Midland College Helen L Greathouse Childrens Center
3600 N GARFIELD ST, MIDLAND, TX 79705
License #211553 | Expires: Apr 1, 1986
Compliance Summary
Inspection History
| Date | Type | Result | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2026 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | OTHER | Violations Found | 2 |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 3, 2024 | OTHER | Violations Found | 3 |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| May 23, 2023 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Dec 6, 2022 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Oct 13, 2022 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Oct 11, 2022 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Sep 13, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Sep 1, 2022 | OTHER | Violations Found | 3 |
| Jul 18, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 12, 2022 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| May 16, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Apr 26, 2022 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Apr 21, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Apr 19, 2022 | OTHER | Violations Found | 2 |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Violations Found | 1 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Violations Found | 4 |
| Mar 29, 2022 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Mar 29, 2022 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Mar 3, 2022 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jan 27, 2022 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jan 24, 2022 | OTHER | Compliant | 0 |
| Jul 7, 2021 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Annual Inspection | Compliant | 0 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | OTHER | Violations Found | 1 |
Violation Details
This standard was found to be out of compliance when a child was able to leave outside unnoticed and remain unsupervised for 13 minutes.
Corrected: Nov 26, 2025
This standard was found to be out of compliance when a caregiver grabbed and held a child by their clothing and dragged the child inside.
Corrected: Nov 26, 2025
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. It was found that caregivers have used cell phones and smart watches for personal use while supervising children.
Corrected: Aug 20, 2024
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. It was found that staff take shoes away from children when they do not listen to instruction or redirection.
Corrected: Aug 20, 2024
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. It was found that caregivers argued using foul language in the presence of children.
Corrected: Aug 20, 2024
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance when a caregiver left a child in the bathroom, turned off the lights and closed the door for nine seconds on two occasions in the same day.
Corrected: Nov 23, 2022
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. A child left the classroom via an open door and was on the playground alone for three minutes.
Corrected: Sep 19, 2022
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. One staff was tending to a child in the bathroom while the second caregiver cleaned a table. The children were not supervised while playing by an open door that lead to the playground. A child went out the door alone.
Corrected: Sep 19, 2022
A door leading to the playground was left propped open without a door guard. While the caregivers tended to children's toileting needs and cleaning of the classroom, a child went out the door onto the playground.
Corrected: Sep 19, 2022
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance when a caregiver left a child out on the playground alone for 45 seconds.
Corrected: May 3, 2022
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. An infant caregiver pulled, yanked, dragged, and pushed infants by the arm. The caregiver also carried infants by the arms across the room and threw one infant onto a padded play area.
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. An infant caregiver slapped infants' hands, arms, and mouth in response to infants getting into a cabinet, other prohibited areas, and when an infant tried to take off their own bow.
This standard was reevaluated and remains out of compliance. One child still does not have a vision and hearing screening.
Five children's files out of 10 children's files reviewed, did not have vision and hearing screening results in the files. Four children's screenings were produced during inspection. One child still does not have vision and hearing in the file.
In two separate classrooms, the caregivers did not wash the infant and toddler hands after diapering.
The two and three year old children were served canned pear slices that were not cut up to prevent choking. This was corrected at inspection.
On child did not have immunizations in their file.
This standard was evaluated and found to be out of compliance. The operation did not notify the parent right away when a child hit their head hard on concrete.
A caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment when she took a picture of two children in care, out of the view of the classroom video and sent it to her friend.
It was determined that a caregiver failed to utilize positive methods of discipline and guidance during a biting incident when she repeatedly told the child "stop" and only pointed out what not to do rather than redirecting the child or giving him positive options of what to do when frustrated rather than biting.
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