Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. · Preschool, Auburn
Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. is a licensed child care center in Auburn, CA, licensed for up to 33 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 7 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #4 of 9 centers in Auburn and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
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the admission of the Director. 1 LPA B Morillas provided the director a copy of PIN 21-29-CCP that goes over in detail the latest face covering requirements and guidance for child care providers regarding Covid-19. The Director freely admitted while in doors, sometimes the staff will remove their masks while delivering instructions or interacting with the children. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 The director was also instructed to research and provide face coverings to staff that would be both conducive to delivering instructions to children in care as well as being compliant with current Covid-19 masking guidelines.
Complaint investigations
Facility is not following COVID-19 requirements by not wearing masks.
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Does Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC.?
California investigated 7 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. compare with other daycares in Auburn?
It is tied for #4 of 9 centers in Auburn by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. last inspected?
Jan 21, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC. for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Placer County, which includes Auburn, was $1,060 a month for preschoolers (about $1,340 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Lily Pad Early Learning Center, INC.?
The licensee is Lily Pad Learning Ctr, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Michelle Zemlicka.
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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 313623318 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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