Discovery Tree School - Capital City · Infant Center, Sacramento
Discovery Tree School - Capital City is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 16 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (2 of 4). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #204 of 275 centers in Sacramento and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews and the submitted LIC624 UIR form, LPA learned that S1 returned to the classroom after the lunch break and smelling like marijuana. The Director stated that S1 admitted to purchasing marijuana during the lunch break and stored it in her purse located in the break room. This poses a potential risk to children in care health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 3 staff files are missing a current Mandated Reporter Training, in which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation Staff 1 (S1) was supervising 6 infants (2 awake in activity space, 4 napping in crib space). This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Director stated toddler option children will nap in their toddler option classroom moving forward. Director will provide written statement to LPA by
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Common questions
Does Discovery Tree School - Capital City take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Discovery Tree School - Capital City had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 24, 2023, for staff-infant ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Discovery Tree School - Capital City?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Discovery Tree School - Capital City compare with other daycares in Sacramento?
It is tied for #204 of 275 centers in Sacramento 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 Discovery Tree School - Capital City last inspected?
Oct 2, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Discovery Tree School - Capital City cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Discovery Tree School - Capital City for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Sacramento County, which includes Sacramento, was $1,400 a month for infants (about $1,770 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Discovery Tree School - Capital City?
The licensee is Discovery Tree Preschool, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Rebecca Foster.
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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 343623895 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.