Fernandez Elementary Head Start
A licensed child care center in San Antonio, Texas 78250
6845 Ridgebrook St, San Antonio, Texas 78250. (210) 397-1944.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Bexar County: 5
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 11 inspections on record
- Not rated Texas Rising Star rating
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 768 child care providers in Bexar County had 5.
11 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 23, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Apr 12, 2024
Rated High by Texas: Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk, at the report to the state on Apr 12, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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 Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 23, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Written Operational Policies - Duration
The inspectors’ words, 98 words
“The operational policy was reviewed to be missing a written statement regarding promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity: The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor. The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation. Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place. The criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play. A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.”
Oct 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“At time of inspection five out of five staff files did not contain the following required annual topics: Emergency preparedness, Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials, and preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases.”
Apr 12, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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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 investigation, it was verified a child was found unsupervised in the hallway on 4.11.24.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“Operation failed to report to childs parents immediately after leaving child unspervised on 4.11.24, parents were notified until 4.15.24.”
Jan 19, 2024: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“Operation did not enter information by due date 1/15/24.”
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 23, 2012.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten.
- Capacity: 54 children.
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.
- 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were 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..
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.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 768 child care providers in Bexar County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| La Petite Guilbeau | 23 |
| Fernandez Elementary Head Start This child care provider | 5 |
| Tammy Huerth | 2 |
| Rosa Dena | Not given |
| Home Away From Home | 14 |
| Brauchle Elementary School Head Start | 2 |
| Lil’ Peas & Sprouts Learning Center, LLC | 6 |
| Veronica Rodriguez | 1 |
| Veronica Cathleen Villarreal | 26 |
| The Kid’s Garden Learning Center | 13 |
| The Nest School San Antonio | 17 |
| Little Wonder Academy | 8 |
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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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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