Circles Children's Center · Preschool, Chico

2345 Fair Street, Chico, CA 95928 · Butte County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Nov 1, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Circles Children's Center was a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around November 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

1Type B citations

2Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BApr 17, 2024Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(2)

Based on record review, the facility had 1 faucet with lead test results exceeding 5 ppb of lead in the water. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due Apr 17, 2024

About this center

Licensed capacity24 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceSep 18, 2002

ClosedNov 1, 2024

LicenseeButte County Office Of Education

Last administratorShanti Atkins

State facility #045403423

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2205 Elm Street, Chico · 0.3 mi away · 57 spotsNo citations Circles Children's Center
2224 Elm St Bldg C, Chico · 0.3 mi away · 48 spotsToo few inspections to compare Little Pines Preschool
2022 Franklin Street, Chico · 0.5 mi away · 23 spotsAbout typical Little Pines Preschool Infant Center
2022 Franklin Street, Chico · 0.5 mi away · 8 spotsAbout typical Mi Escuelita Maya P/S & Childrens Performing Arts
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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 045403423 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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