College Avenue Pre-school
College Avenue Pre-school is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 180 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1998. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for health & medication (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #186 of 307 centers in San Diego and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as medication stored for children C1, C2, C3 expired in 3/1/24, 3/2024, and 11/2023, respectively, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Correction has been made Director has provided training regarding Hipa laws and parent child confidentiality on 10/17/23. Director will send provide written documentation to LPA Annette.Sutherland@dss.ca.gov by 10/27/23. Facility disclosed confidential information of children in care which poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. 1 Director stated the outlet has not been in use since March 2022. Facility immediately posted the results at the facility on 11/10/22, day they received the testing results. Outlets have remained inoperable and covered. Director stated that the facility is planning to remove both outlets permanently within the next two weeks. Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the directive above, 2 Bubbler Water Fountains outlets tested with an Action Level Exceedance (ALE). This poses a Potential Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 Director stated that the facility manager is on vacation and will have it removed within two weeks. Director stated she will submit photos to LPA showing that the outlets were removed no later than due date. In the…
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Complaint investigations
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Staff does not keep day-care children's personal information confidential.
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About this center
Common questions
Does College Avenue Pre-school take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has College Avenue Pre-school had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about College Avenue Pre-school?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does College Avenue Pre-school compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #186 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was College Avenue Pre-school last inspected?
Feb 11, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does College Avenue Pre-school cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask College Avenue Pre-school for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs College Avenue Pre-school?
The licensee is College Avenue Baptist Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Lara Blouin.
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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 372001020 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.