Little Sprouts Mission Valley Preschool

403 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, CA 92108 · San Diego County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Feb 11, 2022. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Little Sprouts Mission Valley Preschool was a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 96 children. Its license closed around February 2022. Since February 2021, the state visited it 5 times, investigated 2 complaints (1 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, both of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2 Type A citations

0 Type B citations

0 Inspections

1 of 2 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

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

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 1

Caregiver conduct 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Nov 18, 2021 Complaint investigation Supervision

Care and supervision §101229(a)

Substitute has been replaced with permanent staff. Began behavior plan with child by observing child for 2 weeks and communciated with parents. Director will submit written documentation of Behavior Management Plan by

Plan of correction due Nov 19, 2021

Type A Sep 28, 2021 Case management visit (covid-19) Caregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(2)

Based on the LPA's interviews, documentation and observation of children at pick up not wearing masks. This is an immediate hazard to the health and safety of children due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plan of correction due Sep 29, 2021

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Nov 18, 2021 Complaint investigation received Sep 22, 2021

Substantiated allegation:

Staff are not properly supervising children in care resulting in injury

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

Not substantiated Nov 17, 2021 Complaint investigation received Sep 22, 2021

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

About this center

Licensed capacity 96 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Mar 6, 2019

Closed Feb 11, 2022

Licensee Little Sprouts Academy INC.

Last administrator Briana Griego

State facility # 376701417

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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 376701417 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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