Sydney Harris
Registered Child-Care Home in Royse City, Texas. License #1741468, issued May 26, 2022.
- Address
- 317 Fire Rock Drive, Royse City, TX 75189
- Phone
- (214) 986-0235
- Licensed capacity
- 10 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes, 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
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 5,541 standards at Sydney Harris between May 17, 2022 and November 6, 2026 and recorded 29 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 rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 5 | 471 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 5 | 460 | 3 |
| Personnel | 5 | 644 | 3 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 5 | 155 | 0 |
| Activities | 5 | 157 | 2 |
| Infants | 5 | 381 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 5 | 91 | 0 |
| School-age | 5 | 85 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 95 | 0 |
| Naptime | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 5 | 80 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 5 | 218 | 0 |
| Health practices | 6 | 658 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 6 | 448 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 6 | 250 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 6 | 414 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 6 | 156 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 6 | 312 | 1 |
| Transportation | 6 | 196 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,486 of those standards. The remaining 55, including 20 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.
Changes we have recorded
Texas HHSC publishes the register as it stands today and overwrites it, so nothing in the state's own data shows that a figure used to be different. We compare the register against the previous day's copy and keep what moved. We have been doing that since October 24, 2026.
- November 3, 2026City “MCKINNEY” to “ROYSE CITY”
- November 3, 2026Address “524 BLANTON ST” to “317 FIRE ROCK DRIVE”
Each date is the day we first saw the new value, not the day the program changed anything or the day the state recorded it. A change made in February can appear in the register in May. We do not know which, so we do not say.
Ask about an opening
This goes to Sydney Harris and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
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 40 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 6, 2026, and 29 citations.
2 of those visits began with Sydney Harris 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.
- 5High
- 12Medium High
- 12Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 29. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High September 29, 2026 Correction verified October 26, 2026
747.3203(13): Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible
Cleaning supplies in the kitchen and alcohol in the living room, which is licensed space, were accessible to children.
- Medium High September 29, 2026 Correction verified October 26, 2026
747.3501(1): Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
Electrical outlets were accessible to children in two rooms in the operation.
- Medium September 21, 2026 Corrected at inspection
747.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
The operation had no immunization records available for review at the investigation inspection for two children that had been enrolled at the operation in September of 2026. Neither child attends the operation currently.
- Medium High September 17, 2025 Correction verified October 7, 2025
747.4407(b): Maintenance Procedures for Active Play Space - Hazards Removed or Repaired
There was a large hole in the fence and debris along the other fence.
- Medium August 4, 2025 Correction verified September 8, 2025
747.3003(a)(1): Nighttime Care - No More than 16 Hours Within 24-Hour Period
Provider exceeded the care hours children are allowed to be at the home.
- Medium August 4, 2025 Correction verified September 8, 2025
747.301(5): Notification of Change in Hours, Days, Months of Operation
Permit holder did not notify the agency of change of hours when she started keeping children seven days of the week from March 2025 to August 2025 when her listed days of operation were Monday-Friday.
- Medium August 4, 2025 Correction verified September 8, 2025
747.301(6): Notification of Additional Services Offered
Permit holder started caring for a group of children overnight without having night time care services.
- Medium August 4, 2025 Correction verified September 8, 2025
747.601(c): Children's Records Accessible - to Licensing
Provider refused to give CCR children's admission documentation.
- High August 4, 2025 Correction verified September 8, 2025
745.8411(a): Responsibilities - Not interfere with an inspection or investigation
Permit holder interfered with an investigation by not giving CCR children's records, allowing CCR to review all rooms of the home, and not allowing CCR to take pictures inside the home.
- Medium August 4, 2025 Correction verified August 7, 2025
747.207(8): Liability Insurance Maintained
Liability Insurance verification is not being maintained and expired 5/26/2025.
- Medium July 10, 2025 Correction verified August 4, 2025
747.207(8): Liability Insurance Maintained
Liability Insurance verification is not being maintained and expired 5/26/2025.
- Medium June 24, 2025 Correction verified July 10, 2025
747.207(8): Liability Insurance Maintained
Liability Insurance verification is not being maintained and expired 5/26/2025.
- High June 9, 2025 Correction verified June 9, 2025
745.507: Registered Family Home Required Fees
Annual fee was due 4/21/2025 and still has not been paid.
- Medium High March 8, 2024 Correction verified March 18, 2024
747.4105: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
The provider did not have the fencing up around the outdoor play area.
- Medium High February 23, 2024 Correction verified March 8, 2024
747.4105: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
The provider did not have the fencing up around the outdoor play area.
- Medium High February 23, 2024 Correction verified February 27, 2024
747.1107(7): Primary Caregiver in Licensed Home Qualifications - Proof of Training (A-J)
The permit holder did not have current SIDS/Shaken baby training. No infants are in care at this time.
- Medium February 23, 2024 Corrected at inspection
747.2105(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
The TV in the playroom was on. There was one child under 2yrs old
- High April 28, 2023 Correction verified May 5, 2023
747.605(12): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
Three of five children's records reviewed did not have signed authorization to obtain emergency medical care.
- Medium High April 28, 2023 Correction verified May 4, 2023
747.1007(5): Primary Caregiver in Registered Home Qualifications - pediatric first-aid and pediatric CPR
Primary caregiver's CPR and First Aid certification is expired.
- Medium High April 28, 2023 Correction verified May 5, 2023
747.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Three out of five childrens records reviewed did not have emergency contact address listed.
- Medium April 28, 2023 Correction verified May 5, 2023
747.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
One of five childrens records reviewed did not have immunization record on file.
- Medium High April 4, 2023 Correction verified April 28, 2023
747.1007(5): Primary Caregiver in Registered Home Qualifications - pediatric first-aid and pediatric CPR
Primary caregiver's CPR and First Aid certification is expired.
- Medium High April 4, 2023 Correction verified April 28, 2023
747.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Three out of five childrens records reviewed did not have emergency contact address listed.
- High April 4, 2023 Correction verified April 28, 2023
747.605(12): Required Admission Information - Emergency Medical Authorization
Three of five children's records reviewed did not have signed authorization to obtain emergency medical care.
- Medium April 4, 2023 Correction verified April 28, 2023
747.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
One of five childrens records reviewed did not have immunization record on file.
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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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