Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten · Infant Center, Anaheim
Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten is a licensed child care center in Anaheim, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 9 citations, 6 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (2 of 9). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #75 of 77 centers in Anaheim and has more citations per inspection than 97% of California licensed centers.
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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 evidence by: The director stated she will document the services provided to infants to provide parents a copy and keep a copy in the facility. The director will send evidnce of the documentation to the LPA by 11/20/24. Based on staff interviews. S3 disclosed he/she observed C1 scratching and applied ointment and left work before noon leaving the child under the supervision of staff who did not meet C1’s needs. The child incurred injuries. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. 8 THE DIRECTOR REFUSED TO SIGN THIS CITATION PAGE.
101212(f) Reporting Requirements. Each licensee or applicant shall … reports as required by the Department … (f) The items specified in (d)(1)(A) through (H) above shall also be reported to the child's authorized representative. This requirement is not met as evidence by: The director stated that staff will be required to document and report incidents to report to the licensing department and to the parents as required. The director will brief the teachers about the protocol to report and provide proof to the LPA including the topcis discussed and a list of staff who participated. Based on records and interviews, the staff did not report C1’s condition. Staff admitted they did not report as required. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. 8 THE DIRECTOR REFUSED TO SIGN THIS CITATION PAGE.
Based on interview statements and records review, the facility administration failed to give parents copies of one or more licensing reports that document a Type A citation. Upon records review, the LIC9224 forms were missing or unsigned. Staff admitted they did not provide the required reports to parents. This represents a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Based on records reviewed and interviews conducted, the regulation was not met. Lina Watban did not have clearance and was observed providing care and supervision, which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on records review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two of two infants under twelve months old who did not have an LIC9227, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. The two infant files did not have an LIC9227; both infants were under 12 months old.
Based on records and interview statements, the individual infant feeding plan was not updated to reflect the changes in the C1’s dietary plan, which poses/posed an immediate risk to the health of the children in care.
Based on records and interview statements, staff stated that C1 got a hold of restricted food that caused C1 diarrhea on two or more occasions. The staff did not prevent the child from eating restricted food. This poses an immediate risk to the health of the children in care.
Based on interviews and records review, the licensee did not comply with the above regulation, which posed/posses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of clients in care. A witness disclosed they observed a staff force force-feeding an infant in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not meet the regulation above in 6 out of 6 cribs. The LPA observeed 5 infants sleeping in cribs that contained loose articles.
Complaint investigations
101427(b)(4) Infant Care Food Service
101223(a)(2) Personal Rights
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Common questions
Does Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten had any serious violations?
California issued 6 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 15, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten compare with other daycares in Anaheim?
It is #75 of 77 centers in Anaheim by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 97% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten last inspected?
Mar 6, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Anaheim, was $1,584 a month for infants (about $2,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Apple Tree Preschool & Kindergarten?
The licensee is Antony Investments LLC., and the administrator listed with the state is Chamila Gardiwasam.
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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 304371253 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.