Higher Learning Academy - Infants
Higher Learning Academy - Infants was a licensed child care center in Spring Valley, CA, licensed for up to 20 children. Its license closed around November 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 11 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Clorox cleaner, bleach, all purpose cleaner were observed in the infant room inside of the bathroom underneath the sink in an unlock cabinet, two rolls of trash bags in a drawer, two containers of Clorox disinfecting wipes in a corner next to the toilet, a Swiffer mop with liquid cleaner behind the bathroom door which poses 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 that LPA observed 11 preschool children on the playground exclusive for infant's use which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Mandated Reporter Training Certification for S1 expired on 8/7/2024 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the Infant Needs and Service Plans for C4, C5, C6, C7 and C8 were not updated quarterly which poses 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 that a bottle of breast milk located in the refrigerator for C1 was not labeled with the name or date which poses 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 that a portion of the infant playground has been added without notification to the Department which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on analyst observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as two prohibited baby rockers were found in the non-mobile infant room which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on analyst observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the infant classroom was not found to currently have an installed carbon monoxide detector which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on analyst record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as they have not been maintaining the LIC 9227 Individual Infant Sleeping Plan for any of their enrolled infants which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on analyst record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as they have not being maintaining an updated needs and services plan for infants in care after completing their initial ones which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one (1) out of one (1) child's medication did not have a prescription, parent consent form and was not in its original container and was not properly stored which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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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 376701009 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.