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Little School of the Redwoods

860 Small Avenue, Crescent City, CA 95531 · Del Norte County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 5, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little School of the Redwoods was a licensed child care center in Crescent City, CA, licensed for up to 30 children. Its license closed around September 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, investigated 2 complaints (2 substantiated) and issued 5 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations
5 Type B citations
3 Inspections
2 of 2 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Feb 25, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Jul 22, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 27, 2024 · Inspection · citation found Aug 18, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citation Jul 8, 2022 · Inspection · no citation Jul 8, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 18, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 18, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 18, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citation Oct 22, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct 3
Training & qualifications 1
Building & playground safety 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Jul 22, 2024 Case management visit (incident) Caregiver conduct
Personal Rights
a staff used an inappropriate method of discipline by 1 Licensee conducted internal investigation and took personnel action by time of inspection visit, POC cleared at time of time. restraining a child on their nap mat.
Plan of correction due Jul 23, 2024
Type B Feb 27, 2024 Inspection Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in four out of four staff files which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 27, 2024
Type B Jul 8, 2022 Case management visit (deficiencies) Building & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
The licensee agrees to submit/resubmit an LIC 9275 and LIC 9276 by
Plan of correction due Aug 8, 2022
Type B Nov 18, 2021 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal Rights
interview disclosures that revealed staff not consistently using appropriate conflict resolution methods with children.
Plan of correction due Dec 18, 2021
Type B Nov 18, 2021 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal Rights
interview disclosures that revealed staff not consistently preventing a child from hitting other children and staff.
Plan of correction due Dec 18, 2021

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Nov 18, 2021 Complaint investigation received Aug 30, 2021
Substantiated allegations:
Staff yells at daycare children.
Daycare child was hit by another child in care.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Substantiated Nov 18, 2021 Complaint investigation received Oct 13, 2021
Substantiated allegation:
Staff are not preventing children from engaging in physical altercations
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 30 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Jul 29, 2011
Closed Sep 5, 2025
Licensee Del Norte Child Care Council
Last administrator Carrie Castillo
State facility # 085406051

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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 085406051 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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