The Kessler School Early Childhood Center
Licensed Center in Dallas, Texas. License #1800136, issued March 26, 2025.
- Address
- 1822 W 10th St, Dallas, TX 75208
- Phone
- (972) 449-0401
- Licensed capacity
- 51 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- thekesslerschool.com
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
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
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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.
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 3,252 standards at The Kessler School Early Childhood Center between August 22, 2024 and January 8, 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 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 2 | 248 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Personnel | 2 | 315 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 234 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 5 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,245 of those standards. The remaining 7, 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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State inspection record
HHSC records 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on January 8, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 1High
- 5Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High November 22, 2024 Correction verified December 13, 2024
746.5207(a)(4): Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location Inside
The emergency evacuation diagram does not have a designated location inside the child-care center where all caregivers and children take shelter from threatening weather.
- Medium High November 22, 2024 Correction verified December 13, 2024
746.5202(4): Emergency Preparedness Plan-Continuity of Care Until Children Released
Documentation for how staff will continue to care for the children until each child has been released was not in the emergency preparedness plan.
- Medium High November 22, 2024 Correction verified December 13, 2024
746.5207(a)(3): Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location
The emergency evacuation diagram does not show the designated location outside of the child-care center where all caregivers and children will meet
- Medium High November 22, 2024 Correction verified December 13, 2024
746.5202(1): Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
Details showing how children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate shelter, including specific procedures for evacuating and relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or hearing impairments was not included in the emergency preparedness plan.
- Medium August 22, 2024 Correction verified September 23, 2024
746.401(1): Posting Requirements - License
Requried postings were not posted.
- High August 22, 2024 Correction verified September 27, 2024
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The initial fire inspection has not been conducted.
- Medium High August 22, 2024 Correction verified September 27, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The initial health inspection has not been conducted.
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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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