Covina-valley Children's Center
Covina-valley Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Covina, CA, licensed for up to 140 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (3 of 4). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #20 of 23 centers in Covina and has more citations per inspection than 90% of California licensed centers.
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department, facility did not grant Licensing staff access to view personnel file for staff #4, which poses a potentialrisk of the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Based on interviews conducted, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as evidenced by disclosures made during department interviews, staff #4 handled child#1 in a rough manner which poses an immediate risk of the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. Licensing staff offered facility TSP program for further support.
Based on interviews conducted, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as evidenced by disclosures made during department interviews, staff #4 's conduct poses an immediate risk to children in care. 8 Licensing staff offered facility TSP program for further support.
disclosures made during department interviews, staff #4 yell at children in care, which poses an immediate risk of the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. Licensing staff offered facility TSP program for further support.
Complaint investigations
Staff handled child in a rough manner.
Staff conduct poses a risk to children in care.
Staff yelled at child in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Covina-valley Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Covina-valley Children's Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 2, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Covina-valley Children's Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Covina-valley Children's Center compare with other daycares in Covina?
It is #20 of 23 centers in Covina by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 90% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Covina-valley Children's Center last inspected?
Jul 27, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Covina-valley Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Covina-valley Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Covina, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Covina-valley Children's Center?
The licensee is Covina-valley Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Vanessa Burgueno.
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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 198020436 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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