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Westside Community DCC

2300 SIMLER BIG SPRING IND PAR BLDG 449, Big Spring, TX 79720

Operation number:
114556
Type:
Licensed Center
Status:
Active (Y)
Records checked:
August 22, 2026
Additional info
Source:
Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation
County:
Howard
Capacity:
85
License effective:
February 5, 1987
Hours:
07:30 AM-05:00 PM
Days:
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Phone:
4322637841
Email:
rhondaparedez@suddenlinkmail.com
Website:
Not listed

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 11 available inspections for Westside Community DCC from October 28, 2021 through December 15, 2025.

Four inspections recorded violations, with 16 recorded violations in total.

The most recent higher-concern violation was on January 23, 2025 and involved health or food records.

That higher-concern topic showed up in four inspections.

Three later inspections, from July 28, 2025 through December 15, 2025, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.

At a glance

Total inspections
11

2 in last 12 months

Recorded violations
16

0 in last 12 months

Higher-concern violations
13

0 in last 12 months

Repeated topics
2

Last 36 months

Local comparison

11 total inspections vs 13 local median in 79720

Compared to 8 local facilities

Recorded violations per inspection

This provider
1.45
Local median
0.62

Inspections with higher-concern violations

This provider
36%
Local median
28%

Inspections with recorded violations

This provider
36%
Local median
34%

Repeated topics

This provider
2
Local average
0.5

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
Higher concern: Health or food records
Report finding
Four children did not have a current record of immunizations. Two children did not have any record and two children were missing the 4th and 3rd set of immunizations for Dtap, Hib, Hep A, and PCV.
Correction status
Correction evaluated February 7, 2025
More details
Official Texas risk level
High
Report section
746.613(a) - Required Immunizations
Official code
746.613(a)
Medium concern: Recordkeeping
Report finding
Two new employees hired after September 2023 do not have a preemployment affidavit in their file.
Correction deadline
January 24, 2025
Correction status
Correction evaluated February 7, 2025
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium Low
Report section
746.901(5) - Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
Official code
746.901(5)
View official report
Higher concern: Equipment or readiness
Report finding
Two slide exit use zones overlap on the pre-k playground, posing a risk of injury to children.
Correction deadline
June 21, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated July 1, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium High
Report section
746.4805(d) - Measurement of Use Zone for Slides - No Overlap
Official code
746.4805(d)
Higher concern: Equipment or readiness
Report finding
Loose-fill gravel on the pre-k playground, around slide fall zones and ends of slides is less than one inch deep. the highest slide is five feet. The smaler slide is three feet high.
Correction deadline
June 21, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated July 1, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium High
Report section
746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
Official code
746.4907(a)(1)
Higher concern: Staff training
Report finding
A caregiver left alone with children, hired August 18, 2021, and without two years caregiver experience did not have 24 hours preservice training, 24 hours annual training for the 1rst year 2021 - 2022, nor 24 hours annual training for the second year 2022 - 2023.
Correction deadline
June 28, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated July 1, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium High
Report section
746.1301(a)(2)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
Official code
746.1301(a)(2)(A)
Higher concern: Hazardous access
Report finding
An infant under two months, able to roll self, was sleeping in the crib face down with a bib around the neck.
Correction deadline
June 10, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated June 20, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
High
Report section
746.2401(6) - Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
Official code
746.2401(6)
Higher concern: Facility condition
Report finding
The health inspection is past due as of March 2024.
Correction deadline
June 14, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated July 1, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium High
Report section
746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection
Official code
746.3401(a)
Higher concern: Health or food records
Report finding
Two children do not have current immunizations. A 16 month old has a reocord of only the first immunizations. A 12 month old infant only has a record of one immunization.
Correction deadline
June 21, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated June 20, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
High
Report section
746.613(a) - Required Immunizations
Official code
746.613(a)
Higher concern: Attendance accountability
Report finding
Two caregivers did not know how many children were in the room. One care giver stated she had six children but did not know how many children total in the napping room. Another caregiver stated there were six children in her care but seven were counted.
Correction deadline
June 10, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated June 20, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
High
Report section
746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Official code
746.1205(a)(2)
Medium concern: Health or food records
Report finding
A 3-month old infant not yet on table food does not have current writen feeding instructions signed by the parent. The last update was april22, 2024.
Correction deadline
June 11, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated June 20, 2024
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium
Report section
746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Official code
746.2421(b)
Higher concern: Supervision
Report finding
A caregiver allowed the group of seven 18m - 24m children to walk without supervision from the napping room to their classroom. Another two or three year old walked from the napping room to the pre-k three room without supervision. A caregiver left the group of seven school age children alone in the classroom to put away a tray in the kitchen.
Correction deadline
June 10, 2024
Correction status
Correction evaluated June 20, 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)
View official report
Higher concern: Staff training
Report finding
A caregiver left alone with children did not have current certification in CPR/first aid. Expired 8/19/23.
Correction status
Correction evaluated September 29, 2023
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium High
Report section
746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
Official code
746.1315(b)(1)
Higher concern: Staff training
Report finding
One caregiver and the director did not have current training in SIDS, Shaken baby syndrome, and early childhood brain development. One expired June 2023 and the other on May 2023.
Correction deadline
September 20, 2023
Correction status
Correction evaluated September 29, 2023
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium High
Report section
746.1309(d) - Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
Official code
746.1309(d)
Higher concern: Health or food records
Report finding
Two children in care did not have current record of immunizations. They are missing their 12m - 18 month immunizations. One child did not have a record of immunizations.
Correction deadline
September 26, 2023
Correction status
Correction evaluated September 29, 2023
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium High
Report section
746.613(b) - Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Official code
746.613(b)
View official report
Medium concern: Health or food records
Report finding
Four children did not have current immunizations.
Correction deadline
November 4, 2021
Correction status
Correction evaluated November 9, 2021
More details
Official Texas risk level
Medium
Report section
746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations
Official code
746.603(a)(4)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
Report finding
A six month old infant was left to asleep in a bouncy seat for 10 minutes.
Correction deadline
October 28, 2021
Correction status
Correction evaluated November 9, 2021
More details
Official Texas risk level
High
Report section
746.2426 - Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
Official code
746.2426