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First Methodist Church Preschool

A licensed child care center in Palestine, Texas 75801

422 S Magnolia St, Palestine, Texas 75801. (903) 729-2710.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 3 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 13 child care providers in Anderson County had 2.

12 inspections on record. The latest, on May 18, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

4 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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.

Mar 3, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The children’s product certification has not been completed. This was corrected at the inspection when the director signed up and filled the form.”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2026.

Apr 1, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights

    “While reviewing the operational policy, the parent’s rights information was not in it and there was not an acknowledgment that the parents had received the information. This was corrected when the operation added the information to the handbook and sent it out via BrightWheel.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(20). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2025.

  • Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission

    “While reviewing children’s files, 5 children did not have a health care statement from a health care professional.”

    Rule 746.611(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 22, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2025.

Apr 16, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Diapering Procedures - Wash Infant’s Hands

    “While observing diaper changes in a classroom, the caregiver did not ensure that the child’s hands was washed after the diaper change. This was corrected when the caregiver washed the child’s hands after being asked by CCR.”

    Rule 746.3505(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 16, 2024. Correction verified: May 9, 2024.

4 deficiencies older than three years
Apr 19, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games

    “During inspection, one caregiver was observed on a personal device unrelated to childcare while supervising children.”

    Rule 746.1203(3)(D). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 24, 2023.

  • Screen Time Activities - Related to Planned Activities

    “One class was observed utilizing screen time not related to the educational goals of the day.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(1). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 24, 2023.

May 16, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

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

    “During HASA inspection, personnel training records were unavailable for review.”

    Rule 746.801(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: May 31, 2022.

Nov 8, 2021: inspection1 deficiency

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

    “11/8/21 - At the follow-up inspection the loose-fill does not measure 6 inches at the slide exits or swings. During the inspection the loose-fill was measured and did not meet 6 inches at the slide exits.”

    Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 17, 2021.

All 15 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 18, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 12, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 3, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 23, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 19, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 1, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Oct 31, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 9, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 16, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Apr 24, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 21, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 19, 2023Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 16, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Dec 17, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Nov 8, 2021Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 3, 2009.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 75 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.
  • 3 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 13 child care providers in Anderson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.
Source:

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

11 of the 13 in Anderson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Pisd Employee Daycare Center0
Candy Cane Learning Academy6
Jennifer MyrickNot given
Palestine YMCA Early Childhood Center2
First Methodist Church Preschool This child care provider4
Southside Baptist Ccc0
Evangelistic Temple Learning Center2
Lil’ Indians3
Palestine YMCA Early Childhood Center Elkhart5
Egg-Ceptional Learning Center5
Westwood Isd Early Learning Center1
Melissa EldredgeNot 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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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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