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First Methodist Preschool

A licensed child care center in Teague, Texas 75860

420 Walnut St, Teague, Texas 75860. (254) 739-2017.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: High. Every month

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What these words mean5
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.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 9 child care providers in Freestone County had 9.

6 inspections on record. The latest, on Dec 12, 2025: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Nov 12, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Policies Comply with Rules, at the inspection on Jan 9, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

9 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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 Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “A small slide set had been added to an area of the playground that did not have loose-fill.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 19, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 15, 2025.

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

    “The operation had added a geodome to the playground and the equipment did not have sufficient use zones around it. This was corrected during the inspection when the geodome was moved to different part of the playground where the use zones were sufficient.”

    Rule 746.4803. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2025.

Nov 12, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The parent handbook was missing information on water activities, information on how parents will be updated when the handbook changes, and the days and months of operation, and the illness and exclusion criteria needed to be updated.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 26, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 24, 2025.

  • Medication No Longer Used

    “There was medication stored for children who were no longer enrolled. This was corrected during the inspection when the medication was disposed of.”

    Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2025.

  • Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

    “Out of the four staff files reviewed, four did not have proof of education on file.”

    Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 26, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 24, 2025.

Dec 5, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “There was no fire drill recorded for November. This was corrected during the inspection when a fire drill was completed and the children were able to exit in less than three minutes.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2024.

  • Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly

    “Testing of the smoke alarm, carbon monoxide detector, and fire extinguishers was not recorded for November. This was corrected during the inspection when the detectors and fire extinguishers were checked.”

    Rule 746.5307(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 5, 2024.

Jan 9, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The operational policies were missing policies for parent visits, procedures for children with special needs, promotion of physical activity, the exterme weather criteria that the operation uses to determine wether or not children will go out to play, and a plan for physical activity to take place indoors if weather prohibits outdoor play.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 1, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 1, 2024.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The gravel underneath the slide exits had been displaced by children using the slides, and had not been raked back to the proper depth. This was corrected at inspection when the director raked the gravel back into place.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
May 3, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times

    “During the inspection two classrooms were observed watching television during nap time. This was corrected during the inspection by the caregivers turning the television off.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 3, 2022.

All 6 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Dec 12, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 12, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Dec 5, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 9, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 3, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 21, 2001.
  • Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 40 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

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

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 9 child care providers in Freestone County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 9.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

9 of the 9 in Freestone County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
First Methodist Preschool This child care provider9
Melissa Mae Thomas6
Kiddie Patch Daycare Center21
Angela Ielati26
Little Lions Daycare4
Jacqueline Nicole Lott68
Follow Me Montessori Pre-School3
Derekia ColemanNot given
Sara Magouirk0
Noahs Ark Preschool17

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 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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