Wanda Meshack Smith Head Start
Licensed Center in Dallas, Texas. License #833560, issued June 25, 2004.
- Address
- 3950 Gannon Ln, Dallas, TX 75237
- Phone
- (972) 283-7700
- Licensed capacity
- 221 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- hsgd.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
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 2,791 standards at Wanda Meshack Smith Head Start between August 26, 2022 and March 26, 2026 and recorded 12 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 | 242 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 225 | 0 |
| Personnel | 2 | 313 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 177 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 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 | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 150 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 1 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 2,756 of those standards. The remaining 35, including 9 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 21 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on March 26, 2026, and 12 citations.
3 of those visits began with Wanda Meshack Smith Head Start 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
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 12. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High March 26, 2026 Correction verified April 8, 2026
746.1309(d): Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
During the monitoring visit, one caregiver did not complete the shaken baby syndrome head trauma, Prevention of SIDS, and Understanding brain childhood development training. Another caregiver did not complete the Prevention of SIDS and Understanding Early Childhood Brain Development trainings.
- Medium High April 29, 2025 Correction verified May 5, 2025
746.5202(1): Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
The emergency preparedness plan did not describe how Early Head Start will be transported during an evacuation or fire drill.
- Medium High April 29, 2025 Correction verified May 5, 2025
746.1309(d): Documented Annual Training - Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months Required
During the monitoring visit, one caregiver did not complete annual training for shaken baby syndrome, prevention of SIDS, and understanding early childhood brain development.
- High April 29, 2025 Correction verified May 7, 2025
746.3407(12): Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
During the monitoring visit, eight classrooms did not have sanitation bottles labeled. The caregivers labeled the bottles during the monitoring visit.
- High January 23, 2025 Correction verified January 28, 2025
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
During the monitoring visit on January 23, 2025. I completed observations in the classroom of the caregiver teaching the children. There were eleven children in the classroom. I also interviewed the caregiver yesterday at the operation. After reviewing documentation on the 24th, it was determined the caregiver does not have a background check. During the phone call today, the operation stated the individual will leave the premises today.
- High January 22, 2025 Correction verified February 11, 2025
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
This standard was evaluated with regard to an investigation, and a violation was found. The caregiver grabbed the victim inappropriately while trying to redirect the victim and caused injury to the victim.
- Medium High June 20, 2024 Correction verified July 26, 2024
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The annual fire inspection expired on May 5, 2023.
- High April 12, 2023 Correction verified May 2, 2023
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver did not demonstrate self-control with a child in care by yelling and pulling the child's shirt.
- High April 12, 2023 Correction verified May 1, 2023
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The operation did not report an incident to licensing when a child was inappropriately disciplined while in care.
- High April 12, 2023 Correction verified May 2, 2023
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
A caregiver pulled a child shirt collar.
- High April 12, 2023 Correction verified May 2, 2023
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
A caregiver yelled in a child's face as a form of inappropriate discipline.
- High August 26, 2022 Correction verified September 14, 2022
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The operation failed to report an incident that placed a child at risk.
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About this record
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