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A licensed child care center in Argyle, Texas 76226

821 Hawks Way, Argyle, Texas 76226. (469) 500-1631.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 28 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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?

28 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 490 child care providers in Denton County had 3.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 19, 2026: 13 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for, at the inspection on Oct 19, 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 inspection on Oct 2, 2024

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 2, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

28 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 19, 2026: inspection13 deficiencies
  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for

    “One caregiver did not know how many children were being cared for in the group.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026.

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages

    “One caregiver did not know how many children were 4 to 8 year olds in the group.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026.

  • Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors

    “Two staff do not have the required 15 hours of training for the last full year.”

    Rule 744.1301(a)(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2026.

  • Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns

    “Children were served one component for the snack.”

    Rule 744.2401(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026.

  • Employee Handwashing After Outdoor Activities

    “The staff did not wash their hands after coming from the outside playground.”

    Rule 744.2515(8). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026.

  • Children Handwashing After Outdoor Activities

    “Children came inside from the playground outside and did not wash their hands. They proceeded to have snack.”

    Rule 744.2517(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 20, 2026.

  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “One child’s food allergy action plan and medication was not on file at the operation.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 26, 2026.

  • Caregiver Qualification Age Exemption Attends High School - Enrolled in Approved Child-care Career Program

    “The operation did not have information available indicating whether or not a 17 year old caregiver is currently enrolled in or has completed a child-care-related career program.”

    Rule 744.1107(b)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 26, 2026.

  • Posting Requirements- Letter or form from the most recent licensing inspection or investigation.

    “The last form that was observed in the Licensing binder is from 12/4/2024.”

    Rule 744.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records- signed dated statement that employee attended abuse/neglect training

    “One staff did not sign off on receiving orientation.”

    Rule 744.901(11). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - signed dated statement that employee received operational policies

    “One staff did not sign off on recieving the operational policies.”

    Rule 744.901(7)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

    “One staff is missing the notarized affidavit completed.”

    Rule 744.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026.

  • Required Personnel Records - signed dated statement that employee received personnel policies

    “One staff did not sign off on recieving the personnel policies.”

    Rule 744.901(7)(B). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2026.

Aug 21, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
  • Report Change in Director

    “The operation has not submitted the change of site director to CCR.”

    Rule 744.303(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 24, 2026. Correction verified: Aug 21, 2026.

Dec 18, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “One child with a food allergy does not have a food allergy plan on file at the operation.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 9, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2026.

Nov 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Food Allergy Plan-Emergency plan for diagnosed child, signed by health care professional and parent

    “One child with a food allergy does not have a food allergy plan on file at the operation.”

    Rule 744.2669. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 19, 2025. Correction verified: Dec 18, 2025.

May 19, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    “Based on information obtained during this investigation, the parents of the children involved in the incident did not receive an incident report or sign it.”

    Rule 744.707. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2025.

Nov 6, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Screen Time Activities - Age-appropriate

    “A child was observed during the inspection playing a game called Bloxels on the operation’s iPad, which involves blowing up blocks.”

    Rule 744.2007(b)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 4, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 20, 2024.

  • Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus Used

    “The operation has not been maintaining menus of snacks served at the operation.”

    Rule 744.2413(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2024.

  • Posting Requirements-License

    “The operation does not have a licensing board or binder on display for parents to review.”

    Rule 744.401(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 6, 2024. Correction verified: Dec 12, 2025.

Oct 16, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Screen Time Activities - Age-appropriate

    “A child in care was observed playing a shoot age on his personal ipad.”

    Rule 744.2007(b)(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2024.

  • Posting Requirements-License

    “The operation does not have a licensing board and the operations binder is incomplete.”

    Rule 744.401(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 30, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2024.

  • Electronic Records- Accessible to Caregivers

    “Two inspections have been conducted at the operation and children recordings have not been accessible.”

    Rule 744.805(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 16, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2024.

Oct 2, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Two children were allowed to go into a restroom and engaged in inappropriate behavior due to a lack of supervision at the operation.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 22, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2024.

  • Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

    “The operation did not provide the parents of the children involved in the incident with signed incident reports.”

    Rule 744.707. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 22, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 6, 2024.

Oct 2, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Three different children were observed to be unsupervised transitioning during the inspection. Multiple caregivers allowed to children to come in and out of the building with no supervision.”

    Rule 744.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.

  • Complying with Laws and Rules

    “Based on multiple operations patterns of not complying with supervision standards and ensuring that staff are receiving proper training, the operation is being cited for permit holder responsibilities.”

    Rule 744.201(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 2, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 16, 2024.

Jan 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan

    “One child had a listed food allergy with no emergency plan.”

    Rule 744.605(16). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 16, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 16, 2024.

1 deficiency older than three years
Jan 24, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “One staff does not have a current background check on file and was caring for a group of children. The staff left the operation.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2022. Correction verified: Jan 24, 2022.

All 17 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 19, 2026Inspection13 deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Dec 18, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Nov 21, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 20, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 5, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 20, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 19, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Nov 6, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 16, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Oct 2, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 2, 2024Report to the state2 deficiencies cited
Jun 18, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 10, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 17, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 7, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 24, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 4, 2020.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 120 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.
  • 3 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: 2-Star (the first 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 490 child care providers in Denton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 28.
Source:

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

11 of the 490 in Denton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Argyle Fine Arts Preschool2
Primrose School of Lantana3
Alphabest @ Lance Thompson - Northwest This child care provider28
Goddard School of Northlake4
Bckb Christian Child Care and Schoolers Academy15
North Star Academy24
The Hive- Northlake LLC12
Kiddie Academy of Northlake62
Guidance Preparatory Academy28
Rachel OwensNot given
Argyle Christian Academy2
Geetha Srirangapuri13

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.

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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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