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AKA Head Start - Jackman

832 Jackman Street, El Cajon, CA 92020 · San Diego County
2 substantiated complaintsChild care center (preschool)

AKA Head Start - Jackman is a licensed child care center in El Cajon, CA, licensed for up to 64 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2018. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 2 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 1 time since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0Type A citations
4Type B citations
1Inspections
2 of 2Complaints substantiated
4 citations from 5 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Sep 30, 2024

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Dec 19, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundSep 30, 2024 · Inspection · no citationMay 23, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 22, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 14, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Other standards2
Caregiver conduct1
Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BDec 19, 2024Complaint investigationOther standards
Observation of the Child §101226.3(a)
... Assistant director provided documentation of 10/25/24 staff meeting related to the allegation that addressed training on supervision, prevention, and health and safety review. This deficiency is cleared. Based upon staff interviews and video evidence, C1 incurred bite marks during an incident with another student. This injury went unnoticed and unassessed by the staff, which posed a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Dec 19, 2024
Type BMar 22, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal Rights
Based on staff interviews, a child was refused entry when parent and child arrived a few minutes late. Admission Policies did not include exclusion of child due to late arrival. 8 Site director shall submit a plan of correction no later than 3/29/2024. Request Denied
Plan of correction due Mar 29, 2024
Type BMar 22, 2024Complaint investigationOther standards
THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 1 §1596.857(a)
Based on staff interviews parents were not allowed inside the classroom due to the COVID pandemic. 8 Site director shall submit a plan of correction to the department no later than 3/29/2024.
Plan of correction due Mar 29, 2024
Type BNov 14, 2022Case management visit (deficiencies)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the directive above, as one water outlet (corner hand wasking sink outlet in room 3) out of ten outlets tested with an Action Level Exceedance (ALE). This poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 Facility is scheduled to have the faucet retest on 11/21/2022. Facility shall submit the test result along with the LIC9276 to LPA no later than 11/30/2022.
Plan of correction due Nov 30, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedDec 19, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Oct 21, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Staff did not prevent daycare child from biting another child.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedMar 22, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Mar 21, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
1. Licensee does not allow parents to enter and inspect the day care.
2. Admission policies - staff refused entry to a child when he arrived 3 minutes late.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity64 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceSep 18, 2018
LicenseeAll Kids Academy Head Start INC.
AdministratorLeslie Stopani
Phone(619) 334-4444
State facility #376701392

Common questions

Does AKA Head Start - Jackman take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has AKA Head Start - Jackman had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 4 Type B citations, listed above.

Have there been complaints about AKA Head Start - Jackman?

California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

When was AKA Head Start - Jackman last inspected?

Sep 30, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does AKA Head Start - Jackman cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask AKA Head Start - Jackman for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes El Cajon, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs AKA Head Start - Jackman?

The licensee is All Kids Academy Head Start INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Leslie Stopani.

Licensed centers nearby

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 376701392 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.