Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace · School-Age Program, Vista
Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace is a licensed child care center in Vista, CA, licensed for up to 45 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #24 of 53 centers in Vista and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Director will email LPA a behavioral plan and training provided to staff regarding behavioral issues and handling special needs. Staff stated that they are inadequately trained to handle certain behaviors, such as special needs. Children revealed being injured by the same children. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children.
Director has agreed to conduct an all staff meeting to address teacher-child ratios and to have a written plan in case of staff absence. This requirement was not met as evidenced by a single staff member being left alone with 20 school age children. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not prevent inappropriate interaction between children
Facility did not maintain adult-child ratio.
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Common questions
Does Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace compare with other daycares in Vista?
It is #24 of 53 centers in Vista by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace last inspected?
Oct 27, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Vista, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Children's Paradise INC. - Vale Terrace?
The licensee is Children's Paradise, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Sarah Hutson.
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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 372006516 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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