Children’s Orchard Academy on Hillside
A licensed child care center in Amarillo, Texas 79119
9175 Hillside Rd, Amarillo, Texas 79119. (806) 318-6194.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 10 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Randall County: 2
- 9 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 25 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
10 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 59 child care providers in Randall County had 2.
25 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 28, 2026: outcome pending.
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 Sep 3, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Report Situation Placing Children at Risk, at the report to the state on Sep 3, 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 report to the state on Jul 14, 2026
6 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
10 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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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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.
Sep 3, 2026: report to the state3 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
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a child was unaccounted for about 10 minutes after their classroom transitioned out of the cafeteria and back to their classroom.”
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Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a report was not made by the operation regarding a situation that placed a child at risk with being left unsupervised.”
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Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“An incident report was written on 8/28/2026 after a situation that places a child at risk but was not shared or signed by the parent within 2 days of the incident.”
Jul 14, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, staff were not aware of a child’s on-going activity and did not have visual or auditory awareness of the child, as a child was in a classroom for approximately fourteen minutes by themselves before they were found by staff.”
Jun 18, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
“An individual that had a prior eligible background check was inactivated on 06/17/2026 and has continued to be present at the operation without an eligible background check at the operation. The individual is currently inactive and requires a new background check submission to be present at the operation. The individual left the operation during the inspection.”
Jun 16, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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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
“Children were left the classroom unattended and were unsupervised in the halls and office.”
Sep 12, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver would discipline by grabbing children by the arm in a rough manner.”
Aug 13, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, an incident occurred where children were repeatedly climbing on shelves during nap time in the classroom and the caregiver failed to intervene. The caregiver sat on the ground instead of removing the children from the shelves to ensure their safety. The caregiver doesn?t attempt to redirect the children until after a child falls off the shelf and lands onto another child laying on their nap mat resulting in the other child crying.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver has grabbed multiple children by the arm in a rough manner when disciplining.”
Apr 25, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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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 child walks out of the classroom and down the three halls without supervision, while the caregiver was changing a diaper in the diapering pod. Staff was unable to see and unaware he left the room.”
All 38 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Inspection | Outcome pending |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Report to the state | Outcome pending |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 8, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 7, 2025.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 238 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.
- 13 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 59 child care providers in Randall County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 10.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Christy Blackman | Not given |
| Primrose of Amarillo Southwest | 2 |
| Treehouse Childrens Academy | 27 |
| Melissa Keith | 0 |
| Children’s Orchard Academy on Hillside This child care provider | 10 |
| Marileisy Elder | 2 |
| Raisbeth Riera | 1 |
| Gleiciane Silva | 0 |
| Madison Lowe | Not given |
| Pavillard Learning Center | 8 |
| Kristens Daycare | 12 |
| Brittany Brannon | Not given |
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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