Burton Child Development Center

2375 W. Morton, Porterville, CA 93257 · Tulare County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 30, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Burton Child Development Center was a licensed child care center in Porterville, CA, licensed for up to 19 children. Its license closed around June 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times 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

0Inspections

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 BNov 2, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(2)

interviews and records review conducted during the complaint investigation. 1 Licensee will provide training for staff associated to facility regarding methods in providing adequate supervision and response in situations which may result in injury to child in Preschool. Staff failed to provide adequate supervision resulting more than one injury to child enrolled in preschool. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care. 8 Licensee will send copy of agenda and sign-in sheet to Fresno Regional Office by 11/30/2022.

Plan of correction due Nov 30, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedNov 2, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Sep 29, 2022

Substantiated allegation:

Personal Rights

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity19 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceAug 26, 1994

ClosedJun 30, 2023

LicenseeTulare County Office Of Education

Last administratorErnestine Hernandez

State facility #543801039

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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 543801039 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.