Bidwell Academy For Young Children

120 Mission Ranch Blvd., Chico, CA 95926 · Butte County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jul 31, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Bidwell Academy For Young Children was a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 72 children. Its license closed around July 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type 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

Caregiver conduct1

Citations, newest first

Type BSep 29, 2021Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(2)

101223(a)2): The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights. To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. 1 The licensee agrees to provide written plan how she will discuss with parents the mask requirements for children over the age of 2 and how CDPH and Cal/OSHA mask requirements will be followed during indoor day care hours by 9/30/21. This requirement was not met as evidence by: LPA Wisehart’s observation of 59 children not wearing masks as required as well as the licensee not enforcing mask mandate in the preschool. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8

Plan of correction due Sep 30, 2021

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedSep 29, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Sep 23, 2021

Substantiated allegation:

Facility is not taking any precautions for COVID-19

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity72 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceFeb 6, 2006

ClosedJul 31, 2023

LicenseeBidwell Academy For Young Children, LLC

Last administratorSchreiner,j.-roath,s.

State facility #045404541

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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 045404541 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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