La Mesa United Methodist Children's Center · Preschool, La Mesa
La Mesa United Methodist Children's Center was a licensed child care center in La Mesa, CA, licensed for up to 87 children. Its license closed around November 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, investigated 13 complaints (3 substantiated) and issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that on 7/19/2024, there was an absence of supervision resulting in C1 being left unsupervised in a classroom for 15 minutes which poses an immediate, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 detailing supervision procedures to the SDRO by 9/11/2024.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the Interim Director did not report an unusual incident to the Department involvng an absence of supervision of C1, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that preschool and school age children were commingling in classroom #2 each day from 4:30pm to 5:30pm, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Assisant Director will submit the written plan, no later than 3/22/2024.
101174 Disaster and Mass Casualty Plan (d) Disaster drills shall be conducted at least every six months. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Asst. Director stated that staff will review the video Disaster Planning and Fire Safety on the CCLD website and submit a summary of the video, staff sign in sheet and a written plan of correction detailing facility's procedures to ensure all children are provided fire/disaster drill training no later than 1/12/24. Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as day children interviewed were not aware of the fire/disaster drill procedures at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Staff left daycare child unattended
Staff commingle day care children
Disaster drills have not been conducted as required.
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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 370800634 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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