Discovery Tree School - Capital City · Preschool, Sacramento
Discovery Tree School - Capital City is a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 58 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 8 complaints, 4 of them substantiated. The state issued 7 citations, 4 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (2 of 7). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #261 of 275 centers in Sacramento and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.
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Director will meet with all the staff tomorrow and train them on verbal communication and appropriate handing of children in care. Director will email signed agenda to LPA Vang by
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 5 staff are missing MMR and Tdap in files, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews and the self-reported unusual incident report, 1 Director talked to the staff about proper supervision, and postioning self outside to cover all blind spots. Director will conduct a staff training and meeting on 4/5/2024. Director will email LPA an agenda with staff's signatures. S1 stepped away to assist C3 leaving the left side of the yard unsupervised. C1 took C2 behind the play structure & took off both their shirts (facing the left side of the yard with no supervision). The lack of supervion is a potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to children in care.
consistent statements during staff interviews establishing that a child who had bitten another child was separated from their class and placed in a half-walled infant napping area that became locked. This posed an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Director will provide LPA with a signed statement from the executive team stating that they are in the process of hiring additional teachers. LPA determined through observation, interview, and record review that a group of 6 children were left alone with an aide and no qualified teachers while Director greeted LPA and guided him through a tour of the facility.
The Director will provide a plan to LPA by
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the annual fees are overdue, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff communicate in a rude or belittling manner to children in care.
Staff handle day care children in a rough manner.
Lack of supervision resulting in inappropriate behavior among children.
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Common questions
Does Discovery Tree School - Capital City take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Discovery Tree School - Capital City had any serious violations?
California issued 4 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 3, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Discovery Tree School - Capital City?
California investigated 8 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 4. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Discovery Tree School - Capital City compare with other daycares in Sacramento?
It is tied for #261 of 275 centers in Sacramento by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Discovery Tree School - Capital City last inspected?
Oct 2, 2025. No citations were issued 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 $984 a month for preschoolers (about $1,240 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 343623896 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.