Holy Cross Preschool · Santa Cruz
Holy Cross Preschool is a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 31 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1999. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #17 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on record review, some children were not signed in/out by their parents or authorized representatives in the month of April which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
The facility plans to make faucet "F" inaccessible to the children and will be providing drinking water from water bottles while outside. After water testing was completed, the facility had one faucet (F) located in the outdoor preschool play area with an Action Level Exceedance of 5.8 which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8 POC cleared during todays visit.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Holy Cross Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Holy Cross Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Holy Cross Preschool?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Holy Cross Preschool compare with other daycares in Santa Cruz?
It is tied for #17 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Holy Cross Preschool last inspected?
Jul 20, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Holy Cross Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Holy Cross Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Cruz County, which includes Santa Cruz, was $1,183 a month for preschoolers (about $1,490 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Holy Cross Preschool?
The licensee is Diocese Of Monterey Parish & School Op. Corp., The, and the administrator listed with the state is Crissy Roubal.
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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 444403570 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.