Sunshine Montessori

A licensed child care center in Fort Worth, Texas 76137

7928 Parkwood Hill Blvd, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. (817) 576-3888.

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The short answer

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

20 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
29 inspections on record
3-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 20 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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?

20 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.

29 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 27, 2026: outcome pending.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children, at the report to the state on Jun 18, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety, at the report to the state on Mar 11, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children, at the inspection on Mar 5, 2024

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

When those deficiencies happened

20 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

20 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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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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

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.

May 12, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

“At the time of the inspection a caregiver was observed moving on to help another child with diapering without washing their hands.”

Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2026.
Administering Medication - Original Container with Child’s Name, Date

“At the time of the inspection a child’s epi pen was not in the prescription box with the prescription label stating it was for the child.”

Rule 746.3805(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 15, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 3, 2026.
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“At the time of the inspection 1 child with a noted allergy did not have a food allergy plan signed by their physician.”

Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2026. Correction verified: May 12, 2026.

Jun 20, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup

“Two infants had bottles in their cribs while sleeping. Caregivers removed the bottles from the cribs.”

Rule 746.2419(7). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 20, 2025.

Jun 18, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children

“Caregiver did not provide patience when providing guidance to a child.”

Rule 746.1201(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2025.
Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement

“Two special needs statements were not completed on the admission forms.”

Rule 746.605(12). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 17, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2025.

May 15, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“One caregiver did not have current CPR/First Aid training.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 13, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 16, 2025.
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“One food allergy emergency plan was missing a parent’s signature.”

Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 20, 2025.
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

“The young children’s playground loose fill was no longer loose and needed to be at proper depth.”

Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 11, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 10, 2025.
Health Statement parent sign - Dated within past yr, name/address health care professional, states child can participate. Follow by signed statement

“Three health statement were missing parent’s signature.”

Rule 746.611(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 6, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 20, 2025.

Mar 25, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

“Caregiver did not wash hands after diapering a child.”

Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025.
Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

“Children’s hand were not washed after diapering.”

Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2025.

Mar 11, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety

“Caregiver was not actively supervising a group of children on the playground. The caregiver did not intervene when a child went down a slide incorrectly and became injured.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2025. Correction verified: May 15, 2025.
Required Admission Information - Reasonable Accommodations or Modifications

“There was a lack of documentation on an enrollment form stating that additional accommodations were needed.”

Rule 746.605(12)(B)(i). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 6, 2025. Correction verified: May 15, 2025.

Jun 19, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“There was evidence of insect droppings, an odor from a sink cabinet, a dirty vent in the indoor play area and a sink leaking in the operation.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2024.

Mar 7, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The operation’s floors, walls, vents, equipment, and playground need maintenance and cleaning.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 23, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 30, 2024.

Mar 5, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies

Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

“In a toddler classroom, the cabinet located below the sink did not have the child safety latch fastened. Inside the cabinet, there was cleaning supplies. The latch not being fastened made the supplies accessible to children in care.”

Rule 746.3407(12). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2024.
Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

“Caregiver who transports children has not completed two hours of annual transportation safety training. Last training completed on 5/6/2022.”

Rule 746.1316(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2024.
Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

“Electrical oulet covers missing in the gym area, toddler room, and primary two classroom.”

Rule 746.3701(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2024.
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

“Playgrounds’ loose fill wood chips measures between one and three inches in depth. The required depth is six inches.”

Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 22, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 27, 2024.

14 deficiencies older than three years

Jul 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“At time of inspection, an active wasp nest was observed on one of the operation’s play structures. A 2nd wasp nest was observed on the outdoor play area. Standing water in a bucket was also observed in the play area.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 31, 2023.

Jan 18, 2023: report to the state5 deficiencies

Director Responsibilities - Employee Assignments

“This standard was evaluated based on evidence gathered from a DFPS investigation. Evidence shows that the director assigned a caregiver to a group of children that the caregiver was unable to competently handle.”

