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Next: Review the inspection history below and ask the provider what the records mean and what changed afterward.
Latest inspectionOctober 30, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsOctober 30, 2025
Summary
This summary covers 10 available inspections for CARMEL VALLEY PRESCHOOL from October 10, 2022 through October 30, 2025.
Four inspections recorded violations, with four recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on November 6, 2024 and involved incident records, with a due date of November 8, 2024.
Supervision was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
Three later inspections, from January 17, 2025 through October 30, 2025, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
Total inspections
10
2 in last 12 months
Recorded violations
4
0 in last 12 months
Higher-concern violations
1
0 in last 12 months
Repeated topics
1
Last 36 months
Local comparison
10 total inspections vs 5 local median in 92130
Compared to 12 local facilities
Recorded violations per inspection
This provider
0.4
Local median
0.37
0.4This provider
0.37Local median
Inspections with higher-concern violations
This provider
10%
Local median
11%
10%This provider
11%Local median
Inspections with recorded violations
This provider
40%
Local median
33%
40%This provider
33%Local median
Repeated topics
This provider
1
Local average
0.33
1This provider
0.33Local average
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Incident records
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
101212 Reporting Requirements (d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care 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 and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. (1) Events reported shall include the following(C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child. This requirement was not met as evidenced by... Based upon Director interview, an incident report was not provided to Licensing regarding an unexplained injury that occurred to a child in care. The facility became aware of the unexplained injury when a parent reported it to a staff member, but did not report it to the licensing department which is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Report comments
Based upon Director interview, an incident report was not provided to Licensing regarding an unexplained injury that occurred to a child in care. The facility became aware of the unexplained injury when a parent reported it to a staff member, but did not report it to the licensing department which is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
THIS IS AN AMENDED REPORT CCR 101229(a) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews with staff and parents and review of documentation, visual supervision was not sufficiently maintained to prevent inappropriate interaction between children on the playground. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
(d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care 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 and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: This requirement was not met as evidenced by the department did not receive an incident report within 7 days.
Buildings and Grounds (g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation during the facility tour, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that four rooms had items that state "keep out of reach of children" in areas that are accessible to children. In each case, the item was either under a sink or in the back corner of a counter near a teacher which posed a potential rather than immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.