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Light Farms Montessori

A licensed child care center in Celina, Texas 75009

3921 Prairie Crossing Dr, Celina, Texas 75009. (214) 851-0200.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 8 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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?

8 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.

20 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 20, 2026: no violation found.

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 Aug 7, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Aug 12, 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 Jan 31, 2024

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

8 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.

Aug 7, 2026: 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

    “On August 7, 2026 a child was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately three minutes.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 15, 2026.

Sep 17, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Three out of ten children’s files did not have updated vaccine records available for revieew during visit.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 1, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 22, 2025.

Aug 12, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

    “This standard was observed to be deficient. A caregiver grabbed and pulled children as a form of discipline. A child received injuries as a result.”

    Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 23, 2025. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2025.

Sep 11, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “The 3-6 year old classroom had 16 children with 1 staff and the specified age group for 3 years.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2024.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The operation does not have a recall product form available for review during the visit.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 1, 2024.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children’s Records

    “The following required annual training was missing for the last completed year: Emergency preparedness, preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, administering medication, preventing and controlling emergency due to food allergies, understanding building and physical premises, and handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.”

    Rule 746.801(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 25, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 1, 2024.

Mar 26, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Written Operational Policies - Plan for extreme weather conditions

    “The written operational policies did not have written procedures for the promotion of inclusive services.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18)(G). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 26, 2024. Correction verified: Apr 2, 2024.

Jan 31, 2024: 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

    “The standard was evaluated for a standard investigation was found not compliant. A young child was left alone on the outdoor play area and was found by another caregiver.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 14, 2024.

10 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 5, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
  • Documentation of Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The currrent annual sanitation inspection report was not available.”

    Rule 746.3403. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 12, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 19, 2023.

Jan 23, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “Two children did not have the address of an emergency contact on file.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2023.

Dec 12, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Arrangement of Napping Equipment -Provides Sufficient Walking and Work Space

    “During nap time, young children did not have sufficient space for walking between each cot. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when the manager and the caregiver moved the cots so that each cot had sufficient space for each child to walk.”

    Rule 746.2909(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2022.

  • Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

    “All cots were not labled with each child’s name in two classrooms. The caregivers corrected the deficiency during the inspection by labeling each cot with each child’s name.”

    Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 12, 2022.

May 4, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies
  • Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children

    “The infant room had 13 children with a specified age group 0-11 months. The ratio for this age group is 10:2. The director transitioned the three oldest children (2 17 month old children and a 14 month old) to the 18-24 month old room. The children were walking so it was appropriate.”

    Rule 746.1609. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: May 10, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Transportation

    “The operational policies reviewed was missing an policy on transportation. The director updated the required information and added it to the operational policies while during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(14). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Water Activities

    “The operational policies reviewed was missing an policy on water activities. The director updated the required information and added it to the operational policies during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(15). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Field Trips

    “The operational policies reviewed was missing an policy on field trips. The director updated the required information and added it to the operational policies during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(16). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    “The operational policies reviewed was missing an policy on the promotion of indoor and outdoor active play. The director updated the required information and added it to the operational policies during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022.

  • Written Operational Policies - Instructions for Contacting Licensing Office/Online and TX Abuse & Neglect Hotline

    “The operational policies reviewed included inforrmation on how to reach DFPS and an incorrect phone number. The director updated the required information and added it to the operational policies.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(23). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022.

All 25 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 15, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 10, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 7, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jul 29, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 27, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Sep 17, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 12, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 2, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 20, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 11, 2024Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Mar 26, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 28, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 2, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jan 31, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 5, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 15, 2023Report to the stateOutcome pending
Aug 15, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 1, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 23, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 12, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Nov 16, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 10, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 4, 2022Inspection6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 1, 2023.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 179 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.
  • 5 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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Source:

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

11 of the 647 in Collin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Michelle GamblinNot given
Alphabest @ Lykins ? Celina14
Alphabest @ O?dell - Celina8
Alphabest @ Johnson-Prosper7
The Goddard School of Celina3
Light Farms Montessori This child care provider8
Celina Montessori Academy10
Happy House Montessori Child Care8
Monica EstepNot given
Alphabest @ Martin - Celina6
Starlight Sprouts13
Kk’s Child Care1

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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