Growing Smart Learning Center
Licensed Center in Sherman, Texas. License #1662001, issued April 25, 2018.
- Address
- 1110 S Austin St, Sherman, TX 75090
- Phone
- (903) 893-8599
- Licensed capacity
- 87 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- growingsmartsherman.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since June 6, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 23, 2026.
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 22 areas it checked 4,077 standards at Growing Smart Learning Center between October 29, 2021 and October 5, 2026 and recorded 23 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 | 3 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 441 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 358 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 2 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 3 |
The table adds up to 4,021 of those standards. The remaining 56, including 16 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 38 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 5, 2026, and 23 citations.
3 of those visits began with Growing Smart Learning Center 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.
- 10High
- 9Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 23. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 5, 2026 Correction verified October 12, 2026
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The operation did not complete a fire drill in September 2026.
- High November 8, 2025 Correction verified December 18, 2025
746.2417(2)(B): Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
During the investigation, video footage was reviewed which showed that two fourteen-month-old infants were placed in a restrictive device for approximately thirty minutes. The infants were not eating during this time.
- Medium High November 8, 2025 Correction verified December 18, 2025
746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
During the investigation, video footage was reviewed which showed that infants were placed with a group of children who included a six-year-old child.
- Medium November 8, 2025 Correction verified December 10, 2025
746.307(c): Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not notify the parent of that the child was scratched and had a bruise.
- Medium High October 7, 2025 Correction verified January 15, 2026
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
The records of two out of nine children were missing the following immunizations: Child 1- DTap(2), IPV-1, PCV(2), MMR-1, Varicella(1), HepA- 1; Child 2- DTap(2), Hib-1, PCV-2, MMR(1), HepA(1)
- High March 17, 2025 Correction verified July 9, 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
This standard was evaluated and was found to be deficient. Caregivers did not properly supervise children who were roughhousing while in care.
- Medium January 24, 2025 Correction verified February 27, 2025
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be compliant. The operation did not provide an incident report to the parent regarding the situation in which a child left the facility unsupervised.
- High January 24, 2025 Correction verified February 27, 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
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A child left the facility unsupervised and ran down a nearby street to their parent who was driving away in a vehicle, while the childcare staff was unaware. Staff were made aware of this when the parent brought the child back into the building.
- High January 24, 2025 Correction verified February 27, 2025
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation's management did not report an incident in which a child left the facility unsupervised.
- Medium High October 14, 2024 Correction verified November 21, 2024
746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. An eight-month-old infant was in the classroom with multiple children who were more than 18 months older.
- High October 14, 2024 Correction verified November 21, 2024
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
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. Caregivers did not provide adequate supervision ensure an infant's safety when an school-aged child picked the infant up by the arms and accidently dropped the infant from the infant's standing position, causing the infant to hit their head on the ground.
- High August 7, 2024 Correction verified September 12, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A caregiver grabbed and lifted a child up by the arm and carried the child across the classroom by the arm.
- Medium High November 29, 2023 Correction verified December 5, 2023
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The operation has not conducted a fire drill since September 2023.
- High March 3, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.5625(b): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer's instructions
Two of the operation's vehicles used to transport children have electronic safety alarm systems installed that are not functioning.
- High March 3, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.5617(a)(5): Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher
The fire extinguisher located in one of the operation's vehicles has not been approved by the local fire marshal and is empty.
- High March 3, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.5617(a)(6): Required Equipment in Vehicles - First-aid Kit
One of the operation's vehilces is not equipped with a first aid kit.
- Medium High October 22, 2022 Correction verified February 6, 2023
746.2803(4)(C): Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Redirecting Behavior
Based upon an investigation conducted by DFPS, a caregiver was observed physically redirecting children instead of using positive statements.
- Medium High July 7, 2022 Correction verified July 12, 2022
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The monthly fire drill was not conducted for the month of June 2022.
- Medium High July 6, 2022 Correction verified August 9, 2022
746.4103(b): Policies for Release of Children - Record Identity of Person
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation released a child to a person other than the child's parent without checking for or recording a copy the person's ID.
- Medium December 6, 2021 Correction verified December 9, 2021
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
At the time of inspection 4 infants in care did not have a current infant feeding instruction form that had been completed by the parent. The latest instruction forms listed were for October.
- Medium December 6, 2021 Correction verified December 17, 2021
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
The last severe weather and lock down drills conducted at the center were in the months of July and April.
- Medium High December 6, 2021 Correction verified December 9, 2021
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
At the time of inspection one child did not have his most current immunization record on file for review.
- High October 29, 2021 Correction verified December 6, 2021
746.3805(a)(1): Administering Medication - According to Label Directions
This standard was tasked over for this investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that the center did not have copy of the child's medication prescription from a medical professional on file. Medication dosage was only administered by parent's instruction alone.
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