Children's Paradise INC. - Poway · Preschool, Poway
Children's Paradise INC. - Poway is a licensed child care center in Poway, CA, licensed for up to 137 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time and investigated 2 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for background checks (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Substitute Nijmeh Erras’s fingerprint clearance is not associated to the facility. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on investigation interviews with parents and staff, the center commingled infant children with preschool children on a minimum of 2 occasions and a school ager with preschool child on one occasion.
Based on observation and interviews there was an accessible storm drain at the top of a slope on the playground, approximately 2 ft. deep that created a potential safety hazard to children in care playing around that area. This posed a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility comingles daycare children.
Safety hazard(s) present in outdoor play area.
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About this center
Other licenses at this address
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Common questions
Does Children's Paradise INC. - Poway take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Children's Paradise INC. - Poway had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Children's Paradise INC. - Poway?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Children's Paradise INC. - Poway last inspected?
Nov 25, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Children's Paradise INC. - Poway cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Children's Paradise INC. - Poway for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Poway, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Children's Paradise INC. - Poway?
The licensee is Children's Paradise INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Pedro Ontiveros.
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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 376105142 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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