. How weights work
| Weight | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| High | 0 | 0% |
| Medium High | 10 | 36% |
| Medium | 14 | 50% |
| Medium Low | 2 | 7% |
| Low | 2 | 7% |
Imagination Island had 28 violations in five years, more than the median of 11 across Houston’s 923 licensed child care centers, and 2.7 per routine inspection against a median of 1.0 — a count of state records, not a rating.
6 rules were cited more than once at Imagination Island in the last five years.
| Rule | Times | What the rule covers |
|---|---|---|
| 746.501 Medium | 4 | The center must have written policies on a long list of topics, including hours, how children are released, illness and exclusion, medication, medical emergencies, discipline, infant sleep, meals, immunizations, physical activity, parent rights, and its emergency plan. It must also tell parents that the area within 1,000 feet of the center is a gang-free zone. Official rule text Most recent: Jun 3, 2025 · first: Jun 3, 2025 |
| 746.3701 Medium High | 3 | All areas children can reach must be free of hazards. The rule lists examples such as childproof covers on outlets for children under five, heaters and fans mounted out of reach or guarded, poisonous plants kept out of reach, pools, buckets, and other water kept away from children, and TVs anchored so they cannot tip over. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024 Most recent: Jun 3, 2025 · first: Jun 28, 2023 |
| 746.603 Medium | 3 | The center must keep a record for each enrolled child, including the enrollment agreement, admission information, a health statement from a health-care professional, and immunization records, plus items such as sign-in and sign-out records and medication records when they apply. These records must be kept at the center, available during operating hours, generally until three months after the child's last day. Official rule text Most recent: Jun 3, 2025 · first: Jun 28, 2023 |
| 746.1329 Medium Low | 2 | The center must keep the original certificate or letter for each employee's annual training in the employee's file, showing the person's name, the date, topic, trainer and trainer's qualifications, and length. Pediatric first aid and CPR certificates must also show an expiration or renewal date, and orientation and pre-service training need a signed, dated statement from the employee and the trainer or a certificate. Official rule text Most recent: May 11, 2026 · first: Jun 25, 2024 |
| 746.2207 Medium | 2 | Centers may not use screen time for children under two. For older children, screen time may only add to other activities, not replace them, and it must be tied to planned learning goals, age-appropriate, no more than one hour a day, free of ads and violence, and not used during meals, snacks, naps, or rest times. Official rule text Most recent: May 11, 2026 · first: Jun 28, 2023 |
| 746.3427 Medium High | 2 | Pest Extermination Most recent: May 11, 2026 · first: Jun 21, 2024 |
| Year | Routine inspections | All state visits | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (from Oct 20) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
11 visits on record since Oct 20, 2021, newest first, including visits that found nothing.
| Date | Type | Rules checked | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | Inspection | 591 | None |
| May 20, 2026 | Inspection | 2 | None |
| May 11, 2026 | Inspection | 448 | 5 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Inspection | 836 | 7 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Inspection | 122 | 4 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Inspection | 324 | 3 |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Inspection | 5 | 1 |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Inspection | 816 | 7 |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Inspection | 224 | None |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Assessment | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Inspection | 353 | None |
2 rules cited at Imagination Island changed after some of these citations (marked “rule revised”), so the wording that applied at the time may differ from our plain-English explanation.
Medium Low · May 11, 2026 · Inspection
The director transports for field trips and says the 2-hour course was completed in summer of 2025, but could not find the certificate.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · May 11, 2026 · Inspection
Live roaches are present inside the operation.
Official text of rule 746.3427
Medium · May 11, 2026 · Inspection
The tv was on with a children's show on during nap time/ rest time. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver turned off the tv.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · May 11, 2026 · Inspection
1 child who had a diaper change did not wash their hands with soap and water. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver cleaned the child's hands at the hand washing sink.
In plain English: Children must wash their hands before eating and before water-table play, and after using the toilet or having a diaper changed, after outdoor activities, after playing in sand, and after feeding or touching animals. They must also wash any other time a caregiver has reason to believe they touched something that could harm them. Official rule text
Medium High · May 11, 2026 · Inspection
The sanitation inspection on file expired 3/23/26.
In plain English: The center must have a sanitation inspection by a local sanitation official before its first permit and at least once every 12 months, unless it is in a public school building run by the local school district. If no inspection is available, the center must get written proof of that from a sanitation official or county judge and keep it at the center. Official rule text
Medium · Jun 3, 2025 · Inspection
The last validation was completed on 8/27/2024.
In plain English: When a person with a background check stops being associated with the operation, the operation must mark them inactive within seven days. It must also confirm its current list of people with background checks every three months, or once a year for licensed and registered child-care homes and listed family homes. Official rule text
Medium · Jun 3, 2025 · Inspection
The center's operational policies is missing information on: (1)Enter and examine your center during its hours of operation without advance notice; (2)File a complaint against your center; (3)Review your center's publicly accessible records ; (4)Review your center's written records concerning the parent's child); (5)Receive from your center: (A)HHSC's inspection reports for your center; and (B)Information regarding how to access your center's compliance history online; (6)Have your center comply with a valid court order signed by a judge that prevents another parent from visiting or removing the parent's child from your center; (7)Be provided with contact information for Child Care Regulation, including the department's name, address, and telephone number; (8)View any video recordings of an alleged incident of abuse or neglect involving the parent's child maintained by your center as long as: (A) Video recordings of the alleged incident are available; (B) The parent is not allowed to retain any portion of the video depicting a child who is not the parent's child; and (C) Your center notifies in writing the parent of any other child captured in the video recording, before allowing the parent to inspect the video recording; (9)Obtain a copy of your center's policies and procedures; (10) Review, upon request of the parent, your: (A) Staff training records; and (B) In-house training curriculum, if any; and (11) Be free from any retaliatory action by your center for exercising any of the parent's rights.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 3, 2025 · Inspection
Operational policies is missing information on Instructions on how a parent may access the: (A) Minimum standards online; and (C) HHSC website.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Jun 3, 2025 · Inspection
The playground is overgrown with vines and weeds and in need of maintenance.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 3, 2025 · Inspection
2 out of 4 children records missing a record of immunizations.
