Imperial Beach Preschool
Imperial Beach Preschool was a licensed child care center in Imperial Beach, CA, licensed for up to 61 children. Its license closed around January 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 3 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 9 citations, 3 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on analyst interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as it was determined that staff member #1 had inappropriate contact with child #1 by allowing her to kiss her on the cheek which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Licensee also stated that she has spoken with the incoming owner about what occurred and understands that she will be implementing additional procedures regarding staff/child interaction requirements and expectations.
Based on analyst interviews and recorded evidence review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as it was determined that staff members #1 and #2 yelled at children and spoke to them in a demeaning manner which poses/posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Once the training has been completed, a staff sign in sheet confirming attendance of the training by all staff and a table of contents of the final topics covered is to be submitted to analyst, demonstrating that the deficiency has been addressed, by no later than 01/22/24.
Based on analyst interviews and record evidence review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as it was determined that staff member #1 did not allow for comfortable napping accommodations when she was found to have restrained a child who did not want to nap which poses/posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Once the training has been completed, a staff sign in sheet confirming attendance of the training by all staff and a table of contents of the final topics covered is to be submitted to analyst, demonstrating that the deficiency has been addressed, by no later than 01/22/24.
Based on analyst interviews and recorded evidence review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as it was determined that staff member #1 handled a child roughly when she grabbed and restrained him in two separate instances which poses/posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Once the training has been completed, a staff sign in sheet confirming attendance of the training by all staff and a table of contents of the final topics covered is to be submitted to analyst, demonstrating that the deficiency has been addressed, by no later than 01/22/24.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in three out of six staff records reviewed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in all of the six staff records reviewed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as only one staff member was found to have current EMSA approved CPR/First Aid certifications which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as three staff members did not have a completed health screening in their file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in three of the six children records reviewed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff are handling day care children roughly
Staff yells at day care children
Staff forced a daycare child to nap
About this center
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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 376600952 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.