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Little Acorns Montessori · 1215 Chanticleer Ave, Preschool, Santa Cruz

1215 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 · Santa Cruz County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 3, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little Acorns Montessori was a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 42 children. Its license closed around September 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once and issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1 Type A citations
3 Type B citations
1 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) May 24, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 9, 2023 · Inspection · citation found May 4, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 1
Background checks 1
Training & qualifications 1
Records & paperwork 1

Citations, newest first

Type B May 24, 2024 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on record review and interview on 05/16/2024 a child was able to walk away from teachers and out the front door into the parking lot of the facility and was out there for at most five munites before someone saw her and brought her back into the facility. 8 Both will be submitted by the plan of correction date.
Plan of correction due Jun 7, 2024
Type A Feb 9, 2023 Inspection Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above; which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. During today's inspection the LPAs observed an employee present who was not cleared and associated to the facility license.
Plan of correction due Feb 10, 2023
Type B Feb 9, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above; which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. staff's Mandated Reporter training have expired.
Plan of correction due Mar 9, 2023
Type B May 4, 2022 Case management visit (incident) Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)(C)
On 4/22/2022, CCL Department received a phone call from the day care center Director and reported an incident that occurred on 04/20/2022. The telephone call was made to the Department two (working) days after the incident happened which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 3, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity 42 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Feb 3, 2014
Closed Sep 3, 2024
Licensee Kinspiration, INC
Last administrator Joey Edeli
State facility # 444413867

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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 444413867 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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