Education Station Academy

A licensed child care center in Lavon, Texas 75166

712 Main St, Lavon, Texas 75166. (972) 843-2229.

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The short answer

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

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Collin County: 2
2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
23 inspections on record
3-Star Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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?

4 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 647 child care providers in Collin County had 2.

23 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 18, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Apr 30, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Mar 13, 2025

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

When those deficiencies happened

4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

4 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.

Feb 18, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)

“Two caregiver’s affidavits were not notarized.”

Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

May 2, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment

“The caregiver’s Abuse/Neglect Training expired 06/30/24.”

Rule 746.1309(c). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2025. Correction verified: May 6, 2025.

Apr 30, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment

“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and found to be deficient. A child in care was inappropriately disciplined by a caregiver.”

Rule 746.2805(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: Jun 4, 2025.

Mar 13, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The fire inspection was not current.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 28, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 10, 2025.

35 deficiencies older than three years

Jun 30, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The fire inspection was not current. The previous inspection expired on 6/22/23.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2023.
Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

“The playgrounds did not have the adequate amount of surfacing.”

Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 18, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2023.
Documented Annual Training- Required Content

“The staff were not current with their emergency preparedness training.”

Rule 746.1309(e). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 3, 2023.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“One out of five records evaluated did not have a current health statement.”

Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2023.
Children’s Records - Immunizations

“One out of five records evaluated did not have their immunization records.”

Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2023.
Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program

“Three out of five records evaluated did not have a current health statement.”

Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 28, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 28, 2023.

May 18, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

“A caregiver failed to use good judgment when they flipped a child over on a mat and put a blanket over their head to go to sleep. Caregivers put straps around the waists of several two year old children to prevent them from getting up while eating at the table.”

Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 27, 2023. Correction verified: Jun 30, 2023.

Mar 31, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

“One driver was not current with their transportation training. It expired 2/23.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2023.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

“One employee did not have a notarized affidavit.”

Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 14, 2023. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2023.

Oct 19, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface

“The changing pad in the infant room had a tear.”

Rule 746.3503(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 31, 2022. Correction verified: Oct 27, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

“The operational polices did not include the promotion of physical activity.”

Rule 746.501(a)(18). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.
Written Operational Policies - Vaccine Preventable Diseases

“The operational policies did not include their requirements for vaccine preventable diseases for their employees.”

Rule 746.501(a)(28). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 4, 2022. Correction verified: Nov 2, 2022.

Aug 19, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

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

“The new alarm that was installed in the van was not working.”

Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 31, 2022. Correction verified: Aug 23, 2022.

Jun 9, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The fire inspection was not current.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2022.
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

“The operation purchased the incorrect alarm for the vehicles.”

Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 24, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2022.
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

“Three high chairs did not have straps.”

Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2022.
Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

“The playground needs more surfacing.”

Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2022.
Posting Requirements - Activity Plans for each group of children in the child care center

“All of the classrooms did not have the activity plan posted.”

Rule 746.401(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 17, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2022.

May 23, 2022: inspection5 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The fire inspection was not current.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2022.
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

“The operation purchased the incorrect alarm for the vehicles.”

Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2022.
Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps

“Three high chairs did not have straps.”

Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2022.
Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing

“The playground needs more surfacing.”

Rule 746.4901(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2022.
Posting Requirements - Activity Plans for each group of children in the child care center

“All of the classrooms did not have the activity plan posted.”

Rule 746.401(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 9, 2022.

Mar 15, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The operation has not had a fire inspection since August of 2020.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 30, 2022.
Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - 24 Annual Training

“One of the employee who have been employed over a year only had 9 hours of annual training.”

Rule 746.1301(5)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 30, 2022.
Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups

“Four infants in the infant room were observed without having labels on their bottles.”

Rule 746.2419(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2022.
Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name

“Nap mats were observed not to be labeled in any of the classrooms.”

Rule 746.4503(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2022.
Documentation of Drills

“According to documentation the operation has not conducted any drills since January 2022.”

Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2022.
Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification

“Three employee files were missing copies of photo identification.”

Rule 746.901(8). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 18, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 18, 2022.
Documentation of Training Requirements - Length

“One of the employee files reviewed had certificates that were measured in minutes not clock hours or CEU’s.”

Rule 746.1329(b)(6). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 31, 2022. Correction verified: Mar 30, 2022.

Feb 22, 2022: report to the state5 deficiencies

AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and it was determined that a child was left in a vehicle while in care. A child was left on a van for one hour.”

Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.
Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children

“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation. A child was not being supervised when they were left on a van for one hour.”

Rule 746.1203(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.
Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children

“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation. A child was not accounted for when leaving the vehicle and was left on the van for one hour.”

Rule 746.5605(3). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.
AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended

“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and it was determined that a child was left on a van while in care. A child was left on a van for one hour.”

Rule 746.5605(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle

“This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation. The van was not equipped with an electronic child safety alarm.”

Rule 746.5625(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 4, 2022. Correction verified: Jun 27, 2022.

All 29 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Feb 18, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 13, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 13, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Jun 4, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
May 2, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Apr 30, 2025	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Apr 9, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 20, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 18, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Mar 17, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 13, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jul 3, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Mar 21, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 28, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 22, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 30, 2023	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
May 18, 2023	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Mar 31, 2023	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Dec 14, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Nov 2, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 19, 2022	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Aug 23, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 19, 2022	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jun 27, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jun 9, 2022	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
May 23, 2022	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Mar 15, 2022	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited
Feb 22, 2022	Report to the state	5 deficiencies cited
Dec 1, 2021	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 5, 2009.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 160 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.
6 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?

Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 647 child care providers in Collin County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 4.

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

11 of the 647 in Collin County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Tamiko Rene Simmons	7
The Preschool Academy	3
Arka Montessori of Lavon	5
Education Station Academy This child care provider	4
Fountain Park Kindercare	9
Childrens Lighthouse of Panther Creek	25
Plano Isd - Employee Child Care at Mendenhall	0
Kids Learning Center	6
Alphabest @ Harrison- Wylie	0
Alphabest @ Davis- Wylie	0
Alphabest @ Draper-Wylie	0
YMCA at Comstock Elementary	9

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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