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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 6 cited deficiencies dated January 12, 2024 to December 3, 2025 (2 Medium High, 3 Medium, 1 Low risk). Correction status: 1 corrected at inspection, 5 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
Medium High risk · Diapering Procedures-Soiled Diapers Kept in a Sanitary Manner (746.3505(f)) Cited December 3, 2025 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The diaper trash can in the restroom had no lid, leaving soiled diapers accessible to children.
Medium High risk · Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training (746.1301(a)(5)(A)) Cited December 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: December 17, 2025; correction verified December 9, 2025; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Three caregivers did not have all required annual training certificates available for review.
Medium risk · Director Annual Training - Additional required topics (746.1311(e)) Cited January 7, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 21, 2025; correction verified January 14, 2025). What the record describes: Annual training did not include the required topic of understanding building and physical premises safety.
Medium risk · Documented Annual Training- Required Content (746.1309(e)) Cited January 7, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 21, 2025; correction verified January 14, 2025). What the record describes: Five caregiver files did not include training in required topics such as emergency preparedness, communicable diseases, administering medication, food allergies, understanding building and physical premises safety, and hazardous materials.
Medium risk · Documented Annual Training - Remaining training hour topics (746.1309(f)) Cited January 12, 2024 (correction date recorded: January 26, 2024; correction verified January 17, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Two of the six staff were missing 2022–2023 training on administering medication and hazardous materials.
Low risk · Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985) (746.1105(3)) Cited January 7, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 10, 2025; correction verified January 10, 2025). What the record describes: One of the six files reviewed did not include a notarized employee affidavit.
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.
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Texas Health and Human Services records list 6 cited deficiencies for Ward Elementary School in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (2 Medium High, 3 Medium, 1 Low).
Records list 3 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2025-12-03.
HHSC risk weights of citations
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Medium High
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Medium
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Medium Low
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HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
Diapering Procedures-Soiled Diapers Kept in a Sanitary Manner
The diaper trashcan in the restroom did not have a lid, leaving soiled diapers accessible to children. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the trash was removed and the caregivers were instructed to bag the diapers individually.
Five of the caregiver files reviewed did not include training in required topics such as; emergency preparedness, communicable diseases, administering medication, food allergies, understanding building and physical premise safety, and Hazardous Materials.
Diapering Procedures-Soiled Diapers Kept in a Sanitary Manner
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2025-12-03. Correction verified: Not recorded.
The diaper trashcan in the restroom did not have a lid, leaving soiled diapers accessible to children. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection when the trash was removed and the caregivers were instructed to bag the diapers individually.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-01-21. Correction verified: 2025-01-14.
Five of the caregiver files reviewed did not include training in required topics such as; emergency preparedness, communicable diseases, administering medication, food allergies, understanding building and physical premise safety, and Hazardous Materials.
Documented Annual Training - Remaining training hour topics
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-01-26. Correction verified: 2024-01-17.
Two of the six staff were missing 2022-2023 trainings for the following; Administering medication and Hazardous material
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1335817
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