Will Rogers Head Start
A child care center in Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
11 Monroe NW, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401. (580) 223-2482.
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The short answer
- 23 deficiencies in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Oct 82026 the latest visit on record
- 40 children, its capacity in the state’s list
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
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?
7 monitoring visits on record, the latest on Oct 8, 2026.
23 non-compliances found in the last three years.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
23 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 8, 2026: periodic visit2 deficiencies
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“School personnel report that the listed Director is not present for the required amount of time Director was not present at the time of the visit. Building Pricipal was under the impression she would be the Director - licensing has not received any information about a Director change.”
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“Two personnel report that they do not log their daily attendance, licensing observed blank attendance sheets for personnel. Director attendance records are incomplete, do not contain out times and there is no attendance sheet for October.”
Apr 14, 2026: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“Personnel attendance does not have arrival and departure times and has been left blank for three personnel for the months of March and April 2026.”
Oct 9, 2025: periodic visit2 deficiencies
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“Personnel report that the director offices off site and visits the program weekly/a few times a month.”
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“Program reports that they do not have any records or system for daily attendance for personnel, they did not have any attendance records for licensing to view.”
Oct 23, 2024: periodic visit2 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed that the program has two master teachers with a licensing capacity of 140.”
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“Program last completed annual equipment inventory on 08/01/2023. Persons in charge could not located an updated equipment inventory.”
Apr 30, 2024: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“Director’s Credential expired on 4/2/2024.”
Dec 6, 2023: periodic visit15 deficiencies
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“5 personnel have no record of CPR/FA completion. with hire dates of 8-2023 and one with 8/8/2022.”
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“5 personnel working today have not completed ELCCT; with hire dates of 8/2023 and one with 8/8/2022.”
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“Annual drills have not been documented.”
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“NO Notice to parents posted.”
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“NO equipment inventory available at visit, last noted documented on 8/1/2022.”
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“NO personnel in charge list in director’s absence.”
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“NO verification available for CPR/FA personnel state that have completed.”
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“NO verification of orientation completion of 4 personnel hired 8-2023.”
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“One Personnel with a hire date of 8/8/2022 is not listed on OPDR and has no current PDL.”
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“One personnel background was incomplete and notification sent to program on 11/6/2023 is working today.”
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“Orientation form is not available for 4 of the 6 personnel working today.”
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“Personnel attendances was not available at todays visit for all 6 personnel and director.”
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“Personnel information sheets have not been provided to licensing and not available at visit for 4 of the 6 personnel working today.”
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“Physical environment checklist was not available at visit and last noted completion on 8/1/2022.”
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“Program’s girls and boys restroom have access to cleaning products, both have unlocked cabinets in the restrooms with multiple cleaning products”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Periodic visit (Full) | 32 of 47 areas in compliance |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Ages accepted: Preschool (24-48 months; 2-4 yrs.), School-age (5 years-older).
- Capacity: 40 children.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Oklahoma acted against it?
- Oklahoma’s page shows no revocation notice, denial notice or emergency order.
- No A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency. complaints on Oklahoma’s page. Oklahoma shows only substantiated complaints online.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Stars, Oklahoma’s quality rating: 3 Star Level Program.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 20 child care providers in Ardmore, the middle value for non-compliances cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 23.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Non-compliances cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Will Rogers Head Start This child care provider | 23 |
| Cohee, Tracy | 3 |
| Godwin, Cynthia | 17 |
| Johnson, Melissa | 1 |
| A home child care provider | 4 |
| A home child care provider | 7 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| A home child care provider | 5 |
| A home child care provider | 2 |
| Gloria Ainsworth Child Care and Learning Center, Inc. | 19 |
| Ardmore Day Nursery Inc. | 15 |
| First Methodist Church Preschool | 10 |
| Kid Zone Day Care Center | 9 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Oklahoma’s statements of what a monitoring visit found don’t cite the rule that wasn’t met.
- Oklahoma shows monitoring visits from the past three years only.
- Oklahoma shows only substantiated complaints online. Its page also shows the plan to correct each one, which isn’t repeated here.
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t say whether a provider holds a licence or a permit, or since when.
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t name the county a provider is in.
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain, by OKDHS’s Copyright and Ownership statement (oklahoma.gov/okdhs/notices/copyright.html): “all information on the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) Web site is in the public domain, and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used without the permission of OKDHS”.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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