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Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool Center · Preschool, Chico

3312 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973 · Butte County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 6, 2026. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool Center was a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 30 children. Its license closed around August 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations
2Type B citations
4Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Mar 19, 2025 · Inspection · no citationMay 28, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundApr 18, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundMar 20, 2024 · Inspection · no citationJun 29, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundApr 24, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationFeb 13, 2023 · Inspection · no citationMar 17, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationFeb 11, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Other standards1
Building & playground safety1
Caregiver conduct1

Citations, newest first

Type BMay 28, 2024Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Other standards
California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers: Testing results §101700(b)(2)
Based on record review, the facility had faucet A with lead test results exceeding 5 ppb of lead in the water. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due May 28, 2024
Type BApr 18, 2024Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Certified External Water Sampler §101700.5(a)
(a) Certified external water samplers shall be used to conduct the Child Care Center water collection 1 Licensee agrees to have certified external water sampler complete lead testing at facility and have results uploaded to database.The licensee agrees to submit an LIC 9275 and LIC 9276 by 5/18/24 Based on record review,LPA reviewed that lead testing was completed 8/4/22 but facility did not use a certified external water sampler. 8
Plan of correction due Apr 18, 2024
Type AJun 29, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §102423(3)
To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. 1 Licensee will establish more of an open communication with staff, families and parents. All parents should have a signed LIC 9224 in children's file for new and currently enrolled children. Licensee will submit a written plan of correction to CCLD by 6/30/23. but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This was not met as evidence by: based on interviews, children were handled roughly by staff. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 29, 2023

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedJun 29, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Apr 6, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
staff roughly handle children in care
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedApr 24, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Jan 11, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity30 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceMar 12, 2018
ClosedAug 6, 2026
LicenseeEnchanted Play Infant & Preschool Center LLC
Last administratorDenise Alioto
State facility #045407209

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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 045407209 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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