Rule 746.1003(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 30, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.
AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

“A DFPS investigation was conducted, and evidence was found to show non-compliance. A child was able to leave the daycare premises without knowledge from daycare staff.”

Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 30, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for

“This standard was evaluated based on evidence gathered from a DFPS investigation. Evidence shows that a caregiver routinely forgot the number of children in their group, failed to conduct face to name checks, and would forget specific children in their care.”

Rule 746.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 30, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.
Provide care consistent with child’s habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs

“This standard was evaluated based on evidence gathered from a DFPS investigation. Evidence shows that the level of supervision was not adjusted for a child who was known to run out of the classroom.”

Rule 746.1203(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 30, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“This standard was evaluated based on evidence gathered from a DFPS investigation. Evidence shows that the operation’s front door was not secured properly. This allowed for a child to leave the daycare premises unsupervised.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 30, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 5, 2023.

Dec 13, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“The area rug in the Toddler classroom has a metal corner that has an exposed sharp edge. The edge is within the children’s playing space. The director covered and taped the edge during inspection.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2022.
Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly

“The carbon monoxide detector is not being tested every month.”

Rule 746.5537(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.
Determining Child/Caregiver Ratios - Basis

“At time of inspection, the ratio in the Primary 1 classroom was 15 children to 1 teacher. The youngest child was 2 and the oldest was 3. The specified age group for the class was 2yo. The class was over ratio by 4 children. Ratio was adjusted during inspection to 9:1. SAG: 2yo”

Rule 746.1507(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2022.
Daily Menus - Record Comparable Substitutions

“The operation did not have a record of menus for the past 3 months on file at time of inspection. There was no documentation on file for menu substitutions. The meal served on day of inspection did not match the meal that was posted on the menu.”

Rule 746.3313(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 13, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.
Medication No Longer Used

“The operation had 3 different children’s medicines that were expired. The director disposed of the medications during inspection. There was also an expired epi pen which belonged to a child who is no longer in care.”

Rule 746.3809. Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 13, 2022.

Jul 6, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency

Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children

“This standard was evaluated in regards to an investigation and was found to be deficient. A caregiver reacted impatiently with a 4 year old child who misbehaved more than once. The caregiver forcefully removed the child from the situation instead of using a positive form of redirection.”

Rule 746.1201(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 5, 2022.

May 26, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“The area rug in one of the classrooms is enclosed with a metal edge. One of the corners of the metal edge is no longer attached and a sharp edge is exposed. This corner is accessible to children. The area was covered with foam and duck tape at time of inspection. Photos were taken.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 26, 2022.

Dec 28, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The health inspection expired on 11/5/2021.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 7, 2022. Correction verified: Dec 30, 2021.

All 43 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 27, 2026	Inspection	Outcome pending
Aug 20, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Jun 25, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
May 12, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Apr 3, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Jul 31, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 11, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 10, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Jun 20, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 18, 2025	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Jun 18, 2025	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
May 15, 2025	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Apr 3, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 25, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Mar 11, 2025	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
Nov 26, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 5, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 21, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 19, 2024	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Apr 30, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 4, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Mar 28, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 22, 2024	Report to the state	Outcome pending
Mar 11, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 7, 2024	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Mar 5, 2024	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Jan 11, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 7, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 25, 2023	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Apr 5, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 20, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 18, 2023	Report to the state	5 deficiencies cited
Dec 13, 2022	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Aug 8, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 8, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 6, 2022	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Jun 24, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 22, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Jun 7, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
May 26, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
May 24, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 7, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 28, 2021	Inspection	1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 27, 2019.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 120 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.
14 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 20.

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

11 of the 920 in Tarrant County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Connie Roper	Not given
Skyrise School of Summerfields	6
La Petite Academy	26
Wendy Schwier	1
Xplor	31
Primrose School of Parkwood Hill	2
Sandra Montano	0
Mrs Sallys Day Care	1
Sunshine Montessori This child care provider	20
Shameka Wright	2
Iexplore Montessori Fort Worth LLC	11
Green Space Nature Preschool	12

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

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).
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).
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).
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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