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Bright Minds Academy at Golden Pond

A licensed child care center in Amarillo, Texas 79121

7601 Golden Pond Pl Bldg 4, Amarillo, Texas 79121. (806) 418-2070.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 4 visits on record, nothing cited. 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?

0 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 59 child care providers in Randall County had 2.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 24, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

4 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

0 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 5, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan

    “A child in care who had a listed diagnosed food allergy did not have a complete food allergy in file when reviewed as it was missing the doctor signature.”

    Rule 746.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 12, 2023.

  • Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving

    “The background check validation list has not been validated and there were individuals listed that have been terminated from the operation for abouth a month, which is longer than seven days of them leaving.”

    Rule 745.651(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2023.

May 4, 2023: 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

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the staff were unaware of the on-going activities and lacked auditory and visual awareness of a child they were responsible for when the child left the classroom to the outdoor space area. The door closed behind the child after entering the outdoor space. Additionally, the child was discovered by another staff member whom made the caregivers responsible for this child, aware that the child was missing.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 26, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2023.

Jun 23, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

    “In two classrooms at the operation, bottles of bleach spray are in cabinets that are accessible to children.”

    Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 29, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - Physician Information

    “Four of the ten children’s records reviewed did not have a completed section regarding the name, address, or phone number of their physician or emergency care facility.”

    Rule 746.605(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 28, 2022.

Jan 5, 2022: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver did not supervise a child when the child left the classroom and into the main hallway as the caregiver did not have auditory or visual awareness and also was not aware of the child’s activities.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2022.

  • Notification of Change in Space

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the operation has been using a building that has not been approved or permitted by Child Care Regulation for staff functions/trainings and for children to participate in physical activities when the weather is cold outside.”

    Rule 746.301(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 16, 2022.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 24, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Nov 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 3, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 19, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 5, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 5, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 4, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jun 29, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 23, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 28, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 7, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 5, 2022Report to the state2 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 28, 2019.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 136 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.
  • 2 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?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 59 child care providers in Randall County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 0.
Source:

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

11 of the 59 in Randall County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Bright Minds Academy at Golden Pond This child care provider0
Pavillard Learning Center8
Kristens Daycare12
Brittany BrannonNot given
Kelly Laster1
Jacqueline Faye GallegosNot given
Debbie Wilhite0
Sunshine Child Care16
Lori Bermea8
West Texas A&m Child Development Center9
Christy BlackmanNot given
Primrose of Amarillo Southwest2

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.

From the provider

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Replies

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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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