Los Padres Preschool
Los Padres Preschool is a licensed child care center in Salinas, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1996. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 1 time. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does Los Padres Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Los Padres Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was Los Padres Preschool last inspected?
Mar 1, 2023. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Los Padres Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Los Padres Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Monterey County, which includes Salinas, was $878 a month for preschoolers (about $1,110 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Los Padres Preschool?
The licensee is Salinas City School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Edgar Lampkin.
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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 274400214 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.