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Shining Stars Montessori

Mckinney, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

6 state inspections, last 2 years
21 deficiencies on the state’s summary
10 high or medium-high risk
September 11, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued December 2, 2021
Capacity
100 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
Accepts child care subsidies
No
Conditions on the permit
No
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
1722992

Where

5450 Collin Mckinney Pkwy
Mckinney, TX 75070

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 1
  • Medium-high 9
  • Medium 10
  • Medium-low 1
  • Low 0

The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.

Citations on the record

Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
October 9, 2025Medium High746.5202(3) - Emergency Preparedness Plan - Essential Documentation
State’s note: “The emergency preparedness plan did not include procedures for evacuating with essential documentation such as parent contact information and emergency medical authorization for each child that would be present during an emergency evacuation. Have this information prevent posing a child at risk and providing parent notification.”
October 16, 2025
October 9, 2025Medium High746.1315(a) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
State’s note: “A caregiver does not have current pediatric first aid training.”
October 16, 2025
October 9, 2025Medium High746.1315(b) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
State’s note: “A caregiver does not have current pediatric CPR training.”
October 16, 2025
September 24, 2025Medium746.801(3) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
State’s note: “Four caregivers annual training certificates were not available for CCR to review.”
October 1, 2025
September 24, 2025Medium High746.5202(3) - Emergency Preparedness Plan - Essential Documentation
State’s note: “The emergency preparedness plan did not include procedures for evacuating with essential documentation such as parent contact information and emergency medical authorization for each child that would be present during an emergency evacuation. Have this information prevent posing a child at risk and providing parent notification.”
October 1, 2025
September 24, 2025Medium Low746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
State’s note: “Three caregivers did not have a pre-affidavit of employment on file.”
October 1, 2025
September 24, 2025Medium746.801(12) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report
State’s note: “The current health inspection report was not available.”
October 1, 2025
August 1, 2025Medium High746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
State’s note: “Based on the interviews with the staff, parent, child witness, the victim, and the video, the operation was found not to be in compliance with the standard evaluated. A young child found a small round object in the gym and placed the small round object in their nose. The young child received treatment from a health care professional to retrieve the small ob…”
August 29, 2025
October 28, 2024Medium High746.2909(1) - Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Not Blocking Entrances or Exits
State’s note: “A child in a primary classroom was asleep on their cot placed in front of the back door. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver moved the child to a different area in the room.”
At the inspection
October 28, 2024Medium746.1613(a) - Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
State’s note: “A classroom reduced the ratio by 50% with a 12 month old present in the group ranging from 12 to 24 months. The ratio was 9 to 1. Ratios during nap time can only be reduced by 50% for children 18 months and older in a group. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when a second teacher was placed in the classroom to supervise the children.”
At the inspection
October 28, 2024Medium High746.2911 - Adequate Lighting During Naptime
State’s note: “A primary classroom had a curtain hanging over the window causing the room not to have adequeate light in the classroom during naptime.This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver removed the curtain from the window.”
At the inspection
October 16, 2024Medium746.4907(c) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Posts Marked to Proper Depth
State’s note: “The equipment support post were not marked to ensure the surfacing is maintained at the appropropriate depth.”
October 23, 2024
October 16, 2024Medium746.1613(a) - Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
State’s note: “A classroom reduced the ratio by 50% with a 12 month old present in the group ranging from 12 to 24 months. The ratio was 10 to 1. Ratios during nap time can only be reduced by 50% for children 18 months and older in a group. The deficiency was corrected during the inspection when a second teacher was placed in the classroom to supervise 10 children rang…”
October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024Medium746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations
State’s note: “A child did not have shot records on file.”
October 23, 2024
October 16, 2024Medium746.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement
State’s note: “A child did not have a health statement on file. The health statement validate that the child has been examined by a health care professional and is health to participate in a child care program.”
October 23, 2024
November 13, 2023Medium746.1311(a) - Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
State’s note: “The director completed 15.5 hours of annual training.”
December 13, 2023
November 13, 2023Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “Three of the four infants had current feeding schedules. This was corrected at inspection when the parent emailed a copy of the missing feeding schedule for the one infant who did not have a current feeding schedule.”
At the inspection
March 22, 2023High746.2805(1) - Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
State’s note: “This standard was tasked over for this investigation and found to be deficient. After review of the video footage from the date and time of the allegation, it was determined that the caregiver did somewhat hit or smack the child on his side leg before picking him up and taking over the sink. At the time of the investigation inspection compliance had alread…”
At the inspection
December 15, 2022Medium746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations
State’s note: “At the time of inspection, two children did not have their most current immunization records on file for review, according to the age.”
December 29, 2022
December 15, 2022Medium High746.5101(b) - Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
State’s note: “The school's last fire inspection by a local fire marshal with the City of McKinney was on 6/23/21. No other fire inspection has been conducted at the center at this time.”
December 29, 2022
June 22, 2022Medium High746.4907(d) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
State’s note: “At the time of inspection the playground area where the slide/climb play structure is located has rubber mulch that below the required 6 inches for the height of the structure.”
July 6, 2022

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Shining Stars Montessori?

Texas HHSC's file lists 6 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 11, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Shining Stars Montessori have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 21: 1 high-risk, 9 medium-high-risk, 10 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.

Is this a rating?

No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.

About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.

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