Stepping Stone School Xxi
1020 LIGHTFOOT ST, Kyle, TX 78640 · Hays County
Program
- Type
- Licensed center
- Licensed capacity
- 185
- Ages
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:15 PM
- Director / administrator
- Lorena Santopadre
- Phone
- (512) 262-7409
- Regulated since
- Oct 11, 2017
- HHSC IDs
- Operation 1279134 · number 1654136- 1967
- Official record
- HHSC Child Care Search
Violations by category
Year by year
| Year | Violations | Serious | Main categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | Illness & medication (1), Supervision & ratios (2), Food & allergies (1) |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | Supervision & ratios (3), Discipline & child guidance (1), Other (1) |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | Supervision & ratios (1) |
| 2022 | 13 | 5 | Supervision & ratios (5), Safety & premises (3), Food & allergies (2), Other (3) |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 | Supervision & ratios (3), Other (2) |
Inspections, investigations & assessments
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Sep 9, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 10, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 6, 2026 Report
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 10, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 11, 2026 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 29, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 8, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 5, 2025 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Food & allergies
This investigation found that a child was served their identified food allergy.
HHSC 746.3301(i) — Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-12-19. Correction verified 2025-12-29.
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Food & allergies
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Apr 21, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 18, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 15, 2025 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
This investigation found that there has been issues with supervision at the operation.
HHSC 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
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2025-04-10. Correction verified 2025-04-21.
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Supervision & ratios
This investigation has found that the operation has been out of ratio for infant's multiple times during early morning drop off.
HHSC 746.1601 — Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2025-04-10. Correction verified 2025-04-21.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Feb 3, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 31, 2025 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 31, 2025 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 24, 2025 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Illness & medication
The incident report for the injury was not signed within 48 hours, the incident happened on a Friday and the report was signed the following Tuesday.
HHSC 746.705 — Incident/Illness Report Form Signed
HHSC risk weight: Low. Corrected 2025-02-18. Correction verified 2025-02-28.
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Illness & medication
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Aug 28, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 14, 2024 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 7, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Aug 6, 2024 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Discipline & child guidance Serious
This investigation found that a caregiver had put her hands on a child causing them to hit their head into a wall.
HHSC 746.2805(1) — Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2024-08-14. Correction verified 2024-08-28.
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Other Serious
This investigation found that a caregiver was yelling at a child.
HHSC 746.2805(5) — Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2024-08-14. Correction verified 2024-08-28.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
This investigation found that the operation did not notify the parents immediately following the incident.
HHSC 746.307(b)(4) — Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2024-08-14. Correction verified 2024-08-28.
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Discipline & child guidance Serious
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Jun 27, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 6, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 28, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 22, 2024 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
The investigation found that the operation has had supervision issues.
HHSC 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
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2024-06-18. Correction verified 2024-06-27.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Apr 17, 2024 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Apr 5, 2024 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios
The investigation found that the operation has been out of ratio on more than one occasion.
HHSC 746.1601 — Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2024-05-31. Correction verified 2024-06-06.
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Supervision & ratios
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Dec 29, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 27, 2023 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 19, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 16, 2023 Report · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 8, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 13, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 24, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jan 12, 2023 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios
It was found through investigation that the operation did not correctly report the amount of food eaten by an infant on the daily report given to the parents
HHSC 746.2431(2) — Infant Daily Report - Times and Amount of Food
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2023-02-15. Correction verified 2023-02-13.
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Supervision & ratios
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Jan 3, 2023 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 31, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Food & allergies
It was found that an infant was allowed to sleep with a bottle.
HHSC 746.2419(7) — Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2023-01-25. Correction verified 2023-02-13.
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Food & allergies
It was found an infant was fed a bottle that was not theirs.
HHSC 746.2421(a) — Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2023-01-25. Correction verified 2023-02-13.
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Food & allergies
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Oct 14, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 19, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 15, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Safety & premises Serious
The caregivers did not demonstrate good judgment when the caregiver's wrote an incident reported that stated that a child was walking and fell on a toy. The investigation showed the child was placed in a crib and fell out. The incident report did not match the incident that occurred.
HHSC 746.1201(1) — Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2022-10-07. Correction verified 2022-10-14.
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Safety & premises Serious
A child was placed in a crib that did not have a safely secured drop down gate, causing the child to fall out.
HHSC 746.2409(a)(8) — Safety Requirements for Cribs - Drop gates, if present fasten securely and cannot be opened by a child
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2022-10-07. Correction verified 2022-10-14.
