My Academy Preschool · Preschool, Monrovia
My Academy Preschool is a licensed child care center in Monrovia, CA, licensed for up to 58 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 3 complaints, none of them substantiated. The state issued 9 citations, 6 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (4 of 9). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #10 of 10 centers in Monrovia and has more citations per inspection than 99% of California licensed centers.
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While LPAs did a 2nd walk though of the 1 Director will submit in writing how they will ensure they are always within their license capacity at all times. Director states will also document how the toddler option will stay with in their license capacity of only 6 at all times. Due by 08/23/2024 by email & original by mail. facility, LPAs observed the toddler option is licensed for 6 and had 7 toddlers in care in the yellow classroom. LPAs also observed 1 toddler commingling in the green, 2 year old class room and 2 children from the red class room are over the age of 5 as the facility is licensed for age 2 to 5 years old. 8 This poses/posed a immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
LPAs observed a staff member leave her 5 children in the red room alone while letting parents in the front 1 Director shall submit a detailed staff schedule outlining staff room assignments & coverage and procedure for staff covering breaks & lunch. Director will conduct a training on teacher-child ratios and provide a copy of the sign-in sheet and training agenda for the staff by the
Based on observation, interviews and record review, 4 staff are being used as teachers with out proof of teacher qualifications. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care.
record review that all staff files reviewed do not have immunization records (MMR/TDAP/FLU) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
The facility is licensed for 52 preschool and 6 toddlers. 1 Director stated today is graduation and will ensure after today that they will stay with in their license capacity every day including a special event day. Director will submit in writing how they will ensure they are always with in their license capacity at all times. Director states will also document how the LPA observed and counted a total of 66 children in care on this date. LPA observed the toddler option is licensed for 6 and had 12 in their class room. This poses/posed a immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care. 8 toddler option will stay with in their license capacity of only 6 at all times. Due by 08/02/2024 by email & original by mail.
LPA observed 1 teacher in the graduation/orange class room attending to an injured child of the orange class and when 1 Director shall submit a detailed staff schedule outlining staff room assignments & coverage and procedure for staff covering when a child gets hurt. Director will conduct a training on teacher-child ratios and provide a copy of the sign-in sheet and training agenda for the staff by the
LPA observed during file review and staff names taken, staff #9 & #10 are not fingerprint cleared to this facility. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of child in care. A civil penalty is being assessed.
record review that all staff files reviewed do not have immunization records (MMR/TDAP/FLU) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
record review that 1 Director will obtain a copy of all staff education records and submit a declaration stating that all staff have proof of education in their file by POC date (06/21/2024) staff are missing proof of education in their file. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does My Academy Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has My Academy Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 6 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 8, 2024, for capacity limits. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about My Academy Preschool?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does My Academy Preschool compare with other daycares in Monrovia?
It is #10 of 10 centers in Monrovia by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 99% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was My Academy Preschool last inspected?
Feb 4, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does My Academy Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask My Academy Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Monrovia, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs My Academy Preschool?
The licensee is Lianna Navasardyan, and the administrator listed with the state is Lianna Navasardyan.
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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 198021037 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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