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Merit Children'S Academy

5835 Penrose Ave, Dallas, TX 75206 · Dallas County (214) 764-0179 License #1806606 · first licensed Jun 19, 2025
19
inspections on file
5
recorded violations
5
health & safety class
Jul 9, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation

Records held from Sep 1, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Inspection history for Merit Children'S Academy
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Jul 9, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Jun 29, 2026ReportNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Jun 11, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Dec 3, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 5, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 3, 2025ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Oct 22, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 14, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Oct 10, 2025ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Jul 29, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Jul 11, 2025InspectionDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Jul 10, 2025ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
May 19, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Apr 16, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Apr 4, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Apr 2, 2025ReportDeficiencies cited1Agency record
Mar 26, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Feb 20, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record
Nov 14, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Nov 3, 2025Report · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.2805(3) — Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

“It was determined that a caregiver inappropriately grabbed a child resulting in multiple contusions to the child's arm.”

Corrected Nov 21, 2025
Oct 10, 2025Report · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.2805(3) — Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

“It was determined that a caregiver inappropriately grabbed a child resulting in minor abrasions being left on the child's arm.”

Corrected Nov 3, 2025
Jul 11, 2025Inspection · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.3407(12) — Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children

“A cleaning spray was left on a shelf in reach of children in the classroom. The operation came into complaince when the spray was moved to the cabinet.”

Corrected Jul 11, 2025
Jul 10, 2025Report · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.2805(3) — Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling

“A caregiver inappropriately grabbed a child, resulting in minor abrasions on the child's arm.”

Corrected Jul 25, 2025
Apr 2, 2025Report · 1 deficiency cited
Health & safetyState weight: High
746.2805 — Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual

“A child was handled in a harsh manner when a caregiver forced the child onto a nap mat.”

Corrected Apr 8, 2025

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