Hearth Record

Amarillo Montessori Day School

A licensed child care center in Amarillo, Texas 79111

2300 B Ave, Amarillo, Texas 79111. (806) 335-1646.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: Medium 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 50 child care providers in Potter County had 4.

14 inspections on record. The latest, on Apr 17, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Mar 16, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance

    “Attendance records for the director were not available for review at inspection.”

    Rule 746.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2026. Correction verified: Apr 17, 2026.

May 20, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “The operation has not provided the Parent’s Rights information to parents as required to be included in the operational policies.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 21, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2025.

Jun 4, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “Eight children files were reviewed. Three children’s files reviewed were missing current immunizations and one child file did not have any immunizations in file to review.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 11, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 10, 2024.

Apr 19, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    “It was found during the investigation that a child found a razor blade in a classroom and handled the razor blade.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 3, 2024. Correction verified: May 7, 2024.

14 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 3, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio - Caregivers Physically Present

    “The nap room was reduced down with 26 children from 18 months to 5 year olds with a specified age group of four year olds. The classroom had one caregiver in the classroom but there was not an additional staff member available in the building.”

    Rule 746.1613(a)(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 3, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2023.

  • Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    The inspectors’ words, 123 words

    “The infant/toddler playground had various types of equipment, stationary boat, little tykes car and a seat with broken pieces of plastic that presented as a pinch hazard and rough to the touch. On the prek/school age playground, there was a toy kitchen with broken windows that had sharp edges, one table had the edges broken with sharp edges and the gate to the fence was not pulled tight from the bungee cord and created a large gap that prevents the fence from being completely enclosed. Most of the areas requiring repair or replacement were corrected at inspection. The table and kitchen were removed from the playground at inspection. An additional bungee cord was added to pull the fence exit to be completely enclosed.”

    Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 3, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 13, 2023.

Jan 25, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Operation Open to Parents At All Times

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, parents had limited access inside the operation during operating hours.”

    Rule 746.201(7). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 23, 2023.

Jan 6, 2023: report to the state11 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “Based on the evidence obtained, the operation has had a frequent visitor at the operation prior to receiving a notification of eligibility.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Director Responsibilities - Operate in Compliance

    “Based on the evidence of the investigation, many of the investigation violations were in the presence of the directors or a situation that directors had firsthand knowledge about.”

    Rule 746.1003(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers-Report Suspected Child Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver employed at the operation suspected abuse and an immediate risk to children and waited months to make a report.”

    Rule 746.1201(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children

    “Based on the evidence obtained, a caregiver left her classroom periodically, leaving the children with no supervision.”

    Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

    “Based on the evidence obtained, the infants were staying in restrictive devices, including bumbo seats, for more than 15 minutes. One child was observed in a restrictive device for 52 minutes.”

    Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Report Situation Placing Children at Risk

    “A report was never received to CCR by the operation related a situation that placed a child at risk.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

    “Based on evidence obtained during the investigation, a classroom was observed over ratio when one staff member, needed for ratio, left the room multiple times to complete other duties, leaving the other caregiver alone with all the children.”

    Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • AP Report a Child In Care Showing Signs and Symptoms of Illness Requiring Hospitalization

    “A report was not made to childcare regulation regarding a medical emergency that required hospitalization.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Use Sanitary Holders

    “Based on the evidence obtained, food was being served on the bare surface of the table in the infant classroom.”

    Rule 746.3317(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Toys and Equipment to be Sanitized Set Aside

    “Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, toys, sleeping equipment and pacifiers are not being placed aside promptly for sanitizing.”

    Rule 746.3407(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance

    “Based on the evidence obtained, the operation has not been maintaining attendance records for all staff, including the director, on a routine basis.”

    Rule 746.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2023. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2023.

All 18 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 17, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 16, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 20, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 4, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 7, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 19, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Sep 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 3, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 10, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 27, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 25, 2023Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Jan 12, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 6, 2023Report to the state11 deficiencies cited
Jul 28, 2022InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 29, 1999.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 90 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 50 child care providers in Potter County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 4.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 50 in Potter County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Amarillo Montessori Day School This child care provider4
Trinity Lutheran Child Development Center14
Child Development Center5
Little Nest Cdc LLC4
Abc Learning Center 32
Carrie Johnson16
Chynna Olona1
Bright Minds Academy at Medi Park4
Sue Parish1
Amarillo College Medipark Campus Hagy Center for Young Child0
Stephanie TurmanNot given
Sunshine Valley Child Care Center5

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 Oct 24, 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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