B'nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool · 1434 N. Altadena Dr, Preschool, Pasadena

1434 N. Altadena Dr, Pasadena, CA 91107 · Los Angeles County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jan 7, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

B'nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool was a licensed child care center in Pasadena, CA, licensed for up to 80 children. Its license closed around January 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice and issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

3 Type B citations

2 Inspections

0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 2

Health & medication 1

Citations, newest first

Type B May 23, 2022 Inspection Health & medication

Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 15 staff files, Staff #12, 13, & 15, did not have immunization records present, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jun 23, 2022

Type B May 23, 2022 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 10 out of 15 Staff files, Staff #2, 4-5, 7-9, 12-15, did not have proof of completing Mandated Reporter Child Care Provider (AB1207), which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due May 30, 2022

Type B May 23, 2022 Inspection Training & qualifications

Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 6 out of 15 staff files, Staff #5, 8-9, 13-15, did not have a LIC503 Health Screening Reports, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jun 23, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity 80 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Jun 30, 2014

Closed Jan 7, 2025

Licensee B'nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool

Last administrator Carina Hu

State facility # 198017931

Other licenses at this address

B'nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups) · Closed Too few inspections to compare

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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 198017931 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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