Emerson/Bandini State Preschool · 1100 South 36th Street, San Diego
Emerson/Bandini State Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does Emerson/Bandini State Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Emerson/Bandini State Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was Emerson/Bandini State Preschool last inspected?
Feb 11, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Emerson/Bandini State Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Emerson/Bandini State Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Emerson/Bandini State Preschool?
The licensee is San Diego Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Juan Romo.
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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 376701514 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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