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Pinnacle Montessori of Forney

A licensed child care center in Forney, Texas 75126

613 Ridgecrest Rd, Forney, Texas 75126. (972) 736-7224.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 83 child care providers in Kaufman County had 1.

11 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 16, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter, at the inspection on May 13, 2026

Rated High by Texas: Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 through 7 years of age, outgrown weight or height limit of seat and less than 4 feet, 9 inches in height, at the inspection on Apr 9, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

9 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 23, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two

    “A group of children under two years of age were observed watching a screen, which is prohibited for children under two years of age.”

    Rule 746.2207(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2026.

  • Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer

    “The operation did not ensure that two children were properly secured in their high chair.”

    Rule 746.4501(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2026.

Aug 20, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
  • Screen Time Activities - May Supplement Activities Not Replace

    “During the investigation, it was determined that the operation allowed children to watch television in the conference room during the end-of-day pickup period.”

    Rule 746.2207(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 24, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 30, 2026.

Aug 12, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

    “The infants were not buckled in their bucket seats at the table while being fed.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 12, 2026.

May 13, 2026: inspection4 deficiencies
  • AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter

    “The operation allowed a person to be present at the operation after the CBCU notified the operation that the person is ineligible to be present. The person left during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.635(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 13, 2026. Correction verified: May 13, 2026.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “At the time of the inspection, nine infant mattresses had tears.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 18, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 2, 2026.

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “One child with a food allery did not have an allegy plan signed by a health care professional.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 20, 2026. Correction verified: May 14, 2026.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records

    “At the time of the inspection, one caregiver did not have current transportation safety training and one did not have current FA and CPR training.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 27, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 2, 2026.

Apr 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 through 7 years of age, outgrown weight or height limit of seat and less than 4 feet, 9 inches in height

    “At the time of the inspection, the operation did not have any booster seats. Booster seats were purchased and observed during at the inspection.”

    Rule 746.5607(e)(4)(A). High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 9, 2026.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Oct 7, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Sep 23, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Aug 26, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 20, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Aug 12, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 7, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jun 29, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 2, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 13, 2026Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Apr 9, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 2, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 19, 2025InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Dec 3, 2025.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 211 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 4 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 83 child care providers in Kaufman County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 9.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 83 in Kaufman County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Pinnacle Montessori of Forney This child care provider9
Eangee Anderson1
Janel LappNot given
Smart Start Montessori School12
April Hicks10
Christy Marie Hardy0
Primrose School of Forney at Gateway17
The Goddard School of Forney10
Heartland Home Daycare11
Children’s Lighthouse of Forney15
Dunkin Academy of Forney13
Sonia Moore0
Jenny Powell7

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 2, 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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