Briarwood Preschool and Kindergarten
Briarwood Preschool and Kindergarten was a licensed child care center in North Hollywood, CA, licensed for up to 51 children. Its license closed around January 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once and issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time except as...This Requirement has not been met as evidence by 1 Director will ensure that children will be escorted by staff to the restroom. Staff will allow minimal privacy while children use the restroom allowing staff to ensure health, safety and presonal rights. Child #1 was left alone in an area where staff couldnt visually observe or hear child. Which poses an immediate health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Director will ensure that Staff review supervision video. https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/supervising-children-in-child-care-centers/ and provide proof of attendance
Based on LPA observation and interview, Licensee did not meet above requirement. Per FR, they have not tested their water for lead by time of inspection. This poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above not having immunization records for present staff in file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Director and staff did not have proof of a current CPR & 1st Aid training which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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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 191200966 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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