Belleview School

22736 Kewin Mill Road, Sonora, CA 95370 · Tuolumne County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 6, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Belleview School was a licensed child care center in Sonora, CA, licensed for up to 20 children. Its license closed around June 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations

1Type B citations

1Inspections

1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

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

What inspectors cited most

Background checks1

Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type AAug 29, 2024Complaint investigationBackground checks

Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)

(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing, or volunteering in a licensed facility:(1)Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department POC; Super intendent stated that facilit ywill exclude the employee from the preschool class until clearance is obtained. This requirement was not met as evidence by; Even though the school has their own clearance process had come to the department knowledge that staff #1 is working in the preschool program and has no criminal record clearance at this time. This is a deficiency that if no corrected poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of the children in care.

Plan of correction due Aug 30, 2024

Type BAug 29, 2024InspectionRecords & paperwork

Reporting requirements §101212(b)

Based on records review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not reporting the information for the new Director and designee or Site Supervisor which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Sep 30, 2024

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedAug 29, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Aug 20, 2024

Substantiated allegation:

Criminal Record Clearance-Uncleared adult working in the facility

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity20 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceDec 16, 1992

ClosedJun 6, 2025

LicenseeBelleview Elementary School District

Last administratorCarmel Portillo

State facility #550318064

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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 550318064 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.