Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start
Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for food & feeding (1 of 3). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #247 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation,and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 plastic jugs of milk were unlabeled which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Personnel Records: The licensee shall ensure that personnel records are maintained on the licensee, administrator and each employee. Each personnel record shall contain the following information: A health screening as specified in Section 101216(g). This requirement was not met as evidence 1 Per Education Specialist, Vanessa Guzman will ensure that the health screening is complete by POC date (11/01/2024) by: Based on record review, LPAs Ayala and Tuba did not observe a health screening in Staff #3 and Staff #5 file. This poses a potential health and safety risk for children in care. 8
Employees or volunteers at day care center; immunization requirements; records; exemptions: Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee shall 1 Per Education Specialist, Vanessa Guzman will ensure that the staff immunizations are complete by POC date (11/01/2024) receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on record review Staff #1 to Staff #5 do not have compelte immunizations on file. This poses an potential health and safety riske to children in care. 8
About this center
Common questions
Does Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #247 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start last inspected?
Mar 4, 2026. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Joseph A. Gascon Elementary Head Start?
The licensee is Montebello Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Mariana Sanchez.
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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 191805630 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.