The Nest School Park Cypress

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Houston / Harris / 77094
Street address: 18150 Park Cypress St
Phone: (281) 944-4320
Capacity: 333
Ages served: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 06:30 AM-06:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: July 14, 2023
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

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Adverse action means HHSC has taken enforcement action affecting an operation’s permit or ability to operate; see the official HHSC record for details.

Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies

State records list 23 cited deficiencies dated January 19, 2024 to June 23, 2026 (15 High, 4 Medium High, 3 Medium, 1 Low risk). Correction status: 3 corrected at inspection, 20 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling (746.2805(3))
Cited June 23, 2026 (correction date recorded: July 22, 2026; correction verified August 3, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver grabbed and pulled a child by the hand and arm as punishment.
High risk · Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety (746.1205(a)(5))
Cited June 23, 2026 (correction date recorded: July 22, 2026; correction verified August 3, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver did not maintain visual awareness of each child's activity while two children engaged in a physical altercation.
High risk · Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle (746.5625(a))
Cited September 29, 2025 (correction date recorded: October 17, 2025; correction verified October 15, 2025; technical assistance given); September 18, 2025 (correction date recorded: October 2, 2025; correction verified September 29, 2025; technical assistance given); September 6, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 19, 2025; correction verified September 18, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe child safety alarms that were not working or had not been installed in vehicles used to transport children.
High risk · Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle (746.5625(d)(2))
Cited September 18, 2025 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given); September 6, 2025 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe vehicle walk-throughs to check whether any child remained on the van, including a caregiver who did not perform a walk-through.
High risk · Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for (746.1205(a)(2))
Cited September 6, 2025 (correction date recorded: September 9, 2025; correction verified September 18, 2025; technical assistance given); March 25, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 2, 2025; correction verified May 5, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe a school-age child left on a bus after arrival at the center and a caregiver who did not know how many children they were responsible for when a child left the playground for the parking lot.
High risk · Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months (746.5101(a))
Cited June 26, 2025 (correction date recorded: July 11, 2025; correction verified July 10, 2025; technical assistance given); May 5, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 20, 2025; correction verified June 26, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: There was no current fire inspection. The inspection on file had expired on January 29, 2025.
High risk · AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited (746.1201(4))
Cited March 25, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 2, 2025; correction verified May 5, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A DFPS investigation found evidence that a 20-month-old child was neglected when the child left the playground and was found in the center's parking lot.
High risk · Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk (746.307(b)(4))
Cited March 25, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 2, 2025; correction verified May 5, 2025).
What the record describes: The center did not notify a parent at pickup about a situation that placed their child at risk.
High risk · Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity (746.1205(a)(4))
Cited March 24, 2025 (correction date recorded: March 27, 2025; correction verified March 28, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A 20-month-old child passed through the playground gate into the front parking lot next to the playground.
High risk · Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit (746.5617(a)(6))
Cited July 15, 2024 (correction date recorded: July 22, 2024; correction verified July 17, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: One van was missing scissors and tweezers, and another van was missing scissors.
Medium High risk · Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually (746.1316(a))
Cited June 10, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 7, 2026; correction verified September 9, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver had not completed the required transportation safety training before transporting children in care.
Medium High risk · Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely (746.5603(c))
Cited June 10, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 7, 2026; correction verified August 26, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Eight seating positions in a vehicle used to transport children were missing buckles, preventing the child passenger restraints from being properly secured.
Medium High risk · Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement (746.605(12))
Cited June 26, 2025 (correction date recorded: July 4, 2025; correction verified July 10, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Special needs information was missing from two of seven records checked.
Medium High risk · Annual Sanitation Inspection (746.3401(a))
Cited May 5, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 19, 2025; correction verified May 22, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The center's health inspection had expired on February 2, 2025.
Medium risk · Children's Records - Immunizations (746.603(a)(4))
Cited June 26, 2025 (correction date recorded: July 4, 2025; correction verified July 10, 2025).
What the record describes: An immunization record was missing from one of seven records checked.
Medium risk · Liability Insurance Maintained (746.201(8))
Cited May 5, 2025 (correction date recorded: May 19, 2025; correction verified May 7, 2025).
What the record describes: The center's liability insurance was not current. The insurance on file had expired on March 12, 2025.
Medium risk · Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name (746.4503(b))
Cited January 19, 2024 (corrected at inspection).
What the record describes: Some cots were not labeled or numbered during naptime.
Low risk · Incident/Illness Report Form Signed (746.705)
Cited March 24, 2025 (correction date recorded: March 26, 2025; correction verified March 28, 2025).
What the record describes: A parent had not signed an incident report. The child attended only twice a week.

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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Summary of the record

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Texas Health and Human Services records list 23 cited deficiencies for The Nest School Park Cypress in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (15 High, 4 Medium High, 3 Medium, 1 Low).

Records list 15 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-08-03.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	15
Medium High	4
Medium	3
Medium Low	0
Low	1
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.

Recent citations in the summary window

2026-06-23 · 746.1205(a)(5) · High

Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety

Based on the information obtained during the course of this investigation, it was determined that a caregiver did not maintain visual awareness of each child's ongoing activity to provide the level of supervision necessary to ensure each child's safety and well-being as two…

Correction date recorded: 2026-07-22

2026-06-23 · 746.2805(3) · High

Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

Based on the information obtained during this investigation, it was determined that a caregiver used prohibited punishment when grabbing and pulling a child by the hand and arm.

