Little Learners of Aptos, LLC · Preschool, Aptos

9850 Monroe Avenue, Aptos, CA 95003 · Santa Cruz County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jan 21, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little Learners of Aptos, LLC was a licensed child care center in Aptos, CA, licensed for up to 30 children. Its license closed around January 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 1 complaint (0 substantiated) and issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

3 Type B citations

2 Inspections

0 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety 3

Citations, newest first

Type B Jul 17, 2024 Case management visit (annual continuation) Building & playground safety

Carbon monoxide detectors §1596.954

Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jul 24, 2024

Type B Jul 17, 2024 Case management visit (annual continuation) Building & playground safety

Lead testing of drinking water §1597.16(a)(1)

Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The facility did not have water tested for lead, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jul 24, 2024

Type B Dec 21, 2021 Inspection Building & playground safety

Buildings and grounds §101238(a)

Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to broken plastic slide in playground area (Preschool Yard) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 28, 2021

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Oct 26, 2022 Complaint investigation received Aug 3, 2022

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity 30 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Dec 4, 2018

Closed Jan 21, 2025

Licensee Little Learners Of Aptos, LLC

Last administrator Faith Lauren Filey

State facility # 444415809

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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 444415809 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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