AKA Head Start - Jackman
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.
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... 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.
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
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.
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.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not prevent daycare child from biting another child.
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.
About this center
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.
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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 376701392 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.