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CANYON HILLS PRESCHOOL

7001 AUBURN STREET, Bakersfield, CA 93306

Facility:
150406087
Type:
DAY CARE CENTER
Status:
Licensed
Records checked:
July 17, 2026
Additional info
Source:
California Community Care Licensing Division
District office:
Not listed
License effective:
Not found
Capacity:
146

Inspection snapshot

Questions worth asking

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Next: Review the inspection history below and ask the provider what the records mean and what changed afterward.

Latest inspectionNovember 19, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsNovember 19, 2025

Summary

This summary covers 14 available inspections for CANYON HILLS PRESCHOOL from October 27, 2022 through November 19, 2025.

Five inspections recorded violations, with six recorded violations in total.

The most recent recorded violation was on May 29, 2025 and involved parent rights, with a due date of June 13, 2025.

Child guidance was a higher-concern topic that showed up in two inspections.

Two later inspections, from July 23, 2025 through November 19, 2025, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.

At a glance

Total inspections
14

2 in last 12 months

Recorded violations
6

0 in last 12 months

Higher-concern violations
1

0 in last 12 months

Repeated topics
1

Last 36 months

Local comparison

14 total inspections vs 5 local median in 93306

Compared to 11 local facilities

Recorded violations per inspection

This provider
0.43
Local median
0.25

Inspections with higher-concern violations

This provider
7%
Local median
0%

Inspections with recorded violations

This provider
36%
Local median
25%

Repeated topics

This provider
1
Local average
0.18

Repeated topics

Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.

Inspection history

Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.

View official report
Medium concern: Parent rights
Report finding
1596.8595(c)(1) A licensed child day care facility shall provide to the parents or guardians of each child receiving services in the facility copies of any licensing report that documents any Type A citation ... (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.893b. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on file review and interview, four of six enrolled children files were missing the LIC9224, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Report comments
Based on file review and interview, four of six enrolled children files were missing the LIC9224, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by June 13, 2025
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
HSC 1596.8595(c)(1) - 1596.8595(c)(1)
Official code
1596.8595(c)(1)
View official report
Higher concern: Child guidance
Report finding
Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain . ..This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based upon information revealed through Based upon information revealed through interviews and records collected, it was discovered that Director Sara Vinson has permitted child one (1) to consistently hurt many of the community’s children in the preschool over several years that resulted in insufficient protection to children related to child-on-child aggression.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by August 13, 2024
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
Official code
101223(a)(3)
View official report
Medium concern: Incident records
Report finding
Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the childcare center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day... Any unusual incident... Based on interviews and documents obtained the licensee did not report numerous Unusual Incident Reports to the Fresno Community Care Licensing Division as required per a condition of the license which poses a potential Health and Safety and/or, Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by August 13, 2024
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
CCR 101212(d)(1)(C) - 101212(d)(1)(C)
Official code
101212(d)(1)(C)
Medium concern: Licensing compliance
Report finding
The child care center shall operate in accordance with the terms specified in the plan of operation. Based on interviews and documents obtained the licensee failed to follow their own Discontinuation of Services policy in their Plan of Operation pertaining to protecting children or persons at the facility which poses a potential Health and Safety and/or, Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by August 13, 2024
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
CCR 101173(d) - 101173(d)
Official code
101173(d)
View official report
Medium concern: Child guidance
Report finding
The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations... This requirement was not met by: Based on document review and Interview with a witnesses, it was determined that a child to remained in a wet pull-up diaper. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by November 8, 2023
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(2) - 101223(a)(2)
Official code
101223(a)(2)
View official report
Medium concern: Environmental health
Report finding
(a) California’s Action Level for lead in water at Child Care Centers is 5 ppb. (b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 0.5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. Testing results with fractional ppb readings of less than 0.5 ppb shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. (2) Licensees shall maintain a lead value at or below the Action Level of 5 ppb in all outlets subject to the testing requirements of these Written Directives, for the health and safety of children in care. (c) If testing indicates an Action Level Exceedance at any water outlet, the water from that outlet is deemed not safe to drink and an immediate response pursuant to section 101704 shall be required. Based on record review and observation, one outlet at the facility contained a lead exceedance greater than 5.5 ppb. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Report comments
(a) California’s Action Level for lead in water at Child Care Centers is 5 ppb. (b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 0.5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. Testing results with fractional ppb readings of less than 0.5 ppb shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. (2) Licensees shall maintain a lead value at or below the Action Level of 5 ppb in all outlets subject to the testing requirements of these Written Directives, for the health and safety of children in care. (c) If testing indicates an Action Level Exceedance at any water outlet, the water from that outlet is deemed not safe to drink and an immediate response pursuant to section 101704 shall be required. Based on record review and observation, one outlet at the facility contained a lead exceedance greater tha...
Correction status
Plan of correction due by February 24, 2023
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency