Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab · Preschool, Santa Monica
Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 68 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. The state issued 1 citation, and it was Type A (the most serious). It came more than 12 months ago. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher...Supervision shall include visual observation. Campus Director and staff confirmed new procedures in place to ensure children are supervised and accounted for all times. Staff will be completing a census count/head count as morning meeting begins using the attendance sheet as a guide. This requirement is not met as evidence by, per LPA Laureano's reviewed of the Unusual Incident Report received, and interviews completed, it is confirmed that facility left child without visual supervision on 4/30/2025 for approximately 10 minutes, which poses an immediate health and safety risks to persons in care. 8 When children use the outdoor preschool bathroom, a teacher will be responsible for opening and closing the bathroom door and confirming no children are left behind.
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Common questions
Does Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 21, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
When was Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab last inspected?
Oct 16, 2024. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Growing Place Santa Monica Early Childhood Lab?
The licensee is Growing Place, and the administrator listed with the state is Lynette Bravo.
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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 197494872 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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