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Learningden Preschool, The

4485 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 · Santa Barbara County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 19, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Learningden Preschool, The was a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 58 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 3 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
3Type B citations
1Inspections
2 of 3Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 17, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 17, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 10, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationSep 7, 2022 · Inspection · no citationJun 20, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision1
Other standards1
Caregiver conduct1

Citations, newest first

Type BOct 17, 2025Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on interviews conducted, and record review, Licensee did not comply with the deficiency cited above in leaving children unattended during nap time, which poses an a potential risk to the health, safety and or personal rights of children in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 24, 2025
Type BJun 20, 2022Complaint investigationOther standards
Child Day Care Serving... Optional Program §1596.955(3)
1596.955 Child Care Centers serving preschool age program;optional program; departmental guidelines and regulations (3) A ratio of six children to each teacher is maintained for all children in attendance at the toddler program... 1 Director will provide a written statement stating of how the facility will prevent being out of ratio in the future and submit the plan to Mayrose Breault at 805 635 5097 or by email at Mayrose.Breault@dss.ca.gov by 6/27/2022 Based on staff interviews and record review, the facility did not comply with 1596.955(3). Teacher was left alone with 9 toddlers in a clasroom on .... which posses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Jun 20, 2022
Type BJun 20, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(1)
(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. 1 Facility will continue to work with Holly Harven from inclusion program to help staff reduce biting incidents and provide a written statement stating how the facility will prevent biting from happening less frequently in the future and include behavior plan(s) for the children that are biting. Facility will submit to Mayrose Breault at 805 635 5097 or by email at Mayrose.Breault@dss.ca.gov by 6/27/2022 and submit the plan to Mayrose Breault at 805 635 5097 or by email at Mayrose.Breault@dss.ca.gov Based on staff interviews, parent interviews, and record review, the facility did not comply with 101223(a)(1) Mulitple biting incidents have occurred between children which posses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Jun 20, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedOct 17, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Jul 31, 2025
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedOct 17, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Aug 5, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedJun 20, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Apr 6, 2022
Substantiated allegations:
Teacher Child Ratios
Personal Rights-Biting
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity58 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJan 3, 2006
ClosedDec 19, 2025
LicenseeErika Butler & Martin Ronchietto
Last administratorErika Butler
State facility #426210924

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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 426210924 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.