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Joyce Preschool

6050 Watt Avenue, North Highlands, CA 95660 · Sacramento County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 5, 2026. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Joyce Preschool was a licensed child care center in North Highlands, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around March 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations
1Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Mar 12, 2025 · Inspection · no citationMar 5, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationFeb 22, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundAug 22, 2023 · Inspection · no citationDec 9, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct1
Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type AFeb 22, 2024Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: 1 Faciity Representative Nicole Schlie will provide a written plan of correction to LPA by POC date of 02/23/2024. interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met as evidenced: Staff #1 grabbed and squeezed Child #1's shoulders and shook them. Staff #1 also spoke to Child #1 in an angry tone. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8
Plan of correction due Feb 23, 2024
Type BFeb 22, 2024Complaint investigationRecords & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(f)
The items specified in (d)(1)(A) through (H) above shall also be reported to the child's authorized representative. This requirement is not met as evidenced: Authorized representative was not informed of the incident within required time frame. 1 Facility Representative Nicole Schlie stated that she will submit a plan of correction to LPA by POC date of 03/01/2024. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 1, 2024

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedFeb 22, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Feb 13, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Staff inappropriately handled child.
Staff did not report an unusual incident to the child's authorized representative in a timely manner.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity24 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceAug 17, 2007
ClosedMar 5, 2026
LicenseeTwin River Unified School District
Last administratorNicole Schlie
State facility #343614444

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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 343614444 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.