Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia
Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia is a licensed child care center in Carlsbad, CA, licensed for up to 140 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #21 of 30 centers in Carlsbad and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview with Rachel Tamayo, the STEAM lab has been used for children without prior approval from Licensing. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and/or personal rights of children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Staff #1, 3, 4 and 5 did not have Pertussis and Measles information and Staff #2 did not have Measles information on file. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Staff #3 did not have a health screening or TB test on file which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia compare with other daycares in Carlsbad?
It is tied for #21 of 30 centers in Carlsbad by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia last inspected?
Sep 18, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Carlsbad, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Carlsbad Educational Foundation - Poinsettia?
The licensee is Carlsbad Educational Foundation, and the administrator listed with the state is Jessi Derby.
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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 376700374 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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