By the Barnyard Gate
A licensed child care center in Sachse, Texas 75048
4701 Bunker Hill Rd, Sachse, Texas 75048. (972) 495-0416.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 24 inspections on record
- 3-Star 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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.
24 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 25, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: No Alcohol or Controlled Substances Consumed, at the report to the state on Feb 20, 2026
Rated High by Texas: No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers, at the report to the state on Feb 20, 2026
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 Oct 9, 2025
2 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 20, 2026: report to the state2 deficiencies
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No Alcohol or Controlled Substances Consumed
“A caregiver consumed THC from a vape that was kept in the caregiver pocket. The caregiver went in the bathroom and smoked the vape. The caregiver returned to the classroom to care for children until the operation management staff determined a vape had been used. The operation immediately terminated the caregiver once they confirmed the issue.”
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No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers
“A caregiver smoked a THC vape in the child care operation.”
Oct 9, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Caregiver left a child unattended in the classroom for 10 minutes.”
Aug 19, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“A child was left unattended in the classroom for approximately 7 minutes.”
May 23, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Provide care consistent with child’s habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
“Classroom was left unattended for approximately four minutes.”
Dec 12, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“A child was left on the playground unattended.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation has not had a fire inspection conducted since 8/4/21.”
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions
“Two of the buses used for transportation did not have active working child safety alarms.”
Mar 10, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
“Two motion devices were observed in a playyard as a sleeping infant. This was corrected at inspection by the Director who removed the items.”
Mar 8, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
“The standard evaluated was found to be deficient. A child was left on the playground, unattended for around 11 minutes.”
All 34 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 23, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 10, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 30, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 7, 2015.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 270 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 10 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 Oct 31, 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?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Nguyet Bich Nguyen | 3 |
| By the Barnyard Gate This child care provider | 6 |
| Tammies Tots | 1 |
| Pinnacle Montessori of Sachse | 11 |
| Pathways Learning Academy at Chase Oaks Woodbridge | 5 |
| Little Blessings Childcare and Preschool of Sachse | 20 |
| Melissa Thomas | Not given |
| Little Hearts Daycare | 0 |
| Elaine Montoya | 0 |
| Gam Hong Pham | 2 |
| Saint Christopher Montessori | 11 |
| Legacy Kids Academy | 0 |
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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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