First Baptist Child Development Center and Preschool
Licensed Center in Odessa, Texas. License #17744, issued July 30, 1987.
- Address
- 709 N Lee Ave, Odessa, TX 79761
- Phone
- (432) 337-7907
- Licensed capacity
- 219 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
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
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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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 22 areas it checked 4,536 standards at First Baptist Child Development Center and Preschool between January 31, 2022 and August 21, 2026 and recorded 15 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 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 4 | 481 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 329 | 0 |
| Personnel | 5 | 748 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 1 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 181 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 226 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 154 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,493 of those standards. The remaining 43, including 14 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 49 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 21, 2026, and 15 citations.
13 of those visits began with First Baptist Child Development Center and Preschool 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.
- 13High
- 2Medium High
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 15. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 17, 2026 Correction verified August 21, 2026
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
While conducting a walk through the operation had two class rooms that were out of ratio.
- High May 1, 2026 Correction verified June 4, 2026
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
- High April 9, 2026 Correction verified April 28, 2026
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
Caregiver was seen striking a child in the foot with a shoe.
- High December 15, 2025 Correction verified December 17, 2025
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
While conducting a walk through a caregiver in the toddler three class was observed sleeping while children were at nap time.
- High October 27, 2025 Correction verified December 15, 2025
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
A child's hair was pulled when instructed to get in line.
- Medium High December 7, 2023 Correction verified January 12, 2024
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
Hazard materials were left in the classroom where children had direct access to.
- High October 23, 2023 Correction verified November 9, 2023
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
Children were not properly supervised during nap time.
- High October 3, 2023 Correction verified November 9, 2023
746.2805(7): Prohibited Punishments - Placing Child in Locked or Dark Room
A child was placed in a bathroom twice as a form of punishment.
- High October 3, 2023 Correction verified November 9, 2023
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
Caregiver left children unattended in the classroom when placing a child in the restroom.
- High February 22, 2023 Correction verified April 10, 2023
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
A child was left inside the play area alone while returning to the classroom.
- High December 15, 2022 Correction verified January 3, 2023
746.2409(c): Safety Requirements for Cribs - Infant Not in Crib with Drop Gate Down
An infant was left in the crib and drop-down gate was left down.
- High October 25, 2022 Correction verified November 15, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
Caregiver did not properly supervise children in the classroom. Caregivers back was turned towards children for a long period of time, resulting in an incident.
- High July 14, 2022 Correction verified August 9, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
Child was able to leave the classroom into the hallway with out the caregivers knowledge.
- High June 2, 2022 Correction verified October 19, 2022
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
While reviewing video footage, a caregiver was observed redirecting a child inappropriately by the arm.
- High January 31, 2022 Correction verified March 10, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Employee did not use good judgment when sending a child to another classroom and closing the restroom door.
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About this record
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