Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1.75
- Local median
- 0.16
FRIENDLY CHILDREN'S GARDEN PRESCHOOL
2402 WASHINGTON AVE, Escondido, CA 92027
- Facility:
- 376300721
- 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:
- 18
Inspection snapshot
Recent higher-concern violation
At least one higher-concern violation appears in the last 12 months.
Next: Read reports, examine repeated topics below, look at the broader history, and ask what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionDecember 23, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsNovember 8, 2023
Summary
This summary covers four available inspections for FRIENDLY CHILDREN'S GARDEN PRESCHOOL from November 8, 2023 through December 23, 2025.
Three inspections recorded violations, with seven recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on December 23, 2025 and involved supervision, with a due date of December 29, 2025.
That higher-concern topic showed up in two inspections.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 4
- Recorded violations
- 7
- Higher-concern violations
- 4
- Repeated topics
- 1
2 in last 12 months
3 in last 12 months
3 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
4 total inspections vs 5 local median in 92027
Compared to 14 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 75%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 75%
- Local median
- 12%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.5
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Supervision
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 3 recorded violations.
December 15, 2025December 23, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where the facility does not have adequate staffing. The CCC has 1 qualified teacher with units, who also acts as the Director, and works open to close, every day of the week, and has not made efforts to hire additional staff, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 29, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101229(a) - 101229(a)
- Official code
- 101229(a)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above where the facility does not have adequate staffing. The CCC has 1 qualifed teacher with units, who also acts as the Directo, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 22, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101229(a) - 101229(a)
- Official code
- 101229(a)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Personnel Requirements (1) Except as specified in (3) below, good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or seven days after employment or licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, S1-S3 did not have evidence of both a current TB and LIC 503 on file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 22, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216(g)(1) - 101216(g)(1)
- Official code
- 101216(g)(1)
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- Written Directives for Lead Testing (b) All licensed Child Care Centers operating in buildings constructed before January 1, 2010, shall test their water for lead pursuant to these written directives. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1/1 counts, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 20, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
Medium concern: Facility condition
- Report finding
- Outdoor Activity Space (d) The surface of the outdoor activity space shall be maintained: (2) Free of hazards including, but not limited to, holes, broken glass and other debris, and dry grasses that pose a fire hazard. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in a childs portable toilet filled with urine was in the outdoor activity space, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 20, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101238.2(d)(2) - 101238.2(d)(2)
- Official code
- 101238.2(d)(2)
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- Criminal Record Clearance (j) The licensee shall maintain documentation of criminal record clearances or criminal record exemptions of volunteers that require fingerprinting. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1/1 persons (S3) did not have a clearance on file and was not associated to the CCC, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 20, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101170(j) - 101170(j)
- Official code
- 101170(j)
Medium concern: Incident records
- Report finding
- Child's Records (C) A signed consent form for emergency medical treatment unless the child's authorized representative has signed the statement specified in Section 101220(f). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1/1 childrens files (C3) did not have an LIC 627 on file for this CCC, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by January 20, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101221(b)(8)(C) - 101221(b)(8)(C)
- Official code
- 101221(b)(8)(C)
No recorded violations in this report