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Fernandez Elementary Head Start

6845 RIDGEBROOK ST, San Antonio, TX 78250-3838

Operation number:
1493466- 6151
Type:
Licensed Center
Status:
Active (Y)
Records checked:
August 22, 2026
Additional info
Source:
Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation
County:
Bexar
Capacity:
54
License effective:
August 23, 2012
Hours:
07:30 AM-04:30 PM
Days:
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Phone:
2103971944
Email:
sgarza@Family-service.org

Inspection snapshot

Questions worth asking

The records include recorded violations parents may want to understand before enrolling. These are conversation starters, not a pass-or-fail judgment.

Next: Review the inspection history below and ask the provider what the records mean and what changed afterward.

Summary

This summary covers 12 available inspections for Fernandez Elementary Head Start from December 9, 2021 through September 23, 2025.

Four inspections recorded violations, with five recorded violations in total.

The most recent recorded violation was on September 23, 2025 and involved recordkeeping.

Parent rights was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.

The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.

At a glance

Total inspections
12

1 in last 12 months

Recorded violations
5

1 in last 12 months

Higher-concern violations
2

0 in last 12 months

Repeated topics
1

Last 36 months

Local comparison

12 total inspections vs 25.5 local median in 78250

Compared to 16 local facilities

Recorded violations per inspection

This provider
0.42
Local median
0.46

Inspections with higher-concern violations

This provider
8%
Local median
22%

Inspections with recorded violations

This provider
33%
Local median
24%

Repeated topics

This provider
1
Local average
1.63

Repeated topics

Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.

Inspection history

Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.

View official report
Medium concern: Recordkeeping
Report finding
The operational policy was reviewed to be missing a written statement regarding promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity: The duration of physical activity at your operation, both indoor and outdoor. The type of physical activity (structured and unstructured) that children may engage in at your operation. Each setting in which your physical activity program will take place. The criteria you will use to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play. A plan to ensure physical activity occurs on days when extreme weather conditions prohibit or limit outdoor play.
Correction deadline
October 7, 2025
Correction status
Correction evaluated October 13, 2025
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium
Report section
746.501(a)(18)(B) - Written Operational Policies - Duration
Official code
746.501(a)(18)(B)
View official report
Medium concern: Staff training
Report finding
At time of inspection five out of five staff files did not contain the following required annual topics: Emergency preparedness, Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials, and preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases.
Correction deadline
November 8, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated November 7, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium
Report section
746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Official code
746.1309(e)
View official report
Higher concern: Supervision
Report finding
During the investigation, it was verified a child was found unsupervised in the hallway on 4.11.24.
Correction deadline
May 6, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated May 15, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
High
Report section
746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Official code
746.1205(a)(4)
Higher concern: Parent rights
Report finding
Operation failed to report to childs parents immediately after leaving child unspervised on 4.11.24, parents were notified until 4.15.24.
Correction deadline
May 6, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated May 15, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
High
Report section
746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Official code
746.307(b)(4)
View official report
Medium concern: Recordkeeping
Report finding
Operation did not enter information by due date 1/15/24.
Correction status
Correction evaluated January 19, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium Low
Report section
746.303(b) - Report Number of Employees
Official code
746.303(b)