ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Happy Bees Childcare Center

9600 S GESSNER RD BLDG C, HOUSTON, TX 77071

License #1740530 | Expires: Jul 24, 2023

Day Care Center
Type
151
Capacity
22
Inspections
62
Violations

Compliance Summary

13
Critical
37
Serious
10
Moderate
2
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Jan 16, 2026 OTHER Compliant 0
Dec 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 4, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 13, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Nov 13, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 12, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 10, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Aug 5, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 15
Feb 20, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 7
Jul 31, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 5
Feb 8, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 31, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
Jun 30, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 20, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 4, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 23, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 8, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 15
Oct 20, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Oct 5, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Aug 11, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 5, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 10

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

After a diaper change, the caregiver did not have a child wash their hands.

Corrected: Jul 24, 2025

Serious Corrected

The operations emergency prepoaredness plan was reviewed and observed to be missing the following; The first responsibility of staff in an emergency evacuation or relocation is to move the children to a designated safe area or alternate shelter known to all employees, caregivers, parents, and volunteers; (B) 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; (C) The staff responsibility in a sheltering/lock-down emergency for the orderly movement of children to a designated location within the center where children should gather; (D) An emergency evacuation and relocation diagram as outlined in ?746.5207 of this title (relating to Must I have an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram?); (E) Name and address of the alternate shelter away from the center you will use as needed; and (F) How children in attendance at the time of the emergency will be accounted for at the designated safe area or alternate shelter. The emergency telephone number that is on file with us; and (B) How you will communicate with local authorities (such as fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, health department), parents and CCR How your staff will evacuate and relocate with the essential documentation including: (A) Parent and emergency contact telephone numbers for each child in care; (B) Authorization for emergency care for each child in care; and (C) The child tracking system information for children in care; (4) How your staff will continue to care for the children until each child has been released; (5) How you will reunify the children with their parents as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lock-down is lifted.

Corrected: Aug 14, 2025

Serious Corrected

A mesh fence was added to the playground to separate the play space from the air unit. The fence was observed to be falling, the air unit and other hazardous materials were accessible to children.

Corrected: Aug 13, 2025

Moderate Corrected

One caregiver hired 12/2022 did not have documentation of 24hours of annual training completed for the 2023-2024 training year

Corrected: Aug 14, 2025

Critical Corrected

A play yard was observed to have 5 additional mattresses/foam padding addedd.

Corrected: Jul 24, 2025

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have an evacuation diagram posted near the exit of the building

Corrected: Jul 24, 2025

Serious Corrected

A caregiver was observed turning their back to a child on a diaper changing table to talk to another child and give them a bottle.

Corrected: Jul 24, 2025

Serious Corrected

Staff in the infant and prek rooms were not aware of the ages of children in their care. In the infant room, when asked, the caregiver stated the children were 9-13mo. When asked later for the individual ages to determin specified age group(SAG), the caregiver then stated the youngest in care was 4mo and the oldest was 20 months. In the prek room. The caregiver stated the children were 3-5yrs. When asked for individual ages of children to determin SAG, the caregiver stated there were 10-15 3yr olds in care and 5 5yr olds. Staff present continuned to provide in consistent information on the ages of children in their care. One caregiver stated there were no 5yr olds in care. NOTE: The birthday wall posted only listed the ages of 14 children

Corrected: Jul 24, 2025

Serious Corrected

A caregiver was observed changing 2 diapers and used gloves. The careigiver was observed using gloved and did not remove the gloves and wash their hands in between the diaper changes.

Corrected: Jul 24, 2025

Critical Corrected

Fire extinguisher was observed to be on the floor in the front unsecured.

Corrected: Jul 24, 2025

Moderate Corrected

The directors record was reviewed and current training in allergy response and hazardous materials was not available for review. NOTE: The last documents training availalbe was observed to be completed 6/2022.

Moderate Corrected

Of the 9 staff records reviewed, 8 did not have training in responding to food allergy reactions. 9 did not have training in handling hazardous materials.

Serious Corrected

Two seat belts were observed to be stuck and could not be buckled.

Serious Corrected

A caregiver was observed changing 2 diapers and did not sanitize the diaper changing table in between.

Serious Corrected

One crib was observed to have two mattresses.

Serious Corrected

Several safety hazards were observed on the playground to be used by children, including pesticides, broken, loose boards, exposed rebar/screws, metal rake, screwdriver, and ant hills. broken areas of fencing.

Serious Corrected

Evacuation plans were observed in 5 newly added spaces, the plans did not include a designated location inside the building in the event of shelter in place/lock down.

Critical Corrected

10 of the 15 children being transported did not have emergency medical information available.