Plain-English explanation above
Low · Jun 3, 2025 · Inspection
Operational policy is missing information on providing a comfortable place with an adult sized seat in your center or within a classroom that enables a mother to breastfeed her child. In addition, your policies must inform parents that they have the right to breastfeed or provide breast milk for their child while in care
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 3, 2025 · Inspection
The operational policy is missing information on water activities.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Jun 25, 2024 · Inspection
The operation does not have a copy of the Emergency Preparedness Plan.
In plain English: The center's written emergency plan must explain how staff will evacuate, relocate, or shelter and lock down children, including children under 24 months and those who need extra help, and how every child will be accounted for. It must also cover how the center will contact authorities and parents, bring each child's emergency contacts and medical authorization, keep caring for children until they are picked up, and reunite them with parents. Official rule text
Medium High · Jun 25, 2024 · Inspection
The operateion's last fire inspection was completed on 3/31/23.
In plain English: The center must have a fire inspection by a state or local fire marshal before its first permit is issued and at least once every 12 months. Centers in public school buildings run by the local school district are exempt, and if no inspection is available the center must get written proof of that from a fire marshal or county judge. Official rule text
Low · Jun 25, 2024 · Inspection
The infant caregiver's first aid/ CPR certificat of training is not present at the operation.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 25, 2024 · Inspection
The operation does not have on file safety documentation for emergency drills, fire extinguishers, and smoke detectors.
In plain English: The center must keep certain records ready for state review during operating hours, including children's records, staff and training records, the director's certificate, staff time sheets, proof of liability insurance (or written notice to parents that it has none), playground checklists, and records of emergency drills, fire extinguishers, and smoke detectors. It must also keep its most recent fire, sanitation, and (if needed) gas inspection reports and its daily sign-in and sign-out system. Official rule text
Medium High · Jun 21, 2024 · Inspection
The diaper changing table used by the infant caregiver is torn and needs replacing.
In plain English: The center must have a smooth, non-absorbent, easy-to-clean diaper-changing surface and a hand-washing sink in the diapering area, and may not change diapers where children play or eat. When a child is on a raised changing surface, the caregiver must use a guard such as raised sides, keep a hand on the child, or stay facing the child within arm's reach. Official rule text
Medium · Jun 21, 2024 · Inspection
The caregiver left in charge did not have access to documentation for review as requested by Licensing.
In plain English: Whenever the director is away during operating hours, a qualified caregiver or director must be named to be in charge, and that person must know their duties and for how long, have the information needed to contact parents and authorities, and have authority to run the center. All employees must know who is in charge, and for a long absence the center must name someone who meets director qualifications and report that person to the state. Official rule text
Medium High · Jun 21, 2024 · Inspection
Live roaches were present in the infant room cubbies and 1 live roach in the kitchen space.
Official text of rule 746.3427
Medium High · Jul 25, 2023 · Inspection
The outdoor play space has pieces of glass on the ground.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
Medium High · Jun 28, 2023 · Inspection
The outdoor play space needs to be cleared of pieces of metal, trash, metal wires as tripping hazards and the fence facing the building has a hole large enough for a child to walk through.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
Medium · Jun 28, 2023 · Inspection
1 out of 4 children's records is missing the required health statement.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 28, 2023 · Inspection
The director needs training certificates for all topics in annual training for evaluated year.
In plain English: A center director must complete 30 hours of training each year that fits the ages of the children served, including at least six hours on topics such as child development or guidance and discipline, at least one hour on preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect, and three to six hours on management or staff supervision depending on experience. At least six of the hours must be instructor-led. Official rule text
Medium · Jun 28, 2023 · Inspection
The pre-k tv was on playing Trolls while the children in a different space eating lunch. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver turned the tv off.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 28, 2023 · Inspection
The playground was reduced by the landlord with a new fence on 6/24/23, causing the outdoor space to be reduced. No prior notification of change in space was made to Licensing. Note: the changes were discussed during inspection.
In plain English: The center must tell the state in writing before making certain changes, such as moving, adding or reducing indoor or outdoor space, adding a pool, changing the ages served or the hours of operation, or offering new services like transportation or field trips. Advance notice is also required for a planned closure of five or more days in a row (other than national holidays), going out of business, or a change in ownership. Official rule text
Medium · Jun 28, 2023 · Inspection
1 out of 4 children's files is missing the immunization record.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 28, 2023 · Inspection
2 out of 3 staff files needs training certificates for annual training requirements for evaluated training year.
In plain English: A caregiver's 24 hours of yearly training must fit the ages of the children in their care and cover set topics, including at least six hours on areas such as child development or guidance and discipline, and at least one hour on preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect. At least five of the hours must be instructor-led, and caregivers of children under 24 months must also have one hour on shaken baby syndrome, infant sleep practices and SIDS, and early brain development. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024
Medium Low · Feb 25, 2022 · Assessment
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.
In plain English: The center must tell the state in writing within five days when its designee, the head of its governing body, their address, or its director changes. Each year by January 15, it must report online how many employees stopped working there during the previous year. Official rule text
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Explanations follow the current rules (HHSC minimum standards, revised December 2025).