Children's Choice Academy, INC.
Children's Choice Academy, INC. was a licensed child care center in Escondido, CA, licensed for up to 125 children. Its license closed around April 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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Based on interview and observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1/1 play structures on the shared playground has more than 10 holes and/or breaks in the plastic throughout the base of the structure that connects to the rubber mat. Additionally more than 3 areas, approx larger than 14inx14in, once stepping onto the base of the structure, are covered with wood that is in disrepair and splintering. Plastic mat that covers this wood is peeling off of the wood, which all pose 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 376300742 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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