Cuesta College Children's Center
Cuesta College Children's Center is a licensed child care center in San Luis Obispo, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #21 of 28 centers in San Luis Obispo and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that two staff members (Edwin Gomez and Isabelle Vidaurri) do not have current Mandated Reporter training which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
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About this center
Common questions
Does Cuesta College Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Cuesta College Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Cuesta College Children's Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Cuesta College Children's Center compare with other daycares in San Luis Obispo?
It is tied for #21 of 28 centers in San Luis Obispo 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 Cuesta College Children's Center last inspected?
Jan 15, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Cuesta College Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cuesta College Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Luis Obispo County, which includes San Luis Obispo, was $973 a month for preschoolers (about $1,230 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cuesta College Children's Center?
The licensee is Slo Community College Dist. - Cuesta College, and the administrator listed with the state is Madelyn Chevalier.
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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 406208456 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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