KCE Champions LLC @ KIPP Legacy

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Houston / Harris / 77078
Street address: 9606 Mesa Dr
Phone: (832) 270-3994
Capacity: 120
Ages served: Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 03:00 PM-06:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: February 7, 2024
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

Corrective action means HHSC requires steps to address compliance concerns; see the official HHSC record for details.

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 13 cited deficiencies dated October 13, 2023 to February 3, 2026 (4 High, 8 Medium High, 1 Medium risk). Correction status: 2 corrected at inspection, 11 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

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 (744.1205(a)(4))
Cited February 27, 2025 (correction date recorded: March 25, 2025; correction verified March 25, 2025; technical assistance given); August 26, 2024 (correction date recorded: September 3, 2024; correction verified September 24, 2024; technical assistance given); October 30, 2023 (correction date recorded: January 4, 2024; correction verified January 17, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe children outside a classroom or in a hallway without supervision, including a child running out of the gym without a caregiver. Children were also released where the caregiver could not see their parents receive them.
High risk · Required Admission Information- Release Information (744.605(7))
Cited October 30, 2023 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A person who was not authorized to pick up a child came to pick up the child.
Medium High risk · Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Pediatric CPR (744.1315(b))
Cited February 3, 2026 (correction date recorded: February 17, 2026; correction verified February 17, 2026).
What the record describes: The site director's pediatric first aid certification with rescue breathing and choking expired on 8/7/2025.
Medium High risk · Child/ Caregiver Ratio (744.1601)
Cited August 26, 2024 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The classroom had 27 children with 1 caregiver, and most of the children were 4 years old.
Medium High risk · Policies for Release of Children - Record Identity of Person (744.2803(b))
Cited October 30, 2023 (correction date recorded: December 6, 2023; correction verified December 6, 2023; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: An unauthorized person whom staff did not know attempted to pick up a child.
Medium High risk · Policies for Release of Children Instruct Employees of Verification Plan (744.2803(c))
Cited October 30, 2023 (correction date recorded: January 5, 2024; correction verified January 17, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Staff had not been trained on how to identify and release children.
Medium High risk · Release of Children (744.2801)
Cited October 30, 2023 (correction date recorded: December 6, 2023; correction verified December 6, 2023; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: An unauthorized person whom staff did not know attempted to pick up a child.
Medium High risk · Required Admission Information-Special Care Needs Statement (744.605(13))
Cited October 30, 2023 (correction date recorded: January 4, 2025; correction verified January 17, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The special needs section was not completed in 3 children's files.
Medium High risk · Report Change in Controlling Person (744.305(a)(7))
Cited October 13, 2023 (correction date recorded: October 27, 2023; correction verified October 23, 2023; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation did not report a change in the controlling person.
Medium High risk · Report Change in Director (744.303(4))
Cited October 13, 2023 (correction date recorded: October 27, 2023; correction verified October 23, 2023; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: CCR did not receive notice within 5 days of a change in directors.
Medium risk · Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance (744.801(4))
Cited October 13, 2023 (correction date recorded: October 27, 2023; correction verified October 23, 2023; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The program director's time sheet or attendance record was unavailable for review during the inspection.

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 13 cited deficiencies for KCE Champions LLC @ KIPP Legacy in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (4 High, 8 Medium High, 1 Medium).

Records list 10 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-02-03.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	4
Medium High	8
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.

Recent citations in the summary window

2026-02-03 · 744.1315(b) · Medium High

Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Pediatric CPR

The site director's pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking expired on 8/7/2025.

Correction date recorded: 2026-02-17

2025-02-27 · 744.1205(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

A child was outside of the classroom alone with no supervison in an area he could not be seen.

Correction date recorded: 2025-03-25

2024-08-26 · 744.1601 · Medium High

Child/ Caregiver Ratio

The classroom was out of ratio. There were 27 children to 1 caregiver, wiith the majority of the children being 4 years old. Corrected: 13 children were picked up by their parents, before the inspection ended.

Corrected at inspection

Full citation history from HHSC (13)

2026-02-03 · 744.1315(b) · Medium High
Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Pediatric CPR
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-02-17. Correction verified: 2026-02-17.
The site director's pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking expired on 8/7/2025.
2025-02-27 · 744.1205(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: 2025-03-25. Correction verified: 2025-03-25.
A child was outside of the classroom alone with no supervison in an area he could not be seen.
2024-08-26 · 744.1205(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: 2024-09-03. Correction verified: 2024-09-24.
It was observed that the children are being released in an area where the caregiver cannot visually see the child being received by their parent.
2024-08-26 · 744.1601 · Medium High
Child/ Caregiver Ratio
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2024-08-26. Correction verified: Not recorded.
The classroom was out of ratio. There were 27 children to 1 caregiver, wiith the majority of the children being 4 years old. Corrected: 13 children were picked up by their parents, before the inspection ended.
2023-10-30 · 744.605(7) · High
Required Admission Information- Release Information
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2023-11-06. Correction verified: Not recorded.
An unauthorized person came to pick up a child in care without being a person a child can be released to.
2023-10-30 · 744.605(13) · Medium High
Required Admission Information-Special Care Needs Statement
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-01-04. Correction verified: 2024-01-17.
3 student files did not have a "special needs" section completed.
2023-10-30 · 744.2803(b) · Medium High
Policies for Release of Children - Record Identity of Person
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-12-06. Correction verified: 2023-12-06.
There has been an unauthorized person unknown to staff who attempted to pickup a child in care.
2023-10-30 · 744.1205(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: 2024-01-04. Correction verified: 2024-01-17.
CCR observed a child running out of the gym without the caregiver. CCR observed a child in the hallway with no supervision.
2023-10-30 · 744.2801 · Medium High
Release of Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-12-06. Correction verified: 2023-12-06.
There has been an unauthorized person unknown to staff who attempted to pickup a child in care.
2023-10-30 · 744.2803(c) · Medium High
Policies for Release of Children Instruct Employees of Verification Plan
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-01-05. Correction verified: 2024-01-17.
The staff have not been trained on how to properly identify and release children.
2023-10-13 · 744.303(4) · Medium High
Report Change in Director
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-10-27. Correction verified: 2023-10-23.
CCR did not recieve notice within 5 days that there was a change with Directors.
2023-10-13 · 744.305(a)(7) · Medium High
Report Change in Controlling Person
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-10-27. Correction verified: 2023-10-23.
The operation failed to report a change with the Controlling Person.
2023-10-13 · 744.801(4) · Medium
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-10-27. Correction verified: 2023-10-23.
The Program Director time sheet/ attendance was unavailable for review during inspection.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1456758

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.