ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day
ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day is a licensed child care center in La Mesa, CA, licensed for up to 34 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1987. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 32 centers in La Mesa and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day compare with other daycares in La Mesa?
It is tied for #1 of 32 centers in La Mesa by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day last inspected?
Jul 10, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes La Mesa, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs ABC Barn Children's Place-extended Day?
The licensee is Shepherd Of The Valley Evangelical Luth Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Ronald Blake.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 370805740 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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