Head Start Carmelite
Licensed Center in San Antonio, Texas. License #1731816- 6151, issued July 15, 2022.
- Address
- 2006 Martin Luther King Dr, San Antonio, TX 78203
- Phone
- (210) 600-4121
- Licensed capacity
- 112 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
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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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 4,367 standards at Head Start Carmelite between March 2, 2022 and September 22, 2026 and recorded 17 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 | 357 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 435 | 3 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 5 | 270 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 74 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,324 of those standards. The remaining 43, including 12 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
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
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 33 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 22, 2026, and 17 citations.
4 of those visits began with Head Start Carmelite 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.
- 8High
- 4Medium High
- 4Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 17. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High August 24, 2026 Correction verified September 22, 2026
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
Based on video footage gathered and interviews conducted during this investigation, a child was found by a parent unsupervised on the third floor, standing near the stairwell.
- High May 29, 2026 Correction verified July 1, 2026
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the operation did not report the incident to childcare licensing intake within the required time period after the operation was notified.
- High May 29, 2026 Correction verified July 1, 2026
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
During the course of the investigation, it was determined that a caregiver restrained a child from leaving the table by holding the back of the chair with her knee and leaning her body against the child when the child attempted to move.
- Medium March 11, 2026 Correction verified April 15, 2026
746.2905(1): Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
A caregiver placed their leg on a child in order to force the child to nap.
- High February 18, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A substitute in direct care of children did not have their background check run prior to being in the presence of children. This was corrected at inspection when the substitute left the building.
- Medium February 18, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
746.901(2): Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements
One of ten personnel records audited did not have proof of educational requirements on file.
- High October 30, 2025 Correction verified November 6, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A substitute did not have a current background check under the parent operation number. This was corrected at inspection when the substitute left the building.
- High October 15, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A substitute did not have a current background check under the parent operation number. This was corrected at inspection when the substitute left the building.
- High October 15, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
746.4601(9): Protective Barriers Around Porches or Platforms
A slide was removed from the composite play structure creating a four-foot drop. The operation will not use the equipment until a hard barrier is put in place or the slide is reattached.
- High September 22, 2025 Correction verified October 15, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Parents of children who were involved in a non-routine situation that placed them at risk were not notified until three days after the incident.
- Medium High April 23, 2025 Correction verified April 25, 2025
746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
A garbage can containing a diaper did not have a lid.
- Medium High April 23, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.2419(8): Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink
Toys were observed drying next to the hand sink in the infant room. The caregivers confirmed using the sink to wash toys. This was corrected at inspection when a discussion was had with the director on utilizing the dirty toy bin and washing the toys in the kitchen or utility sink at the end of the day.
- Medium May 9, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
The fire drills were not documented for the month of April. This was corrected at inspection when proper documentation was made on the emergency practices sheet.
- Medium Low June 9, 2023 Correction verified June 14, 2023
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit
Two of nine employee files audited did not have an affidavit on file.
- Medium June 9, 2023 Correction verified June 14, 2023
746.901(8): Required Personnel Records- Photo Identification
One of nine employee files audited did not contain a photo ID.
- Medium High January 6, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.5307(a): Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly
The fire extinguisher inspection had not been documented within the last month as required. This was corrected when staff inspected the fire extinguisher and documented the inspection.
- Medium High April 14, 2022 Correction verified April 29, 2022
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
The grassy space of the outdoor activity area was not maintained and had grass over a foot in height and weeds over two feet high.
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About this record
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