AlphaBest @ Buckner Prep-Cityscape
Licensed Center in Dallas, Texas. License #1694755, issued March 9, 2020.
- Address
- 8510 Military Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75227
- Phone
- (866) 300-7750
- Licensed capacity
- 25 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 03:00 PM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- alphabest.org
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, After School Care, Field Trips.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since February 1, 2025. From the state's provider report of September 12, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 16 areas it checked 2,590 standards at AlphaBest @ Buckner Prep-Cityscape between January 31, 2022 and December 1, 2025 and recorded 21 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 16 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 2 | 212 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 202 | 2 |
| Personnel | 2 | 326 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 84 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 126 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food service | 3 | 128 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 277 | 3 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 209 | 2 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 211 | 0 |
| Active play | 3 | 342 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 192 | 3 |
| Transportation | 3 | 94 | 0 |
The table adds up to 2,577 of those standards. The remaining 13, including 10 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on December 1, 2025, and 21 citations.
- 5High
- 8Medium High
- 8Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 21. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High December 4, 2024 Correction verified December 17, 2024
744.2501(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a copy of a current sanitation inspection.
- Medium High December 4, 2024 Correction verified December 17, 2024
744.2601(1): Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered Areas Accessible to Children Under 5
There were no safety covers in the electrical outlets and there were children younger than 5 years old in care.
- High December 4, 2024 Correction verified December 17, 2024
744.3501(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation did not have a copy of the current fire inspection.
- Medium December 4, 2024 Correction verified December 9, 2024
744.1309(d): Documented Annual Training-Required Topics in Health and Safety
2 out of 2 employee files reviewed did not have the required training topics.
- Medium December 7, 2023 Correction verified December 21, 2023
744.801(10): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Fire Inspection Report, Including Written Approval for Above/Below Ground Level Care
The operation did not have a current fire inspection on file.
- Medium High December 7, 2023 Correction verified December 8, 2023
744.1301(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
One out of two staff files reviewed was missing 15 hours of training.
- Medium December 7, 2023 Correction verified December 21, 2023
744.801(11): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Sanitation Inspection Report
The operation did not have a current health inspection on file.
- Medium High February 7, 2023 Correction verified February 8, 2023
744.2501(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
During the follow up the operation did not have a current sanitation inspection.
- High February 7, 2023 Correction verified March 23, 2023
744.3501(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
During the follow up the operation did not have a current fire inspection.
- Medium February 7, 2023 Correction verified February 28, 2023
744.801(2): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
During the follow up it was observed that one out of three caregivers did not have a file available for review.
- High February 7, 2023 Correction verified February 8, 2023
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver at the operation did not have a current background check.
- Medium High January 13, 2023 Correction verified February 7, 2023
744.2501(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation does not have a current sanitation inspection.
- High January 13, 2023 Correction verified February 7, 2023
744.3501(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation does not have a current fire inspection.
- Medium January 13, 2023 Correction verified February 7, 2023
744.801(2): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
One out of three caregivers did not have file available for review.
- Medium High January 13, 2023 Correction verified January 13, 2023
744.1301(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees - 15 clock hours Annual Training for Caregivers & Site Directors
Training hours were not available for the site director.
- Medium January 13, 2023 Correction verified February 7, 2023
744.801(1): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records
The childrens files were not available for review during this inspection.
- Medium High January 31, 2022 Correction verified March 18, 2022
744.2501(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have a current health inspection available for review.
- High January 31, 2022 Correction verified March 18, 2022
744.3501(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation did not have a current fire inspection available for review.
- Medium January 31, 2022 Correction verified February 28, 2022
744.901: Required Personnel Records
The operation did not have personnel records available for review.
- Medium January 31, 2022 Correction verified February 1, 2022
744.401(1): Posting Requirements-License
The operation did not have the current license available at the operation during inspection.
- Medium High January 31, 2022 Correction verified February 28, 2022
744.2601: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
The outdoor playground had a wooden climbing structure that had broken wood parts and several nails sticking out of the top of the structure.
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About this record
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