Lemay Street Early Education Center
Lemay Street Early Education Center is a licensed child care center in Van Nuys, CA, licensed for up to 113 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1985. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 3 citations, 2 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 #13 of 18 centers in Van Nuys and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, Licensee did send Lic 624 of the incident reported on 6/25/24 to the department within the 7 days required by the department, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Lemay Street Early Education Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Lemay Street Early Education Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jan 8, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Lemay Street Early Education Center compare with other daycares in Van Nuys?
It is tied for #13 of 18 centers in Van Nuys by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lemay Street Early Education Center last inspected?
Jun 16, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Lemay Street Early Education Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Lemay Street Early Education Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Van Nuys, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Lemay Street Early Education Center?
The licensee is LAUSD/Early Childhood Education, and the administrator listed with the state is Edita Kupelian.
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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 191890419 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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