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The Modern Schoolhouse · Los Angeles

5117 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041 · Los Angeles County
1 substantiated complaintChild care center (preschool)

The Modern Schoolhouse is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (2 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #408 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 90% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 90%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. Among the most cited
Tied for #408 of 495 centers in Los Angeles
3Type A citations
1Type B citations
3Inspections
1 of 2Complaints substantiated
4 citations from 11 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Apr 8, 2026

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Apr 8, 2026 · Inspection · no citationApr 4, 2025 · Inspection · no citationJul 26, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 9, 2024 · Inspection · citation foundJan 25, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationJan 5, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 17, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 9, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 3, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 9, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationJan 26, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios2
Training & qualifications1
Supervision1

Citations, newest first

Type BMay 9, 2024InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)(b)(1)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in LPA observed staff #1 (S1), S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8 need to complete the mandated reporter training AB 1207 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 23, 2024
Type AJan 5, 2024Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision : (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. Per Lead Teacher, Owner/Director placed wood panels where children are allowed to step on it and play, however, children are not able to access the sand. Staff suggested to plant a flower garden on the exposed gaps. LPA observe that though the panels make the sand inacessible there are some gaps that make the sand accessible. Licensee and staff were aware that C1 had a propensity to go to the sand box area and put sand in their mouth. Staff would remove C1 after consuming sand. Sand box area was not made inacessible and staff did not supervise C1 to prevent any further incidents. 8 LPA also observed that the gate dividing the next door neighbors yard, exposes sand available to children in care. LPA will receive proof of correction by
Plan of correction due Jan 8, 2024
Type ANov 9, 2023Follow-up on a plan of correctionStaff ratios
Capacity limits §101161(a)
Per Director, a letter will be provided to all parents notiifying them that services will not be provided until children have turned 18 months. Director stated that children were not disenrolled and continued to provide services to children under 18 months.
Plan of correction due Nov 9, 2023
Type ANov 3, 2023Complaint investigationStaff ratios
Capacity limits §101161(a)
Based on staff interviews, children's records review, and LPAs personal observation, it has been determined that there are 4 children under 18 months attending the toddler program. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 3, 2023

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedJan 5, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Nov 16, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedNov 3, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Oct 26, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Facility is operating beyond the terms of the license
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity48 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceApr 3, 2023
LicenseeThe Modern Schoolhouse
AdministratorSukhjit Athwal
Phone(323) 474-6220
State facility #198021117

Common questions

Does The Modern Schoolhouse take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has The Modern Schoolhouse had any serious violations?

California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jan 5, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about The Modern Schoolhouse?

California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does The Modern Schoolhouse compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?

It is tied for #408 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 90% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was The Modern Schoolhouse last inspected?

Apr 8, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does The Modern Schoolhouse cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Modern Schoolhouse for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs The Modern Schoolhouse?

The licensee is The Modern Schoolhouse, and the administrator listed with the state is Sukhjit Athwal.

Licensed centers nearby

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 198021117 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.