Star Montessori
A licensed child care center in Pasadena, Texas 77505
3868 Space Center Blvd, Pasadena, Texas 77505. (281) 998-8989.
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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 Harris County: 4
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 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?
5 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on May 29, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Director Responsibilities - Employees Supervised, at the report to the state on Oct 7, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for, at the report to the state on Oct 7, 2025
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 7, 2025
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Oct 7, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Director Responsibilities - Employees Supervised
“The director didn’t ensure that employees appropriately supervised children in care and as a result, one child was able to leave the daycare unnoticed, get on the daycare van and was transported to a school she didn’t attend. The director didn’t ensure the employee that transport the child adhered to policies and procedures.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
“A caregiver wasn’t aware a child in care that she was transporting did not attend public school.”
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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 caregiver dropped a child off at a school they did not attend, and the child was left unsupervised.”
Jun 6, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
“The monthly infant feeding sheets were not filled out and signed by a parent or physician.”
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Operational Policies - Inform Parents That They May Visit Center Anytime During Operating Hours
“The operational policy did not include information regarding allowing parents to observe the operation at any time durings hours of operation.”
9 deficiencies older than three years
Feb 2, 2023: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2022 Survey data from January 25, 2021, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2022 by January 15, 2023, as required.”
Aug 2, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
“5 of 28 children records evaluated did not have the authorization to obtain emergency medical care and to transport the child for emergency medical treatment.”
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Diapering Procedures-Soiled Diapers Kept in a Sanitary Manner
“The trash can in one of the toddler restrooms did not have a lid and contained soiled diapers. This was corrected at inspection when the trash can was replaced with a new trash can with a lid.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
The inspectors’ words, 130 words
“4 of 4 personnel records evaluated did not have the following annual trainings available: Emergency preparedness; (1) Emergency preparedness; (2) Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations; (3) Administering medication, if applicable, including compliance with 746.3803 of this chapter (relating to What authorization must I obtain before administering a medication to a child in my care?); (4) Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction; (5) Understanding building and physical premises safety, including identification and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; and (6) Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials including compliance with 746.3425 of this chapter (relating to Must caregivers wear gloves when handling blood or bodily fluids containing blood?).”
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Written Activity Plans
“None of the 15 classrooms had written activity plans available.”
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Diaper Changing Steps-Label Powders, Lotions, Etc. with Name
“One tube of diaper cream was not labeled with the infant’s name. This was corrected at inspection.”
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Children’s Records - Health Statement
“1 of 28 children records evaluated did not have a health statement available.”
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Children’s Records - Immunizations
“1 of 28 children records evaluated did not have an immunization record available.”
Jul 14, 2022: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children
“A caregiver was seen on video surveillance interacting with children inappropriately and not in a positive manner. The caregiver is no longer employed at the operation.”
All 24 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 27, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 14, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 6, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Report to the state | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 23, 2019.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 404 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.
- 9 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?
- 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 5.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Maria Celado | Not given |
| Zion Lutheran Early Childhood Center | 4 |
| Star Montessori This child care provider | 5 |
| Steadfast Academy | 6 |
| Memorial Kids Academy | 0 |
| First Presbyterian Preschool | 2 |
| Bushi Ban International | 19 |
| Asbury Methodist Day School | 5 |
| The Learning Center | 0 |
| Norma Leon | 4 |
| Yorkshire Academy | 4 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church and School | 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
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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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