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Learning Place Preschool

2041 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, CA 91201 · Los Angeles County
3 substantiated complaintsChild care center (preschool)

Learning Place Preschool is a licensed child care center in Glendale, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 5 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (3 of 6). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #26 of 32 centers in Glendale and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 88%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. Among the most cited
Tied for #26 of 32 centers in Glendale
3Type A citations
3Type B citations
4Inspections
3 of 5Complaints substantiated
6 citations from 12 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Aug 19, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 19, 2026 · Inspection · no citationDec 4, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 21, 2025 · Inspection · no citationJul 24, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationJul 2, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundJul 2, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 28, 2024 · Inspection · no citationApr 22, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 2, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundSep 15, 2023 · Inspection · no citationNov 15, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 22, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct3
Records & paperwork1
Staff ratios1
Other standards1

Citations, newest first

Type AJul 2, 2025Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
... 1 Per licensee, staff#4 was given written disciplinary action, staff#4 watched CCL Personal Rights training on line. Also a meeting will be held with staff on 07/03/25 and a copy of staff sign in sheet and topics that will be discussed will be sent to LPA Eivazian. Per four staff interviews, on 06/23/25 child#1 had thrown himself on the floor, where staff#4 picked child#1 up from underarms at which time the bruise would have occurred as child#1 was resisting. This poses an immediate health, safety and personal right to the children in care. 8 Licensee will sent a written plan of correction to LPA Eivazian by 07/03/25.
Plan of correction due Jul 3, 2025
Type BJul 2, 2025Case management visit (deficiencies)Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)
Based on four staff interviews, on 06/23/25 child#1 was picked up by staff#1 from underarm which cause bruise on child#1 right arm and this incident was not reporter to Licensing Department within 24 hours. This poses a potential health, safety and personal right risk to the children in care. 8 The facility did not report the incident within the required 24 hour time frame.
Plan of correction due Jul 2, 2025
Type BNov 2, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Based on an interview that was conducted with staff#1, staff#1 lifted child#1 from floor from armpits (date unknown), to prevent child#1 to go under the table and placed child#1 on the chair and stated sit. This poses a potential health, safety and personal right to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 10, 2023
Type BNov 2, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Based on an interview that was conducted with staff #1, once staff#1 lifted child#1 from floor and placed on the chair, told child#1 in a louder voice" do not go under the table". This poses a potential health, safety and personal right to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 10, 2023
Type AOct 22, 2021Case management visit (deficiencies)Staff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(b)
... 1 Per licensee, Shamalie Goonewardene, she will change her staff schedule effective Monday 10/25/2021 in order to meet Title 22 Regulations Teacher-child Ratio requirements and a written letter will be submit to LPA by plan of correction due date, 10/25/2021 via email. Upon LPA's arrival to the facility at 8:40 a.m. till 9:30 a.m. when facility director, Enereyda Flores arrived, there were 22 children present in the facility with one fully qualified teacher, Melina Avakiankhanejoy and one teacher assistant, Veronica Amador. This is an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 25, 2021
Type AOct 22, 2021Case management visit (deficiencies)Other standards
Definitions §101152(p)(2)(A)
preschool age children" means children who are enrolled in a child day care center licensed by the department and who are not enrolled in either an infant care center or a schoolage child day care center, etc... This requirement was not met as evidence by... 1 Per licensee, Shamalie Goonewardene she will disenroll child #1 effective Friday 10/22/2021 and she will not enroll any child(ren) under two years old in her program anymore. A written declaration will be submitted to LPA by plan of correction due date 10/25/2021 via email. Based on LPA Eivazian observations during facility roster review on 10/22/21, LPA observed child#1 was under two years old and will turn two in November 2021 and child#2 was enrolled 05/13/2021 when was an infant and turned two years old in September 2021. This is an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care. 8
Plan of correction due Oct 25, 2021

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedDec 4, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Oct 15, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedJul 24, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Jul 22, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedJul 2, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Jun 27, 2025
Substantiated allegation:
Staff caused injury to day care child
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedNov 2, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Oct 27, 2023
Substantiated allegations:
Staff handled day care child in a rough manner.
Staff yelled at child in care
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedNov 15, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Oct 13, 2021
Substantiated allegation:
Parents are not allowed inside the childcare

About this center

Licensed capacity30 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceAug 31, 2020
LicenseeLearning Place Preschool
AdministratorVeronica Ibarra
Phone(818) 319-3010
State facility #198020540

Common questions

Does Learning Place Preschool take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Learning Place Preschool had any serious violations?

California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 2, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Learning Place Preschool?

California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Learning Place Preschool compare with other daycares in Glendale?

It is tied for #26 of 32 centers in Glendale by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Learning Place Preschool last inspected?

Aug 19, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Learning Place Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Learning Place Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Glendale, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Learning Place Preschool?

The licensee is Learning Place Preschool, and the administrator listed with the state is Veronica Ibarra.

Licensed centers nearby

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 198020540 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.