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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 5 cited deficiencies dated April 16, 2025 to August 14, 2026 (4 High, 1 Medium risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 5 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
High risk · Report Situation Placing Children at Risk (746.305(a)(6)) Cited August 14, 2026 (correction date recorded: September 17, 2026; correction verified October 1, 2026; technical assistance given); March 24, 2026 (correction date recorded: April 21, 2026; correction verified May 5, 2026; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Narratives describe concerns about a caregiver that the operation did not report.
High risk · Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling (746.2805(3)) Cited April 16, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 27, 2025; correction verified July 10, 2025). What the record describes: Video showed a caregiver grab and pull a toddler.
High risk · Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Relate to Children (746.1201(2)) Cited April 16, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 27, 2025; correction verified July 10, 2025). What the record describes: Teachers interviewed reported seeing a former teacher have power struggles with a toddler.
Medium risk · Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent (746.707) Cited May 14, 2025 (correction date recorded: July 18, 2025; correction verified August 4, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Staff created and signed an incident report, and the child's family signed it later.
Counts, dates, risk levels and correction status come directly from the state data. The plain-English descriptions were written automatically from the inspectors' narratives and checked against them by a second automated reviewer; they cover citations dated October 11, 2023 to October 11, 2026. They may contain errors; the official record is authoritative.
This summary is generated automatically from public HHSC records. It restates the official record and may lag behind it. The official state record is the authoritative source: official HHSC record.
Texas Health and Human Services records list 5 cited deficiencies for The Preparatory School of Dripping Springs in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (4 High, 1 Medium).
Records list 9 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-08-18.
HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight
Citations
High
4
Medium High
0
Medium
1
Medium Low
0
Low
0
Unknown
0
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
The incident happened on 5/12/2025. The incident report was created and signed by operation staff on 5/12/1015, but the child's family did not sign it until 5/16/2025
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-07-18. Correction verified: 2025-08-04.
The incident happened on 5/12/2025. The incident report was created and signed by operation staff on 5/12/1015, but the child's family did not sign it until 5/16/2025
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-27. Correction verified: 2025-07-10.
The video showed the caregiver grab and pull the toddler.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1089487
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