ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Howard Cottage (Howard College Child Development Center)

1001 BIRDWELL LN, BIG SPRING, TX 79720

License #506810 | Expires: Feb 16, 2001

Day Care Center
Type
75
Capacity
17
Inspections
5
Violations

Compliance Summary

3
Critical
0
Serious
2
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Aug 6, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 24, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Jun 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 28, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Sep 24, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 5, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 3, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Aug 15, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 23, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 27, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 9, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 16, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 28, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 22, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 4, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 30, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 26, 2021 OTHER Violations Found 3

Violation Details

Moderate Corrected

This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. The operation staff did not notify the parent or authorized pick-up person, at pick up time, that their child fell hitting their head and complained of wrist pain while in care at the operation.

Corrected: May 30, 2025

Critical Corrected

This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. Two children walked out of the operation unnoticed and remained unsupervised outdoors for over two minutes.

Corrected: Sep 19, 2024

Critical Corrected

This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. The operation staff left a child out on the playground without supervision for 16 minutes.

Corrected: Apr 20, 2021

Moderate Corrected

This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. The operation did not provide an incident report of a situation that placed a child at risk, within 48 hours of the incident. The incident occurred six days prior to the parent signing the incident report.

Corrected: Apr 20, 2021

Critical Corrected

This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. The staff failed to conduct a proper count of all children they were responsible for as the children entered the building and once all the children were back in the classroom.

Corrected: Apr 20, 2021

Nearby Facilities

ACTIVE

BAUER SCHOOL READINESS ACADEMY

108 NW 9TH ST, BIG SPRING, TX 79720

School-Age Program Capacity: 198
ACTIVE

BIG SPRING FAMILY YMCA

801 OWENS ST, BIG SPRING, TX 79720

Day Care Center Capacity: 70
ACTIVE

HILLCREST CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

2000 W FM 700, BIG SPRING, TX 79720

Day Care Center Capacity: 119
ACTIVE

HOWARD COTTAGE (HOWARD COLLEGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER)

1001 BIRDWELL LN, BIG SPRING, TX 79720

Day Care Center Capacity: 75
ACTIVE

JACK AND JILL SCHOOL AND CCC

1708 NOLAN ST, BIG SPRING, TX 79720

School-Age Program Capacity: 150
Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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