Guide Academy
Guide Academy is a licensed child care center in Anaheim, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 11 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (3 of 11). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #73 of 77 centers in Anaheim and better than 3% of licensed centers statewide.
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Lab report analysis water from Outlet B (340 parts per billion) taken on 8/10/2024 indicated levels of lead in exceedance. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
Based on observation, interviews, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the facility did not test their water for lead by 01/01/2023. Faciltiy tested their water on 08/10/24 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in LPAs observed various spider webs and spiders around the playground equipment, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out 4 staff did not have a current or correct (child care providers) mandated reporter training certificates which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out 4 staff did not have proof of required immunizations which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 ouf 4 staff did not have a current EMSA approved Pediatric CPR/First Aid Certification which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Staff #2 is a opener and is alone with children and did not have proof of CPR/FIrst Aid.
Based on observation, iinterviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 4 staff did not have Health Screening Report document which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 4 staff did not have transcripts in file, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 4 staff were incomplete and not ready for review which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out 5 children's files did not have the LIC613A form which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out 4 children had missing or incorrect parent sign ins for today's date which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Guide Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Guide Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 11 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Guide Academy compare with other daycares in Anaheim?
It is tied for #73 of 77 centers in Anaheim by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 3% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Guide Academy last inspected?
Aug 15, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Guide Academy cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Guide Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Anaheim, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Guide Academy?
The licensee is West Montessori, LLC., and the administrator listed with the state is Laila Shshrestani.
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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 304371407 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.