California · La Mesa · 91942

Academy Of Play LLC

7255 University Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942 · San Diego County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 31, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Academy Of Play LLC was a licensed child care center in La Mesa, CA, licensed for up to 26 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

1Type B citations

1Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BJul 29, 2024InspectionBuilding & playground safety

Buildings and grounds §101238(g)

Based on observation and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed a pair of scissors and a stapler on the teachers desk in the Abejas Classroom, disinfectant cleaner, butt paste and diaper cream in a basket in the preschool bathroom located in the hallway assessible to children which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jul 29, 2024

About this center

Licensed capacity26 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceMar 28, 2022

ClosedDec 31, 2025

LicenseeAcademy Of Play LLC

Last administratorCinthya Baez

State facility #376701491

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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 376701491 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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