Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center · Preschool, Salinas
Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Salinas, CA, licensed for up to 21 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, both of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #28 of 34 centers in Salinas and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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LPAs learned from interviews that staff (Staff 1) was supervising a daycare child in the office without a fingerprint clearance. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. 8 Upon receipt, licensee shall post and provide copies of this licensing report to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months.
LPAs observed a teacher's assistant alone supervising four preschool age children in the classroom. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights to children in care. 8 Upon receipt, licensee shall post and provide copies of this licensing report to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months.
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Common questions
Does Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 3, 2023, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Salinas?
It is tied for #28 of 34 centers in Salinas by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center last inspected?
Feb 19, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Monterey County, which includes Salinas, was $878 a month for preschoolers (about $1,110 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Laura's Barn Preschool and Child Care Center?
The licensee is Laura Hair & Evelyn Weimer, and the administrator listed with the state is Laura H & Evelyn W.
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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 274416280 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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