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Cosumnes River College Child Development Center · Preschool, Sacramento

8401 Center Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95823 · Sacramento County
1 substantiated complaint Child care center (preschool)

Cosumnes River College Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 96 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 1 complaint, and it was 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 tied for #114 of 275 centers in Sacramento and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

Fewer citations than 54% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. About typical
Tied for #114 of 275 centers in Sacramento
0 Type A citations
2 Type B citations
5 Inspections
1 of 1 Complaints substantiated
2 citations from 7 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Mar 24, 2026

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Mar 24, 2026 · Inspection · no citation Feb 12, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Mar 25, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Mar 6, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 23, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 2, 2023 · Inspection · no citation Mar 24, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct 1
Building & playground safety 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Mar 6, 2023 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal Rights
Based on observation and interviews, it was found that the facility received the test results in January and facility did not post the results for parents to view within required timeframe. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care if not corrected.
Plan of correction due Mar 10, 2023
Type B Feb 23, 2023 Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance) Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)
Based on results of a test conduct on a faucet on January 04, 2023 indicated three faucets had 27,21 and 7.9 ppb in the faucet water, which exceed 5.5 ppb requirement. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care if not corrected.
Plan of correction due Mar 31, 2023

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Complaint investigations

Substantiated Mar 6, 2023 Complaint investigation received Mar 2, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Staff did not notify day care children's parents of lead in the water.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 96 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Feb 28, 2002
Licensee Cosumnes River College
Administrator Lora Wardlaw
Phone (916) 691-7380
State facility # 343607290
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Common questions

Does Cosumnes River College Child Development Center take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Cosumnes River College Child Development Center had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.

Have there been complaints about Cosumnes River College Child Development Center?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Cosumnes River College Child Development Center compare with other daycares in Sacramento?

It is tied for #114 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Cosumnes River College Child Development Center last inspected?

Mar 24, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Cosumnes River College Child Development Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cosumnes River College Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Sacramento, was $984 a month for preschoolers (about $1,240 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Cosumnes River College Child Development Center?

The licensee is Cosumnes River College, and the administrator listed with the state is Lora Wardlaw.

Licensed centers nearby

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 343607290 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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