Cypress Montessori School

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77095

9507 Huffmeister Rd, Houston, Texas 77095. (281) 861-6900.

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The short answer

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

18 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
6 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
20 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 18 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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?

18 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

20 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 2, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions, at the inspection on Jan 23, 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 May 29, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the inspection on May 29, 2025

3 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

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

18 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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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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

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.

Jan 23, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

“The child safety alarm on the bus was not working at the inspection.”

Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 24, 2026.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care

“The operation did not have a current fire inspection available for review.”

Rule 746.801(11). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 27, 2026.

May 29, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

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 information gathered in the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence supervision was not being maintained in the classroom”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.
Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

“Based on the information gathered in the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence the caregiver used inappropriate discipline while discipling a child.”

Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 2, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 11, 2025.

Apr 21, 2025: report to the state2 deficiencies

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 information gathered in the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence supervision was not being maintained in the classroom”

Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2025. Correction verified: May 29, 2025.
Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

“Based on the information gathered in the investigation, there’s sufficient evidence the caregiver used inappropriate discipline while discipling a child.”

Rule 746.2805(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 19, 2025. Correction verified: May 29, 2025.

Feb 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“Two out of eight children files did not have an allergy preparedness plan. Both kids had nut allergies.”

Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 19, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 21, 2025.

Jun 4, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency

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

“Based on the information gathered in the investigation, there is sufficient evidence a caregiver had excess to children without a background check.”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 2, 2024. Correction verified: Aug 6, 2024.

Feb 9, 2024: inspection10 deficiencies

Education Outside of U.S.

“Four out of five files did not have their diploma documents written in a foreign language must be translated into English or transcribed to stating what it was equivalent to in the U.S.”

Rule 746.1111. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 8, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 5, 2024.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“Three out of four files was all 24hrs. of required annual trainings.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2024.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“The director was missing 30hrs. of required annual training.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2024.
Posting Requirements - Letter or form from the most recent Licensing Inspection or Investigation

“The operation did not have the last/current inspection posted.”

Rule 746.401(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 19, 2024.
Posting Requirements - Licensing Notice-Keeping Children Safe

“The operation did not have the keeping children safe poster posted.”

Rule 746.401(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 19, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operation policy was not updatd with the indoor and outdoor play procedures.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 4, 2024.
Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

“The operation procedures for supporting inclusive services to children with special care needs.”

Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 4, 2024.
Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s operational policies

“Four out of five files was missing A statement signed and dated by the employee showing he has received a copyof the child-care center s for Operational policies.”

Rule 746.901(6)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 29, 2024.
Posting Requirements - Licensing Parent Notification Poster

“The operation did not have the parent notification poster posted.”

Rule 746.401(7). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 19, 2024.
Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s personnel policies

“Four out of five files was missing A statement signed and dated by the employee showing he has received a copy of the child-care center s for the employee handbook.”

Rule 746.901(6)(B). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 16, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 29, 2024.

24 deficiencies older than three years

Feb 13, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies

Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

“One out of four personnel files was missing CPR/First Aid during the inspection.”

Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2023.
Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

“One out of deight files did not an allergy preparedness plan available during the inspection.”

Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 8, 2023.
Required Postings-Child’s Food Allergies

“A child that has several allergies, name was not posted as required by minimum standards.”

Rule 746.401(10). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 15, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2023.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“One out of four personnel files was missing 17 hours or annual traiings.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2023.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“The director did not have 3o hours of current annual trainings during the inspection.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 7, 2023.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

“The operation did not have the emergency practices available for review during the inspection.”

Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 22, 2023. Correction verified: Mar 6, 2023.

Oct 28, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children

“I observed a child walk from the young toddler classroom to the PreK room by herself.”

Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2022.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“The transition toddler classroom was out of ratio. The specified age group was 2yrs. old, not 3yrs. old. The class had one caregiver working in the room.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 8, 2022.
Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

“The bottle in the refrigerator was not labeled with the child’s name during the inspection. Corrected at inspection. This was corrected when the director labeled the bottle with the child’s name. 10/28/2022.”

Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 28, 2022.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The diaper changing pad in the infant room had a slit on it.(pic taken)”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 7, 2022.
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“Four out of four feeding instructions for infants was not updated since September. (pics. taken)”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 7, 2022.

Jul 15, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies

Director’s Absence - Qualified Caregiver in Charge

“There was no one in charged at the center during the absence of the director while she was on a fieldtrip.”

Rule 746.1013(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

“A staff member that was over a group of kids did not have first aid training.”

Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 29, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.
CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based

“A staff member had a CPR/First Aid card, and the training was taken all online, and was not practice on a CPR manikin.”

Rule 746.1315(b)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 29, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 8, 2022.
Caregiver Qualification Age Exemption Attends High School -Enrolled in Child-care Career Program Approved by Home School & 24 Hrs. Pre-Service Trainin

“I observed a seventeen year old staff member with a group of children that was not apart of a child development career program at the high school.”

Rule 746.1109(b)(3)(B). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 22, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.

Jul 12, 2022: report to the state3 deficiencies

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children

“I observed a caregiver leave the classroom and look inside cubby’s outside the room during nap time.”

Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“A staff member was not certified in CPR/First Aid and was over a group of children.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 29, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“During the investigation, one caregiver left the classroom to open the door for the CCL inspector; and another caregiver left a classroom to go to the kitchen to get food leaving both rooms out of ratio.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 15, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 29, 2022.

Feb 25, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

“The caregiver in the 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 class left the room to go to another room to get a gift leaving the children unsupervised.”

Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 25, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger

“Two out of eleven files did not have a safe sleep form available for review.”

Rule 746.501(a)(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2022.
Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

“One out of four files did not have the required 24 hours of annual trainings.”

Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 26, 2022.
Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required

“The director did not have the 30 hours of annual training available for review.”

Rule 746.1311(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 25, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 12, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Plan for Extreme Weather

“The operational policy did not have the updated procedures for Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18)(F). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 2, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2022.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report

“The operation did not have a current health inspection available for review.”

Rule 746.801(12). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 4, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 2, 2022.

All 27 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Oct 2, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 1, 2026	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 23, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Aug 19, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 11, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
May 29, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Apr 23, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 21, 2025	Report to the state	2 deficiencies cited
Feb 19, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 6, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Feb 5, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Aug 6, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 12, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 4, 2024	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Jun 3, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Feb 9, 2024	Inspection	10 deficiencies cited
Jun 27, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 15, 2023	Report to the state	No violation found
Feb 13, 2023	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Nov 8, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 28, 2022	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Sep 29, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 29, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 15, 2022	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Jul 12, 2022	Report to the state	3 deficiencies cited
Mar 18, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 25, 2022	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Jan 10, 2006.
Its permit has conditions.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 150 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.
7 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 18.

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Cypress Montessori School This child care provider	18
Kim Lien Nguyen	1
West Montessori School of Copperfield	3
Cornerstone Preschool	2
King’s Castle	1
Ngan Kim Ngo	1
Patricia Adaclog	Not given
Nakia Singleton	0
Cypress Falls High School	1
Foundation Learning Academy- Queenston	17
Kids ‘r’ Kids of Copperfield	4
Primrose School of Copperfield	3
Minh Pham	10

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

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).
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).
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).
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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