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Primrose Path Preschool

A child care center in Waldron, Arkansas 72958

715 W 2nd St, Waldron, Arkansas 72958. (479) 637-6323.

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The short answer

The last 24 months 19 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. Every month

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What these words mean6
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
The state’s most serious level
Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

21 visits in the last three years, the latest on Aug 18, 2026.

19 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 4 of them serious.

Arkansas lists 3 complaints, the latest received May 1, 2026; it lists regulations cited for 3 of them.

Serious Deficiency: At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc., May 4, 2026

Serious Deficiency: The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:, Jun 27, 2025

Serious Deficiency: Time-out shall not be used for children under two (2) years of age., Jun 27, 2025

1 more at that level; all are listed below.

Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

19 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

19 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 3, 2026: monitor Visit3 deficiencies
  • Written procedures and evacuation diagrams for emergency drills shall be posted in each classroom.

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has ensured that the emergency diagram has been posted in the classroom.”

    Rule 1200.1201.6. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

  • Fire and tornado drills shall be practiced as follows:

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has ensured that emergency drills are being practiced.”

    Rule 1200.1201.7.a. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

  • All new staff, including volunteers who are counted in the ratios, shall receive the following orientation within three (3) months of employment (and every three (3) years thereafter) and shall not be left alone with children until this is completed.

    Rule 300.306.4.02. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Aug 3, 2026.

Jul 23, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit7 deficiencies
  • The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through an Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a child maltreatment background check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.

    “Corrective action completed: The provider ensured that Arkansas child maltreatment background checks for staff members D.Y., S.N., and B.S. were completed.”

    Rule 100.109.1.b. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Jul 28, 2026.

  • Medicine shall be kept out of the reach of the children when dispensing and shall be stored in a locked area at all other times.

    “Corrective action completed: The provider ensured that the ibuprofen was made inaccessible to children at the time of the visit by placing it in a secure location.”

    Rule 1100.1101.12. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Jul 23, 2026.

  • Fire and tornado drills shall be practiced as follows:

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has implemented a plan to conduct emergency drills each month.”

    Rule 1200.1201.7.f. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Jul 30, 2026.

  • All new staff, including volunteers who are counted in the ratios, shall receive the following orientation within three (3) months of employment (and every three (3) years thereafter) and shall not be left alone with children until this is completed.

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has ensured that staff member B.S. completed the Arkansas new staff orientation training.”

    Rule 300.306.4.02. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Aug 3, 2026.

  • There shall be sufficient lighting during nap time to provide adequate supervision of the children.

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has ensured that during naptime there is adequate lighting to supervise children while the children are sleeping.”

    Rule 400.401.9. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Jul 23, 2026.

  • Facility Records shall be maintained on site and include:

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has implemented a plan to conduct emergency drills each month.”

    Rule 600.602.1.l. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

  • Use zone protective surfacing depths shall be as follows: Minimum compressed loose-fill protective surfacing depths

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has ensured that the rubber mulch meet the regulation for the fall zone area.”

    Rule 900.909.3.a. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

May 4, 2026: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
  • At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc.

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has ensured that all staff involved received supervision training and are actively supervising the children on the playground.”

    Rule 300.301.8. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: May 18, 2026.

  • Use zone protective surfacing depths shall be as follows: Minimum compressed loose-fill protective surfacing depths

    “Corrective action completed: The provider has ensured that the equipment was removed from the playground.”

    Rule 900.909.3.c. Non-Compliant. From a complaint. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: May 18, 2026.

Jun 27, 2025: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
  • The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:

    Rule 500.501.5.h. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint.

  • Time-out shall not be used for children under two (2) years of age.

    Rule 500.502.1. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint.

Dec 6, 2024: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
  • At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc.

    Rule 300.301.8. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint.

  • The child care facility shall maintain a record for each child in care which shall be on site. Records for children no longer enrolled may be maintained off site. Children’s records shall contain the following information:

    Rule 600.604.1.i. Non-Compliant. From a complaint.

Jul 16, 2024: monitor Visit2 deficiencies
  • Child care centers shall comply with the Minimum Requirements of the currently adopted Arkansas Fire Prevention Code as administered by local fire department or by the State Fire Marshal, who has final authority. Written verification of annual approval shall be maintained on file. (Note that the State and Local Fire Codes may not allow the use of basements or floors above ground level by children, first grade and younger, unless there is a ground level exit.)

    Rule 800.801.1. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Jul 16, 2024.

  • Child care centers shall comply with the Minimum Requirements of the currently adopted Arkansas Fire Prevention Code as administered by local fire department or by the State Fire Marshal, who has final authority. Written verification of annual approval shall be maintained on file. (Note that the State and Local Fire Codes may not allow the use of basements or floors above ground level by children, first grade and younger, unless there is a ground level exit.)

    Rule 800.801.1. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Jul 20, 2024.

Jan 8, 2024: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency
  • The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through an Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a child maltreatment background check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.

    Rule 100.109.1.b. Non-Compliant.

All 21 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 18, 2026Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Aug 3, 2026Monitor Visit3 deficiencies cited
Jul 23, 2026Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit7 deficiencies cited
May 4, 2026Complaint Visit2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious
Mar 19, 2026Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 4, 2026Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 14, 2026Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 15, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jun 27, 2025Complaint Visit2 deficiencies cited, 2 serious
May 30, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 30, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Apr 10, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Apr 7, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 7, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 22, 2025Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 22, 2025Complaint Visit; Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 6, 2024Complaint Visit2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious
Oct 24, 2024Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 2, 2024Consultation Visit; Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jul 16, 2024Monitor Visit2 deficiencies cited
Jan 8, 2024Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center.
  • Provider type: Center Based.
  • Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
  • Approved capacity by age group: Preschool License Type 50, School Age License Type 9.
  • Capacity: 59 children.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Arkansas acted against it?

  • No corrective action agreements listed by Arkansas.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Arkansas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Owner, as Arkansas lists it: Primrose Path Daycare and Preschool LLC.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How is it rated?

  • Better Beginnings: Level 2.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 3 child care providers in Scott County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 19.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

2 of the 3 in Scott County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
First Step CCC4
Waldron ABC Program0
Primrose Path Preschool This child care provider19

What the record doesn’t say

  • Arkansas’s visit records cover the last three years only.
  • Arkansas lists the regulation each deficiency cited, not what the licensing staff saw.
  • Arkansas lists complaints and the regulations their investigations cited, not what was alleged.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood. Arkansas’s own record is on ardhslicensing.my.site.com. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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