26 were rated high or medium-high risk. All were marked corrected. Texas HHSC inspections since 2023.
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained: Not enough loose fill material was present. The dirt ground could be seen around the slide area. Loose fill material was not at appropriate depth. There was grass and weeds growing in the loose fill on the playground.
AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone: During an inspection, a caregiver was observed to be present prior to a background check being entered through the online provider portal. The caregiver was sent home during the inspection.
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| Date | Inspection | Result | Findings | Open | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Investigation of a report | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| May 14, 2026 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months: The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in March 2025.
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Unlock in the report| May 11, 2026 | Investigation of a report | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 2 | 0 | Verified |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Investigation of a report | Deficiencies cited | 4 | 0 | Verified |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Investigation of a report (self-reported) | Deficiencies cited | 5 | 0 | Verified |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Investigation of a report | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| May 22, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| May 19, 2025 | Investigation of a report (self-reported) | Deficiencies cited | 2 | 0 | Verified |
| May 1, 2025 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 2 | 0 | Verified |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Investigation of a report | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Assessment | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 1 | 0 | Verified |
| Dec 10, 2024 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 3 | 0 | Verified |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Inspection | Deficiencies cited | 2 | 0 | Verified |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Investigation of a report (self-reported) | Deficiencies cited | 3 | 0 | Verified |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Investigation of a report | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| May 14, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| May 10, 2024 | Investigation of a report | Deficiencies cited | 2 | 0 | Verified |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | 0 | Verified |
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| Date | Code | Severity | Status | Finding (source text) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2026 | §746.4907(d) Facilities & equipment | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained: Not enough loose fill material was present. The dirt ground could be seen around the slide area. Loose fill material was not at appropriate depth. There was grass and weeds growing in the loose fill on the playground. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | §745.621(a)(2) Staff qualifications & clearances | High risk | Corrected | AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone: During an inspection, a caregiver was observed to be present prior to a background check being entered through the online provider portal. The caregiver was sent home during the inspection. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | §746.5101(a) Supervision & ratios | High risk | Corrected | Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months: The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in March 2025. |
| Nov 17, 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: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. Video footage was obtained in which a caregiver was seen leaving a child in a room unsupervised for more than two minutes. Video footage also showed that another child entered a room unsupervised for less than one minute before being discovered by a caregiver. |
| Nov 17, 2025 | §746.305(a)(6) Supervision & ratios | High risk | Corrected | Report Situation Placing Children at Risk: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation's management did not report to CCR that a child was left unsupervised in a room. |
| Nov 17, 2025 | §746.307(b)(4) Supervision & ratios | High risk | Corrected | Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation's staff did not inform the parent that the child had been left in a room unsupervised. |
| Nov 17, 2025 | §746.707 Supervision & ratios | Medium risk | Corrected | Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not share an incident report with the child's parent within 48 hours of the incident occurring. |
| Oct 24, 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: During the inspection the three year old and two year old classes were obesred playing outside on the playground. During this time two children were observed coming out of an empty classroom and onto the playground to join their class unsupervised. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | §746.3417(1) Sanitation & hygiene | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Children Handwashing Before Eating: Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed that a group of children came inside after participating in outdoor activities and ate breakfast without washing their hands. The same group of children came inside after participating in outdoor activities and ate lunch without washing their hands. The same group of children did not wash their hands prior to eating an afternoon snack. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | §746.3415(2) Staff qualifications & clearances | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Employee Handwashing Before Feeding a Child: Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed caregivers serving breakfast, lunch, and snack to children without washing their hands. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | §746.2805(3) Facilities & equipment | High risk | Corrected | Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A caregiver grabbed the arms of a child and pulled the child down onto a nap cot during naptime, grabbed a child's hand after the child banged on a table, and grabbed the arm of a child |
| Sep 10, 2025 | §746.2905(1) Other | Medium risk | Corrected | Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep: Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed that a caregiver attempted to force a child to sleep by placing a blanket over a child's head. |
| Sep 10, 2025 | §746.3317 Supervision & ratios | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary: Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed that food was not kept safe and sanitary during lunch time when children were allowed to take and eat food off of other children's plates and drink out of the water bottles of other children. |
| Sep 2, 2025 | §745.621(a)(2) Staff qualifications & clearances | High risk | Corrected | AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone: During the inspection a person was present and caring for children in the infant classroom with an inactive background check. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was sent home for the day. |
| Jul 22, 2025 | §745.621(a)(1) Staff qualifications & clearances | High risk | Corrected | Initial background checks submitted - At the time you submit your application: During the inspection a person was present and caring for children without an active background check. |
| Jul 21, 2025 | §746.1601 Supervision & ratios | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The infant and toddler classrooms were out of ratio. |
| May 19, 2025 | §746.1315(b) Staff qualifications & clearances | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The caregiver in charge of a group of children in which one child required CPR, was not CPR certified. |
| May 19, 2025 | §746.701(1) Supervision & ratios | Medium risk | Corrected | Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not share a copy of an incident report with the parent within two days of the incident occurring. |
| May 1, 2025 | §746.1315(b) Staff qualifications & clearances | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR: The center director's CPR training certificate expired in March 2025 |
| May 1, 2025 | §746.801(19) Staff qualifications & clearances | Medium risk | Corrected | Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Tracking System: During the inspection child daily tracking logs were not available for review. This was corrected during the inspection when the director created child tracking logs and distributed them to each classroom. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | §746.2427(a) Other | High risk | Corrected | AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. During the investigation staff stated that infants are placed on their stomachs to sleep. |
| Feb 24, 2025 | §746.5101(b) Supervision & ratios | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal: The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in September 2023. |
| Jan 7, 2025 | §745.621(a)(7) Supervision & ratios | High risk | Corrected | AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605: The designated person in charge of the operation during the time of inspection was present without an active background check. This was corrected during the inspection when the staff member left the facility. |
| Dec 10, 2024 | §746.311(a) Facilities & equipment | Medium-high risk | Corrected | AP Parental Notification of Deficiency as described in 746.309 within 5 Days: The Notification of Safe Sleep Deficiency form 2970 was due to be sent out to all parents by 11/26/24. However this notification was not sent out to parents until 12/05/24. |
| Dec 10, 2024 | §746.5101(b) Supervision & ratios | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal: The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in September 2023. |
| Dec 10, 2024 | §746.3407 Facilities & equipment | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. There is a gap between the fence and the building which was large enough for a child to slip through and leave the playground. |
| Nov 21, 2024 | §746.5101(b) Supervision & ratios | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal: The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in September 2023. |
| Nov 21, 2024 | §746.2426(a)(1) Staff qualifications & clearances | High risk | Corrected | Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device: In the Infant 2 classroom an 11 month old infant was sleeping in an infant swing during the inspection. This was corrected during the inspection when the director removed the infant from the swing and placed the infant in a crib to sleep. |
| Oct 29, 2024 | §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: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. Caregivers did not properly supervise a child in care when the child was allowed to slip through a gap between the fence and the wall on the playground, and leave the playground for less than one minute. |
| Oct 29, 2024 | §746.3407 Facilities & equipment | Medium-high risk | Corrected | Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. There is a gap between the fence and the building which was large enough for a child to slip through and leave the playground. |
| Oct 29, 2024 | §746.707 Supervision & ratios | Medium risk | Corrected | Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not share an incident report with the child's parent. |
| May 10, 2024 | §746.2501(1) Sanitation & hygiene | Medium risk | Corrected | Care Requirements for Toddlers - Routines Maintained: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A diaper changing routine was not maintained resulting in a child wearing the same diaper from morning drop off to late afternoon pick up. The child's diaper was wet as the child was picked up during the end of nap time. |
| May 10, 2024 | §746.803(a) Supervision & ratios | Medium-low risk | Corrected | Required Records Storage: This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. During the investigation the operation was unable to provide child attendance records from the week before. The records were disposed of prior to the beginning of the investigation. |
| Source | Record | Facts | Evidence | Effective | Retrieved |
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| Texas HHSC Operations TX | 1460319 | name, type, status, capacity, ages, hours, address, phone, subsidies | Verified | — | Nov 5, 2026 |
| us_census_geocoder US | 475 OLD DORCHESTER|SHERMAN|T… | location Census Geocoder Non_Exact match: 475 OLD DORCHESTER RD, SHERMAN, TX, 75092 | Corroborated | — | Nov 5, 2026 |
| tx_twc_subsidy_providers TX | 1785550 | tx_rising_star_rating, accepts_cc_subsidy | Verified | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 6, 2026 |
| tx_twc_ccs_facilities TX | row-xyic_vkan_it4g | monthlyamtpaid, accrdstatus, prekstandard, headstart | Historical | Jun 1, 2024 | Nov 6, 2026 |
| Texas HHSC Inspections | 905873103 | Verified | Aug 11, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| Texas HHSC Inspections | 905873102 | Verified | Jun 4, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| Texas HHSC Inspections | 905949773 | Verified | Jun 3, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| Texas HHSC Inspections | 905873101 | Verified | May 14, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| Texas HHSC Inspections | 905949772 | Verified | May 11, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026 |
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