Children's Choice Academy - Vista · Infant Center, Vista
Children's Choice Academy - Vista is a licensed child care center in Vista, CA, licensed for up to 36 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 6 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 7 citations, none of them Type A, most often for health & medication (2 of 7). 2 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #50 of 53 centers in Vista and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, and interviews, C1 obtained medical treatment due to an injury that occurred at the CCC. CCL was not notified via telephone and was notified in writing, twenty days after medical attention was obtained. This failure to provide timely notification poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8 Training should include hypothetical situations, staff comments, Q/A and solutions to address current protocol on tracking child's reason for absence.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two of five child fiels audited. Where C1 and C2 LIC 9227 had sect: C and D blank but were developmentally rolling over. Which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews and records reviewed, it was revealed that staff allowed infant aged children to go down a slide face first. This is not a safe or developmentally appropriate activity for infant aged children. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews and record review, commingling occurred when previous staff school age children were left unattended in the infant classroom and playground on two separate occasions with daycare children present.
Based on interview and record review, school age child was commingling with infant age children on July 29, 2024. CCC does not have a school-age license and school age child was left unattended by parent.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of six child files audited. Where Child 5 who started in March, 2024 did not have a physician report available for review during inspection. Which poses 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 in two out of six child files audited. Child 3 and 5 were both missing current immunization records on file, prior to admission to center. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
School-Age children commingling with infants.
Facility is operating beyond the limitations listed on the license.
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Common questions
Does Children's Choice Academy - Vista take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Children's Choice Academy - Vista had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 7 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Children's Choice Academy - Vista?
California investigated 6 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Children's Choice Academy - Vista compare with other daycares in Vista?
It is tied for #50 of 53 centers in Vista by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Children's Choice Academy - Vista last inspected?
Oct 23, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Children's Choice Academy - Vista cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Children's Choice Academy - Vista for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Vista, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Children's Choice Academy - Vista?
The licensee is Children's Choice Academy, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Shannon Spencer.
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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 376300876 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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