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DISCOVERY TREE SCHOOL - CAPITAL CITY

744 P STREET, Sacramento, CA 95814

Facility:
343623896
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:
58

Inspection snapshot

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Latest inspectionMay 26, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsMay 26, 2026

Summary

This summary covers 17 available inspections for DISCOVERY TREE SCHOOL - CAPITAL CITY from July 15, 2022 through May 26, 2026.

Seven inspections recorded violations, with seven recorded violations in total.

The most recent higher-concern violation was on April 3, 2025 and involved child guidance, with a due date of April 4, 2025.

That higher-concern topic showed up in two inspections.

Four later inspections, from October 2, 2025 through May 26, 2026, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.

At a glance

Total inspections
17

4 in last 12 months

Recorded violations
7

0 in last 12 months

Higher-concern violations
5

0 in last 12 months

Repeated topics
1

Last 36 months

Local comparison

17 total inspections vs 4 local median in 95814

Compared to 8 local facilities

Recorded violations per inspection

This provider
0.41
Local median
0.33

Inspections with higher-concern violations

This provider
29%
Local median
10%

Inspections with recorded violations

This provider
41%
Local median
33%

Repeated topics

This provider
1
Local average
0.25

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.

Higher concern: Child guidance
Report finding
101223 Personal Rights (a) The Licensee shall ensure that each child is acccorded to the following personal rights... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on the interviews, facility did not comply with the above regulation as LPA learned staff yelled and get aggressive with daycare children by sitting them down by holding their biceps. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care.
Report comments
Based on the interviews, facility did not comply with the above regulation as LPA learned staff yelled and get aggressive with daycare children by sitting them down by holding their biceps. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by April 4, 2025
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a) - 101223(a)
Official code
101223(a)
Medium concern: Health or food records
Report finding
General Provisions and Definitions (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 5 staff are missing MMR and Tdap in files, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by August 16, 2024
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) - 1596.7995(a)(1)
Official code
1596.7995(a)(1)
View official report
Higher concern: Supervision
Report finding
101229 (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time...Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and the self-reported unusual incident report, S1 stepped away to assist C3 leaving the left side of the yard unsupervised. C1 took C2 behind the play structure & took off both their shirts (facing the left side of the yard with no supervision). The lack of supervion is a potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to children in care.
Report comments
S1 stepped away to assist C3 leaving the left side of the yard unsupervised. C1 took C2 behind the play structure & took off both their shirts (facing the left side of the yard with no supervision). The lack of supervion is a potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by March 29, 2024
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
Official code
101229(a)(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 punitive nature...punishment, infliction of pain,humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of punitive nature.. This requirement was not met as evidenced by consistent statements during staff interviews establishing that a child who had bitten another child was separated from their class and placed in a half-walled infant napping area that became locked. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by August 11, 2023
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
Official code
101223(a)(3)
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
Report finding
(a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, except as specified in (b) and (c) below. This requirement was not met as evidenced by:
Correction status
Plan of correction due by June 23, 2023
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101216.3 - 101216.3
Official code
101216.3
Medium concern: Facility condition
Report finding
101227 Food Services: (B) A child shall not be served any food to which the child's record indicates he/she has an allergy. This requirement was not met, as evidenced by: Based on interview and documentation, the licensee did not comply with the regulation cited above, as a child in care with a documented wheat allergy was provided a sandwich while in care. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Report comments
Based on interview and documentation, the licensee did not comply with the regulation cited above, as a child in care with a documented wheat allergy was provided a sandwich while in care. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by June 9, 2023
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
CCR 101227(a)(7)(B) - 101227(a)(7)(B)
Official code
101227(a)(7)(B)
Higher concern: Licensing compliance
Report finding
Child Day Care Facility License... ....After initial licensure, a fee shall be charged by the department annually, on each anniversary of the effective date of the license.... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the annual fees are overdue, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by June 30, 2023
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
HSC 1596.803(a)(1) - 1596.803(a)(1)
Official code
1596.803(a)(1)