Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps)
Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps) is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 110 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 4 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 7 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (4 of 7). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #301 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, a staff member was found to have engaged in a series of incidents that violated children’s personal rights, which poses/posed a potential risk to health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews with the director, 2 staff, 2 children and the information obtained that a staff took their finger and shoved it to the throat of a child in care, which poses/posed a potential risk to health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and telephone conversation with the Director, and Incident report, staff left a child alone without supervision in the classroom, which poses/posed a potential risk to health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and Incident report, staff witnessed a teacher putting the teacher’s hand on the child’s upper arm to move the child in care for moving them in the classroom, which poses/posed a potential risk to health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and incident report, licensee did not comply with this regulation. Child was left alone in the classroom for 19 to 20 minutes without teacher supervision.
Based on interviews the licensee did not comply with this regulation in that a child was found by staff unattended in the hallway. This is a potential risk to children 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.
Complaint investigations
Inappropriate interactions with children
Staff handled daycare children roughly while in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps) take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps) had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 14, 2023, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps)?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps) compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #301 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps) last inspected?
Jun 2, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps) cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps) for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Laurel Heights Child Development Center(Ps)?
The licensee is Bright Horizons 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 384004176 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.