Little Pioneers Preschool · El Centro

1996 Bertussi Road, El Centro, CA 92243 · Imperial County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 22, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little Pioneers Preschool was a licensed child care center in El Centro, CA, licensed for up to 46 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once and issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

1 Inspections

0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

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

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 2

Citations, newest first

Type B Jun 7, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not renewing all staffs Mandated Reporter training, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jul 7, 2023

Type B Jun 7, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications

Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(f)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring at lease one staff has current CPR/First Aid certifiation, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Jul 7, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity 46 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Jul 22, 1982

Closed Dec 22, 2025

Licensee Jenell Bertussi

Last administrator Jenell Bertussi

State facility # 130802198

Other licenses at this address

Little Pioneers Preschool - School-age
School-age child care center · Closed Too few inspections to compare

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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 130802198 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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