ChildCareTX

Marilyn Ponder

Registered Child-Care Home in Sherman, Texas. License #1684355, issued July 16, 2019.

Address
111 Miller Dr, Sherman, TX 75090
Phone
(903) 814-0137
Licensed capacity
11 children
Licensed for
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
07:00 AM-05:00 PM
Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Child care subsidies
Accepted

Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, After School Care, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, 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 4-star of a possible 4

A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.

In effect since April 1, 2024. From the state's provider report of September 16, 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 21 areas it checked 6,125 standards at Marilyn Ponder between November 8, 2021 and August 31, 2026 and recorded 7 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 21 areas, one by one
Area of the rulesVisitsStandards checkedViolated
Scope, administration, and communication65710
Record keeping65514
Personnel67860
Ratios and group sizes61860
Activities61900
Infants64630
Toddlers61200
Pre-kindergarten61100
School-age61020
Discipline61140
Naptime6660
Field trips6720
Nighttime care6960
Nutrition62620
Health practices66580
Safety practices64481
Physical facilities62500
Outdoor safety and equipment64142
Swimming pools61560
Fire safety63120
Transportation61960

The table adds up to 6,123 of those standards. The remaining 2, including 0 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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We email you a copy, and tell you honestly whether it reached them. Texas HHSC has no email address on file for about two programs in five, and for those the phone number above is the faster route.

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 11 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 31, 2026, and 7 citations.

212426
visitsvisits where something was found11 recorded visits since October 2017. More visits does not mean a worse program: how often the state comes depends on the license type, the program's age and whether anyone complained.
  • 3Medium High
  • 4Medium

Every citation below records a correction.

Citations

Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.

  1. Medium High September 30, 2024 Correction verified December 9, 2024

    747.4607(a): Measurement of Use Zone for Swings - in Front and Rear

    The distance from the swing beam to the surface below measures 6'10.5" and the distance between the swings to the rear fence measures 10'.
  2. Medium High September 30, 2024 Correction verified December 31, 2024

    747.4605(b): Measurement of Use Zone for Slides- Six Feet High or Less

    The use zone in front of the outdoor slide measuring less than six feet high, is less four feet from the fence in front of the exit of the slide.
  3. Medium November 8, 2021 Correction verified January 19, 2022

    747.613(b): Required Immunizations Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

    At the time of inspection 2 children did not have their immunization record on file for review.
  4. Medium November 8, 2021 Correction verified December 13, 2021

    747.801(7): Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Drills Documentation

    The last documented safety drills; fire/lockdown/severe weather, were last conducted on 7/16/21. No current date of the drills were available.
  5. Medium November 8, 2021 Correction verified November 19, 2021

    747.603(a)(2): Children's Records - Admission Information

    At the time of inspection 3 children did not have their admissions information documentation available for review.
  6. Medium High November 8, 2021 Correction verified November 9, 2021

    747.3703(a): Animals at Center - Documentation of Vaccinations

    At the time of inspection the vaccination records for the cats and dogs present in the home was not available for review.
  7. Medium November 8, 2021 Correction verified January 3, 2022

    746.615(a): Exemptions for Immunization Requirements Must Meet Criteria Specified by DSHS

    At the time of inspection 2 children were marked for exemption from immunizations, but did not have the required exemption affidavit on file for review.
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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 8, 2026. Full methodology.

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