Guide Academy
Guide Academy is a licensed child care center in Anaheim, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 5 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (2 of 5). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #53 of 77 centers in Anaheim and better than 13% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 5 personnel records which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 5 children's records were incomplete which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in greenhouse construction materials including greenhouse foundational base that included exposed pointed edges, were stored in school-age playyard. These accessible objects pose a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 5 personnel staff which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPAs' observation and interview, 1 School Age Staff retrieved 3 school aged children from preschool playground and returned them to the school-age waiting area. Director also stated that the 1st and 2nd graders play in the preschool yard for 1-2 hours in the morning.
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Common questions
Does Guide Academy take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Guide Academy had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 5 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Guide Academy compare with other daycares in Anaheim?
It is tied for #53 of 77 centers in Anaheim by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 13% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Guide Academy last inspected?
Oct 22, 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 $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 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 Shahrestani.
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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 304371408 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.