Alphabest @ Lance Thompson - Northwest
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.
- 28 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Denton County: 3
- 3 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 2-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?
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
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.
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| 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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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 19, 2026: inspection13 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know how many children responsible for
“One caregiver did not know how many children were being cared for in the group.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns
“Children were served one component for the snack.”
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Employee Handwashing After Outdoor Activities
“The staff did not wash their hands after coming from the outside playground.”
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Children Handwashing After Outdoor Activities
“Children came inside from the playground outside and did not wash their hands. They proceeded to have snack.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Required Personnel Records- signed dated statement that employee attended abuse/neglect training
“One staff did not sign off on receiving orientation.”
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Required Personnel Records - signed dated statement that employee received operational policies
“One staff did not sign off on recieving the operational policies.”
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Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
“One staff is missing the notarized affidavit completed.”
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Required Personnel Records - signed dated statement that employee received personnel policies
“One staff did not sign off on recieving the personnel policies.”
Aug 21, 2026: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Change in Director
“The operation has not submitted the change of site director to CCR.”
Dec 18, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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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.”
Nov 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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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.”
May 19, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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.”
Nov 6, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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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.”
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Daily Menus - May Rotate if Keep Record of Dates Menus Used
“The operation has not been maintaining menus of snacks served at the operation.”
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Posting Requirements-License
“The operation does not have a licensing board or binder on display for parents to review.”
Oct 16, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Screen Time Activities - Age-appropriate
“A child in care was observed playing a shoot age on his personal ipad.”
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Posting Requirements-License
“The operation does not have a licensing board and the operations binder is incomplete.”
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Electronic Records- Accessible to Caregivers
“Two inspections have been conducted at the operation and children recordings have not been accessible.”
Oct 2, 2024: report to the state2 deficiencies
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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
“Two children were allowed to go into a restroom and engaged in inappropriate behavior due to a lack of supervision at the operation.”
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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.”
Oct 2, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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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
“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.”
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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.”
Jan 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan
“One child had a listed food allergy with no emergency plan.”
1 deficiency older than three years
Jan 24, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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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.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Inspection | 13 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 19, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Inspection | 1 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.
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 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: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Argyle Fine Arts Preschool | 2 |
| Primrose School of Lantana | 3 |
| Alphabest @ Lance Thompson - Northwest This child care provider | 28 |
| Goddard School of Northlake | 4 |
| Bckb Christian Child Care and Schoolers Academy | 15 |
| North Star Academy | 24 |
| The Hive- Northlake LLC | 12 |
| Kiddie Academy of Northlake | 62 |
| Guidance Preparatory Academy | 28 |
| Rachel Owens | Not given |
| Argyle Christian Academy | 2 |
| Geetha Srirangapuri | 13 |
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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