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Town East Learning Center

A licensed child care center in Mesquite, Texas 75150

2201 Gus Thomasson Rd Ste Cde, Mesquite, Texas 75150. (972) 279-0770.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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?

11 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

14 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 15, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Franchise Tax Delinquent, at the assessment on Sep 15, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control, at the report to the state on Sep 4, 2024

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

8 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 15, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Franchise Tax Delinquent

    “Operation is not maintaining compliance with their governing body entity requirements.”

    Rule 745.247. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2026. Correction verified: Oct 13, 2026.

Apr 2, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    “This rule was evaluated with regard to the investigation and a deficiency was found. Based on the information gathered, it was determined that the incident report completed by the operation was not share with the child’s parent within the required 48 hours timeframe.”

    Rule 746.707. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 9, 2026.

Jun 17, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Documentation of Fire Inspection

    “The operation is found deficient. No fire inspection document was observed for the current year.”

    Rule 746.5103. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 25, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2025.

  • Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “One staff was observed without a notarized affidavit.”

    Rule 746.1105(3). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 18, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2025.

  • Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2912)

    “One staff was observed without a pre-employment affidavit.”

    Rule 746.1105(4). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 18, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 18, 2025.

Sep 4, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “This standard was determined to be a violation. An employee did not use good judgement when they checked a child’s temperature using a method not listed in the standards and without notifying the parent of the method that would be used to check the child’s temperature.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 15, 2024.

Jul 19, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

    “The safety practice documentation was not being maintained at the time of the inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 26, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Infant Feeding Instructions

    “During the inspection, one infant did not have feeding instructions.”

    Rule 746.801(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 22, 2024.

Nov 8, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “One child did not have the required emergency contact information.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 10, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 27, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “Three children did not have the required Health Statement.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 20, 2023.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child did not have the required Immunization Record.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2023. Correction verified: Nov 20, 2023.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Aug 30, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. Damage to lower wall and bleach stains were on flooring in the infant classroom.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 27, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 27, 2023.

May 24, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Administrative and clerical duties that take caregiver’s attention away from children

    “A caregiver was observed completing clerical duties while caring for a group of children.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 22, 2023.

  • Diapering Procedures - Caregiver’s Hands Washed

    “A caregiver did not complete required hand washing during routine diapering.”

    Rule 746.3505(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 22, 2023.

May 22, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

    “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A caregiver used prohibited discipline and guidance toward children in care.”

    Rule 746.2805. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 9, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 22, 2023.

Dec 7, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

    “The Annual Fire Inspection expired 09/30/22.”

    Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 6, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 18, 2023.

Sep 30, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Personnel Records

    “Staff member record was not available for review.”

    Rule 746.901. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 4, 2022.

Sep 27, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “A staff member who works Summers, Holidays, and days when children are out of school did not have an active or inactive background in the system.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 30, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 3, 2022.

Aug 4, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Caregivers placed and allowed infants, walking and non-walking, inside a playhouse without having visual awareness and being able to intervene when necessary to ensure each child?s safety. As a result, a child was injured.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 31, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 14, 2022.

Feb 7, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Children’s Records Maintained

    “Five children’s records were unvailable during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.603(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 18, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

    “Four staff files were not available during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 18, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2022.

All 23 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 15, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 12, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 9, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Apr 2, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 17, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 15, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 12, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 4, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 19, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 8, 2023Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 31, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 30, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jun 22, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 24, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 22, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Dec 7, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 30, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Sep 27, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 14, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 4, 2022Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 26, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 7, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 6, 2015.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 67 children.
Source:

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.
  • 8 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

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).
Source:

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 11.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Sabrina Chase0
Town East Learning Center This child care provider11
St Pius X Early Care and Education Center1
Kathy Steward0
Appleseed Academy2
Discovery School17
Kreative Learning With Friends Childcare2
Norma Gallegos3
Childcaregroup at Eastfield College1
The Preferred Preschool6
Eastridge Park Christian School3
Lil Rascals Learning Center 21

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 2, 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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