Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative
Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative is a licensed child care center in Folsom, CA, licensed for up to 45 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1988. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #24 of 38 centers in Folsom and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.
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Director (D1) stated she will ensure all staff are trained on personal rights and behavior management such that staff do not bodily move children to manage their behavior. D1 stated she will create a detailed written plan for ensuring this training takes palce and Witness statements and facility documentation provided evidence that a staff (S1) moved a child (C1) from one location to the other by bodily moving the child. This constitutes a potential risk to the health, safety, and/or personal rights of children in care. 8 obtain staff signatures to document they received this training. D1 stated she will provide these to LPA via email on or before
Based on facility file review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in three out of eight staff and parent volunteer files which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on facility file review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two out of four staff files which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative compare with other daycares in Folsom?
It is #24 of 38 centers in Folsom by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative last inspected?
Mar 11, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Folsom, was $984 a month for preschoolers (about $1,240 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative?
The licensee is Bright Beginnings Preschool - A Parent Cooperative, and the administrator listed with the state is Shannon Flanigan.
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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.
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