Correction date recorded: 2026-07-22

2026-06-10 · 746.1316(a) · Medium High

Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

Based on the information obtained during the course of this investigation, there is sufficient evidence showing a caregiver did not complete the required transportation safety training prior to transporting children in care.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-07

Full citation history from HHSC (27)

2026-06-23 · 746.2805(3) · High
Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-07-22. Correction verified: 2026-08-03.
Based on the information obtained during this investigation, it was determined that a caregiver used prohibited punishment when grabbing and pulling a child by the hand and arm.
2026-06-23 · 746.1205(a)(5) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-07-22. Correction verified: 2026-08-03.
Based on the information obtained during the course of this investigation, it was determined that a caregiver did not maintain visual awareness of each child's ongoing activity to provide the level of supervision necessary to ensure each child's safety and well-being as two children engaged in a physical altercation.
2026-06-10 · 746.5603(c) · Medium High
Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-07. Correction verified: 2026-08-26.
Based on the information obtained during the course of this investigation, it was determined eight seating positions on a vehicle used for transporting children were missing buckles, preventing the child passenger restraints from being properly secured.
2026-06-10 · 746.1316(a) · Medium High
Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-07. Correction verified: 2026-09-09.
Based on the information obtained during the course of this investigation, there is sufficient evidence showing a caregiver did not complete the required transportation safety training prior to transporting children in care.
2025-09-29 · 746.5625(a) · High
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-10-17. Correction verified: 2025-10-15.
Operation currently does not have a working child safety alarm in their vehicles used to transport children.
2025-09-18 · 746.5625(d)(2) · High
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2025-09-18. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Child safety alarm helps the caregiver who is transporting children to do a walk through the van to ensure that no child is left unattended. The operation has implemented the walk through for caregiver who transport children. Caregiver was terminated.
2025-09-18 · 746.5625(a) · High
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-10-02. Correction verified: 2025-09-29.
Operation currently have not installed the child safety alarm.
2025-09-06 · 746.1205(a)(2) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-09. Correction verified: 2025-09-18.
A school age child was left in the bus after they arrived at the center.Caregiver was terminated on the spot.
2025-09-06 · 746.5625(d)(2) · High
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2025-09-16. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Caregiver did not do a walk through to ensure that no child was left on the van. Caregiver was terminated on the spot.
2025-09-06 · 746.5625(a) · High
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-09-19. Correction verified: 2025-09-18.
Operation currently have not installed the child safety alarm.
2025-06-26 · 746.605(12) · Medium High
Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-07-04. Correction verified: 2025-07-10.
Special needs information was missing for two out of seven records checked.
2025-06-26 · 746.5101(a) · High
Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-07-11. Correction verified: 2025-07-10.
There is no current fire inspection.
2025-06-26 · 746.603(a)(4) · Medium
Children's Records - Immunizations
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-07-04. Correction verified: 2025-07-10.
Immuinization record was missing for one out of seven records checked.
2025-05-05 · 746.5101(a) · High
Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-20. Correction verified: 2025-06-26.
Licensing did not observe any current fire inspection for this operation. The one on file had expired since 1/29/2025.
2025-05-05 · 746.3401(a) · Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-19. Correction verified: 2025-05-22.
Health inspection for this operation expired since 2/02/2025.
2025-05-05 · 746.201(8) · Medium
Liability Insurance Maintained
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-19. Correction verified: 2025-05-07.
Liability insurance is not current. The one on file expired since 3/12/2025.
2025-03-25 · 746.307(b)(4) · High
Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-02. Correction verified: 2025-05-05.
Based on DFPS investigation operation did not notify parent at the time of pickup of the situation that placed their child at risk.
2025-03-25 · 746.1205(a)(2) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-02. Correction verified: 2025-05-05.
Based on DFPS investigation caregiver did not know the number of children she was responsible for when a 20 months old child exited the playground to the operation parking lot.
2025-03-25 · 746.1201(4) · High
AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-05-02. Correction verified: 2025-05-05.
There is enough evidence according to DFPS investigation that a 20 months old child was neglected when child exited the playground and was found in the operation parking lot. An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation per HRC &42.078.
2025-03-24 · 746.1205(a)(4) · High
Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-03-27. Correction verified: 2025-03-28.
A 20 months old child was able to get pass the gate from the playground into the front parking lot next to the playground.
2025-03-24 · 746.705 · Low
Incident/Illness Report Form Signed
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-03-26. Correction verified: 2025-03-28.
Incident report has not been signed by parent.child comes only twice a week.
2024-07-15 · 746.5617(a)(6) · High
Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-07-22. Correction verified: 2024-07-17.
First van was missing scissor and tweezers and the second van was missing scissors.
2024-01-19 · 746.4503(b) · Medium
Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child's Name
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2024-01-19. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Few cots were not labelled or numbered during naptime. This was corrected during inspection.
2023-07-06 · 746.3417(1) · Medium High
Children Handwashing Before Eating
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2023-07-06. Correction verified: Not recorded.
I observed that one four year old did not wash his hands before eating snack. This was corrected when child was asked by the director to wash his hands.
2023-07-06 · 746.3407 · Medium High
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-07-13. Correction verified: 2023-07-14.
Part of the outdoor play area has grass that needed to be cut. Picture was taken.
2022-12-29 · 746.5101(a) · High
Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-02-10. Correction verified: 2023-02-02.
Operation does not currently have fire inspection.
2022-12-29 · 746.3401(a) · Medium High
Annual Sanitation Inspection
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-02-10. Correction verified: 2023-02-07.
Operation does not currently have Sanitation inspection.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1429880

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.