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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 7 cited deficiencies dated August 22, 2024 to November 22, 2024 (1 High, 5 Medium High, 1 Medium risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 7 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
High risk · Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months (746.5101(a)) Cited August 22, 2024 (correction date recorded: September 19, 2024; correction verified September 27, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The initial fire inspection had not been conducted.
Medium High risk · Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location (746.5207(a)(3)) Cited November 22, 2024 (correction date recorded: December 6, 2024; correction verified December 13, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The emergency evacuation diagram did not show the designated location outside the child-care center where all caregivers and children would meet.
Medium High risk · Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location Inside (746.5207(a)(4)) Cited November 22, 2024 (correction date recorded: December 6, 2024; correction verified December 13, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The emergency evacuation diagram did not show a designated location inside the child-care center where all caregivers and children would shelter from threatening weather.
Medium High risk · Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures (746.5202(1)) Cited November 22, 2024 (correction date recorded: December 6, 2024; correction verified December 13, 2024). What the record describes: The emergency preparedness plan lacked evacuation or relocation details for reaching the designated area or alternate shelter, including specific procedures for children under 24 months, with limited mobility, or otherwise needing emergency assistance, such as those with mental, visual, or hearing impairments.
Medium High risk · Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care Until Children Released (746.5202(4)) Cited November 22, 2024 (correction date recorded: December 6, 2024; correction verified December 13, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The emergency preparedness plan did not document how staff would continue caring for children until each child was released.
Medium High risk · Annual Sanitation Inspection (746.3401(a)) Cited August 22, 2024 (correction date recorded: September 19, 2024; correction verified September 27, 2024). What the record describes: The initial health inspection had not been conducted.
Medium risk · Posting Requirements - License (746.401(1)) Cited August 22, 2024 (correction date recorded: September 6, 2024; correction verified September 23, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Required postings were not posted.
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 7 cited deficiencies for The Kessler School Early Childhood Center in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (1 High, 5 Medium High, 1 Medium).
Records list 8 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-01-08.
HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight
Citations
High
1
Medium High
5
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.
Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location Inside
The emergency evacuation diagram does not have a designated location inside the child-care center where all caregivers and children take shelter from threatening weather.
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
Details showing how children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate shelter, including specific procedures for evacuating and relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in…
Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-12-06. Correction verified: 2024-12-13.
Details showing how children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate shelter, including specific procedures for evacuating and relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or hearing impairments was not included in the emergency preparedness plan.
Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location Inside
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-12-06. Correction verified: 2024-12-13.
The emergency evacuation diagram does not have a designated location inside the child-care center where all caregivers and children take shelter from threatening weather.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-09-19. Correction verified: 2024-09-27.
The initial health inspection has not been conducted.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1483216
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