Serious Corrected

The van used to transport children was evaluated, one seatbelt was not observed to be operating properly.

Serious Corrected

2 booster seats used were observed to have an expiration date of 2020.

Serious Corrected

Evacuation plans were observed in 5 newly added spaces, the plans did not include a designated location away from the building

Serious Corrected

The outdoor space to be used by children was not observed to be fully fenced. A shipping container was observed to be used to close off space

Serious Corrected

Of the 6 children's records reviewed, one child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have an allergy plan of file

Serious Corrected

Of the 6 children's records reviewed, one child did not have the address listed for an emergency contact

Moderate Corrected

Children's product's safety certificate was last completed 5/3/2022

Serious Corrected

Of the 6 children's records reviewed, one child did not have a special needs statement completed

Serious Corrected

One caregiver recieved online CPR with no hands-on training.

Serious Corrected

2 sheets were observed to be loose. One sheet was observed to be tied in knots under the mattress causing the ends of the mattress to bend. NOTE: Corrected at inspection. The walking infant was removed from the crib and placed on a mat. The other mattress/sheet was removed from the room.

Serious Corrected

Cribs in the infant room were not observed to have enough space. Three infants in cribs were observed to be able to touch each other from their cribs.

Moderate Corrected

Written feeding instructions for a 4 mo old not yet on table food was not available for review.

Serious Corrected

3 cribs in the infant room were observed to be loose.

Critical Corrected

A 4 month old infant was observed to be in a crib with a blanket and a bottle of milk.

Serious Corrected

3 infants between the ages of 14mo-16mo were placed in cribs with bottles.

Serious Corrected

3 sheets used infant cribs were observed to be soiled and stained.

Serious Corrected

A 14 mo infant was observed in a baby walker. NOTE: Corrected at inspection. The walker was removed from the classroom

Serious Corrected

A bag of carrots and an avacado was observed to be open and uncovered in the refrigerator.

Critical Corrected

Fire extinguisher was observed to be in the box and not secured

Serious Corrected

Of the 11 children's records reviewed, 6 did not have an address listed for the emergency contact, 1 did not have a name listed, and 2 children did not have anyone listed as an emergency contact.

Critical Corrected

First aid kit was observed to be missing cotton balls, scissors, tweezers, and a thermometer. NOTE: Corrected at inspection, all missing items were placed on the van.

Serious Corrected

Documentation that two caregivers received orientation was not available for review.

Critical Corrected

Emergency medical information was not available for one child being transported.

Minor Corrected

Of the 3 staff records reviewed including the director, none of the staff had a notarized affidavit on file available for review.

Serious Corrected

Of the 11 records reviewed, 3 children did not have a special needs statement on file.

Critical Corrected

A 20 mo old was observed sleeping in a crib with a bib around their neck. NOTE: Corrected at inspection. The bib was removed from the child

Serious Corrected

Of the 11 records reviewed, 1 child did not have the name of the parent listed.

Serious Corrected

Transportation training for the director was not observed to be current. NOTE: Training observed expired 1/27/22

Critical Corrected

Of the 11 records reviewed, one child did not have emergency medical authorization.

Serious Corrected

Documentation a caregiver with no previous experience received 24hrs of pre-service training was not available for review.

Moderate Corrected

Of the 11 records reviewed, 5 children did not have a health statement on file signed by the parent or a health care professional

Moderate Corrected

Baby shark videos were observed being played while children were eating lunch. NOTE: The TV was turn off during the inspection

Critical Corrected

Upon arrival a caregiver was observed running into a classroom. In the classroom, another caregiver was observed supervising 2 groups, According to the director, the caregiver was asked to stand in the doorway and watch both groups so they could go to the restroom.

Serious Corrected

Fire drills have not been conducted monthly or within 3 minutes. The last fire drill conducted was July 1st and lasted 4 minutes.

Critical Corrected

The vehicle that will be used for transportation did not have a first aid kit

Minor Corrected

The parent notification form was not observed ot be posted.

Serious Corrected

The designated infant space does not have a hand-washing sink

Serious Corrected

The fire inspection report was not made available for review

Moderate Corrected

A copy of the activity plan was not posted.

Moderate Corrected

The first aid kit was reviewed and observed to be missing tape, twezzers, cotton balls, and a themometer

Critical Corrected

The vehicle that will be used for transportation did not have a fire extinguisher

Serious Corrected

Three slide sets did not have surfacing

Critical Corrected

Three cribs intended to be used were observed to be manufactured prior to June 2011. Two cribs were manufactered May 2009 and one crib was manufactured June 1980

Moderate Corrected

The Keeping children safe poster was not posted

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Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.