Growing Bright Preschool
Growing Bright Preschool was a licensed child care center in Sacramento, CA, licensed for up to 27 children. Its license closed around September 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 4 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 5 citations, 4 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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101216.3(b) The licensee may use teacher aides in a teacher-child ratio of one teacher and one aide for every 15 children in attendance. This requirement has not been met as evidence by: 1 Director will submit a statement to LPA that she understands teacher ratio. Based on interviews conducted the licensee did not comply with the section above by having more than 15 children with a teacher and an aid on at least one date. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Based on interviews and documentation review the licensee did not comply with the section above by not having injuries documented and families notified upon pick up. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews with staff and record 1 All teachers will be retrained on "name to face" in the Brightwheel app to make sure all children are accounted for during transitions. A staff meeting will be held on safety and supervision. S1 was given a written warning with notice of termination if a similar offense occured in the future. review of an unusual incident report submitted the facility did not comply with section above by S1 failing to observe a child wander away from the group after counts were conducted. The child was found in an empty classroom by a parent and brought the child to a staff member.
Based on documentation review and interviews staff could not always clean a 1 Director states that she will revamp the diaper cream form to have specific end dates, and will revamp the potty training/diaper policy to specify procedures. Director will also work on creating a document for teachers that specifies diaper cream use. child properly, and accidental bowel movements were sometimes missed if they were small. This lead to rashes on the skin. Although cream may have been applied with every change as requested, cream was not always recorded. This poses an immediate health or safety risk to persons in care.
A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met at evidenced by: LPAs observed Director holding an infant child while supervising the preschool children during a bathroom transition. 1 Director will ensure that children from the preschool and infant licenses do not commingle. Director will submit a staff schedule, staff training, and plan to address the comminling issues to LPA by
Complaint investigations
Staff does not ensure reporting requirements are followed
Staff are not meeting day care child's toileting needs.
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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 343624079 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.