Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant)
Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant) is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 64 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (1 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #241 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation, interviews and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above for not informing the parent whose child was unwell, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
based upon interviews. A staff handled a daycare child roughly while in care; the facility terminated the staff after the incident. This poses a potential health risk to children in care.
(c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following:(1) Twelve post-secondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades, at an accredited or approved college or university; and at least six months of work experience in a licensed child care center or comparable group child care program. The licensee replaced a qualified teacher who has 12 E.C.E. units in the class until a particular staff earns the required E.C.E. units. This deficiency was cleared during the inspection. This requirement was not met as evidenced. Based upon the relevant documents CCL gathered, an unqualified staff who hasn't earned any E.C.E. until the end of December 2022 providing care & supervision to 8 infants with a lead teacher in class. This poses a potential health risk to children in care. 8
the unusual incident report. A child was left alone in the center hallway for about 1 to 2 minutes. It poses a potential health risk to children in care. LPA obtained a copy of the attendance record for the meeting and trainings,and the relevant documents of the trainings during the inspection. The deficiency was cleared during the inspection.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not inform the parent for the child feeling unwell
* Staff handled daycare children roughly while in care.
* Unqualified staff provided care and supervision to day care children
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About this center
Common questions
Does Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant) take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant) had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 4 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant)?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant) compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #241 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant) last inspected?
Jun 2, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant) cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant) for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $2,084 a month for infants (about $2,630 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Infant)?
The licensee is Bright Horizon's Children's Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Kristina Langner.
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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 384004177 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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