Pinnacle Montessori Old Dorchester
Licensed Center in Sherman, Texas. License #1785550, issued May 7, 2024.
- Address
- 475 Old Dorchester, Sherman, TX 75092
- Phone
- (903) 523-1585
- Licensed capacity
- 114 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- pinnaclemontessori.com/Sherman
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
Openings
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In effect since January 19, 2026. 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 5,142 standards at Pinnacle Montessori Old Dorchester between September 28, 2023 and August 11, 2026 and recorded 33 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 | 483 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 445 | 1 |
| Personnel | 4 | 619 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 144 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 360 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 5 | 110 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 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 | 180 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 308 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 300 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 2 |
| Transportation | 4 | 196 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,064 of those standards. The remaining 78, including 29 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.
What Pinnacle Montessori Old Dorchester says about itself
Discover Pinnacle Montessori in Sherman, TX. Explore nurturing childcare and hands-on preschool learning. Schedule your tour.
Quoted from pinnaclemontessori.com/Sherman, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 40 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 11, 2026, and 33 citations.
3 of those visits began with Pinnacle Montessori Old Dorchester 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
- 13Medium High
- 6Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 33. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High June 4, 2026 Correction verified June 26, 2026
746.4907(d): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
Not enough loose fill material was present. The dirt ground could be seen around the slide area. Loose fill material was not at appropriate depth. There was grass and weeds growing in the loose fill on the playground.
- High April 21, 2026 Correction verified May 20, 2026
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in March 2025.
- High April 21, 2026 Correction verified April 23, 2026
745.621(a)(2): AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
During an inspection, a caregiver was observed to be present prior to a background check being entered through the online provider portal. The caregiver was sent home during the inspection.
- High November 17, 2025 Correction verified December 30, 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. Video footage was obtained in which a caregiver was seen leaving a child in a room unsupervised for more than two minutes. Video footage also showed that another child entered a room unsupervised for less than one minute before being discovered by a caregiver.
- High November 17, 2025 Correction verified December 30, 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 to CCR that a child was left unsupervised in a room.
- Medium November 17, 2025 Correction verified November 19, 2025
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not share an incident report with the child's parent within 48 hours of the incident occurring.
- High November 17, 2025 Correction verified December 30, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation's staff did not inform the parent that the child had been left in a room unsupervised.
- High October 24, 2025 Correction verified November 4, 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
During the inspection the three year old and two year old classes were obesred playing outside on the playground. During this time two children were observed coming out of an empty classroom and onto the playground to join their class unsupervised.
- Medium High September 10, 2025 Correction verified October 24, 2025
746.3415(2): Employee Handwashing Before Feeding a Child
Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed caregivers serving breakfast, lunch, and snack to children without washing their hands.
- High September 10, 2025 Correction verified October 24, 2025
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. A caregiver grabbed the arms of a child and pulled the child down onto a nap cot during naptime, grabbed a child's hand after the child banged on a table, and grabbed the arm of a child
- Medium September 10, 2025 Correction verified October 24, 2025
746.2905(1): Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed that a caregiver attempted to force a child to sleep by placing a blanket over a child's head.
- Medium High September 10, 2025 Correction verified October 24, 2025
746.3317: Food Service and Preparation Requirement - Safe and Sanitary
Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed that food was not kept safe and sanitary during lunch time when children were allowed to take and eat food off of other children's plates and drink out of the water bottles of other children.
- Medium High September 10, 2025 Correction verified October 24, 2025
746.3417(1): Children Handwashing Before Eating
Video footage reviewed during the investigation showed that a group of children came inside after participating in outdoor activities and ate breakfast without washing their hands. The same group of children came inside after participating in outdoor activities and ate lunch without washing their hands. The same group of children did not wash their hands prior to eating an afternoon snack.
- High September 2, 2025 Corrected at inspection
745.621(a)(2): AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you hire someone
During the inspection a person was present and caring for children in the infant classroom with an inactive background check. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver was sent home for the day.
- High July 22, 2025 Correction verified July 30, 2025
745.621(a)(1): Initial background checks submitted - At the time you submit your application
During the inspection a person was present and caring for children without an active background check.
- Medium High July 21, 2025 Correction verified September 2, 2025
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The infant and toddler classrooms were out of ratio.
- Medium May 19, 2025 Correction verified July 10, 2025
746.701(1): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The operation did not share a copy of an incident report with the parent within two days of the incident occurring.
- Medium High May 19, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. The caregiver in charge of a group of children in which one child required CPR, was not CPR certified.
- Medium May 1, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.801(19): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Tracking System
During the inspection child daily tracking logs were not available for review. This was corrected during the inspection when the director created child tracking logs and distributed them to each classroom.
- Medium High May 1, 2025 Correction verified May 22, 2025
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
The center director's CPR training certificate expired in March 2025
- High March 27, 2025 Correction verified May 1, 2025
746.2427(a): AP Must Place Infants in Face up Sleeping Position or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. During the investigation staff stated that infants are placed on their stomachs to sleep.
- Medium High February 24, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in September 2023.
- High January 7, 2025 Corrected at inspection
745.621(a)(7): AP Initial background checks submitted - At the time you become aware of anyone requiring a background check under 745.605
The designated person in charge of the operation during the time of inspection was present without an active background check. This was corrected during the inspection when the staff member left the facility.
- Medium High December 10, 2024 Correction verified December 10, 2024
746.311(a): AP Parental Notification of Deficiency as described in 746.309 within 5 Days
The Notification of Safe Sleep Deficiency form 2970 was due to be sent out to all parents by 11/26/24. However this notification was not sent out to parents until 12/05/24.
- Medium High December 10, 2024 Correction verified January 7, 2025
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. There is a gap between the fence and the building which was large enough for a child to slip through and leave the playground.
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