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Other
7 of the 9 infant feeding instructions reviewed were more than 30 days old or did not include a date.
HHSC 746.2421(b) — Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2022-10-07. Correction verified 2022-10-14.
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Other
It was found through an investigation that parents were not informed of the actual injury their child sustained in care.
HHSC 746.307(c) — Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
HHSC risk weight: Medium. Corrected 2022-10-07. Correction verified 2022-10-14.
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Safety & premises Serious
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Sep 15, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios
During an inspection it was found that an infant classroom had 11 children in one classroom with two caregivers. This was corrected at the inspection when the infant was moved to another room putting the classroom into compliance.
HHSC 746.1601 — Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-10-07. Correction verified 2022-10-14.
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Supervision & ratios
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Sep 9, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Sep 8, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios
The operation is found to have a class of 18?23-month-old children over ratio.
HHSC 746.1601 — Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-10-07. Correction verified 2022-10-14.
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Supervision & ratios
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Jun 30, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Jun 23, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Safety & premises Serious
During inspection a nine month infant was observed to be sleeping in a crib with a blanket. This was corrected when the director removed the blanket.
HHSC 746.2415(b) — AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2022-06-23. Correction verified 2022-06-30.
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Safety & premises Serious
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Jun 8, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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May 25, 2022 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Other
The director did not designate a caregiver in charge in her absence.
HHSC 746.1013(a) — Director's Absence - Qualified Caregiver in Charge
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-05-25. Correction verified 2022-06-08.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
During the inspection a school age child was observed wandering around the operation alone. The child was looking for a caregiver unsupervised until a caregiver came and got the child.
HHSC 746.1203(4) — Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2022-05-25. Correction verified 2022-06-08.
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Other
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May 16, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios
During the inspection caregivers were observed walking out of classrooms for up to three minutes leaving the classrooms out of ratio.
HHSC 746.1601 — Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2022-05-25. Correction verified 2022-06-08.
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Supervision & ratios
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Apr 14, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Mar 4, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 18, 2022 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Feb 18, 2022 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios Serious
During inspection, in the Publisher classroom, there were 15 2yo-3yo children outside on the playground with both caregivers. There were two children observed walking away from the group and stood by the playground entry door. One child was observed climbing the window seal and running inside. The caregivers were unaware the two children left the group. The assistant director informed one of the caregivers to retrieve the children.
HHSC 746.1203(4) — Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2022-02-18. Correction verified 2022-03-04.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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Dec 21, 2021 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Dec 7, 2021 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Other Serious
It was found during the inspection that a caregiver said they had 13 children in the classroom and there were 17.
HHSC 746.1203(2) — Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2021-12-07. Correction verified 2021-12-21.
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Other Serious
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Nov 24, 2021 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Nov 23, 2021 Report · Deficiencies cited
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Supervision & ratios
During a walk through of the operation, it was observed that a caregiver left the classroom to assist a parent in the lobby. Leaving that classroom out of ratio.
HHSC 746.1601 — Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2021-11-24. Correction verified 2021-12-14.
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Supervision & ratios
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Oct 19, 2021 Inspection · No deficiencies cited
No violations cited on this visit.
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Oct 5, 2021 Inspection · Deficiencies cited
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Other Serious
When a caregiver was asked how many children they had the caregiver said they had 16 when there were 17. There were two caregivers in seperate classrooms that gave the wrong number of children in care. One caregiver said their room had 12 when they had 11 and the other caregiver said they had 17 when they had 15.
HHSC 746.1203(2) — Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2021-10-05. Correction verified 2021-10-19.
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Other Serious
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Aug 24, 2021 Report · Deficiencies cited (self-report)
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Supervision & ratios Serious
During the investigation it was found that a child was not being adequately supervised when they fell off a slide causing three fractures in child?s arm. The caregiver admitted to not having visual/auditory supervision of the child during the incident and stated that they were unable to intervene to ensure the child?s safety.
HHSC 746.1203(4) — Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
HHSC risk weight: High. Corrected 2021-10-04. Correction verified 2021-10-05.
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Supervision & ratios
It was found when I arrived at the inspection that a single caregiver was with 17 children with the specified age group of 3. The operation also exceed the max group size when another caregiver arrived and they were left with 25 children with a specifed age group of 2.
HHSC 746.1609 — Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children
HHSC risk weight: Medium High. Corrected 2021-09-21. Correction verified 2021-10-05.
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Supervision & ratios Serious
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