AlphaBEST @ Carter - Northwest
Licensed Center in Haslet, Texas. License #1781797, issued January 26, 2024.
- Address
- 14117 Borealis Drive, Haslet, TX 76052
- Phone
- (469) 500-1631
- Licensed capacity
- 120 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 02:30 PM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- alphabest.org
Programs listed with the state: After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
Where this is
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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 4,509 standards at AlphaBEST @ Carter - Northwest between August 2, 2023 and October 21, 2026 and recorded 11 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 | 5 | 528 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 5 | 508 | 3 |
| Personnel | 4 | 659 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 168 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 252 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 50 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food service | 5 | 215 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 372 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 302 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 284 | 0 |
| Active play | 4 | 456 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 256 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 176 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,491 of those standards. The remaining 18, including 7 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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We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 24 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 21, 2026, and 11 citations.
5 of those visits began with AlphaBEST @ Carter - Northwest reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 2High
- 5Medium High
- 3Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High March 31, 2026 Correction verified May 12, 2026
744.1205(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
A caregiver did not have visual awareness of a child's ongoing activity resulting in a child exposing their underwear.
- Medium High December 2, 2025 Correction verified December 22, 2025
744.1315(a): Each caregiver, operation director, program director, and site director Training in Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing and Choking.
One caregiver did not have proof of CPR/First Aid.
- Medium High November 25, 2025 Correction verified January 5, 2026
744.201(4): Designating Director
Operation does not have a designated site director.
- Medium High March 26, 2025 Correction verified May 8, 2025
744.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
This allegation is related to a DFPS allegation.
- High March 26, 2025 Correction verified May 8, 2025
744.1205(a)(5): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene when necessary
This allegation is related to a DFPS investigation.
- Medium January 14, 2025 Correction verified January 16, 2025
744.909: Access to Personnel Records
3 of 4 staff files were not available for review at the time of the inspection.
- Medium January 14, 2025 Corrected at inspection
744.805(2): Electronic Records- Accessible to Caregivers
During the inspection, the site director was unable to access the children's records.
- Medium Low November 20, 2023 Correction verified November 29, 2023
744.907(c): Personnel Record Storage- Location
I was unable to review records at a central administrative location in Haslet, TX during the hours of operation.
- Medium November 13, 2023 Corrected at inspection
744.601(a): Provide Access to Children's Records - During Hours of Operation
The site director did not have access to the complete children's records during the inspection.
- Medium High November 13, 2023 Correction verified November 29, 2023
744.1301(a)(1)(A): Training Requirements for Employees - Orientation
1 of 2 caregiver files observed was missing 15 hours of required annual training.
- Medium High October 17, 2023 Correction verified November 13, 2023
744.605(16): Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan
3 children are enrolled with diagnosed food allergies without a food allergy emergency plan.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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