A.P.
I live in 77079 and my Ex lives in 77077 and my kids go to holiday care in 77042! My son was molested in the Children's World Learning Center on Whittington and Dairy Ashford a few years ago.
I do have some advice on making your final decision from personal experience. Check out the state licensing board for childcare facilities before you put your child there for many hours a day!
I didn't know that you could go online and see if they are violating state laws and how they are doing but you can. It took my son being molested at a daycare to learn about this website, and I don't want that to happen to anyone else.
http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Care/Search_Texas_Child...
Search for daycares or residental providers in your area, then examine the page for that facility carefully. At the bottom of the page. There is a sentence that says something similar to "This operation is scheduled to be inspected every 10-12 months."
I have explained what this means below... choose the place that is visited less frequently by licensing, this means they are always in compliance with state laws, have not had any complaints and if there is an issue they fix it IMMEDIATELY.
A monitoring plan is a schedule of the frequency of inspections at a home or operation. There are three monitoring plans. Plan 1 is a more frequent plan.
* Plan 1 operations are inspected at least every 3 - 5 months for licensed operations and every 10 - 12 months for Registered Family Homes. (NEVER PUT YOUR CHILD HERE)
* Plan 2 is considered the basic plan for operations. Inspections are conducted for operations on plan 2 at least every 6 - 9 months for licensed operations and every 22 - 24 months for Registered Family Homes. (THINK ABOUT IT CAREFULLY)
* Plan 3 is a less frequent plan. Inspections are scheduled for operations on plan 3 every 10 - 12 months for licensed operations and every 34 - 36 months for Registered Family Homes. (THIS IS THE BEST PLACE)
Further down below that sentence you can actually review the findings of the last several visits by licensing and if there were any violations of law and safety. Depending on what those are and if they were corrected my also sway your decision.
Also the daycares know what this stuff means but they often (especially if they are bad facilities) hide their status and information. It is state law that if you ask to look at their licensing inspection records and violations they must be presented for your review, they should also be placed somewhere public, not hidden away in an office or behind a door (public posting of records is also state law).