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Newbreak Playschool

4694 Cape May Avenue, San Diego, CA 92107 · San Diego County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 9, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Newbreak Playschool was a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 45 children. Its license closed around August 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 4 complaints, 3 substantiated, and issued 7 citations, 3 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

3Type A citations
4Type B citations
2Inspections
3 of 4Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Aug 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 27, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundApr 12, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundDec 5, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundMar 27, 2023 · Inspection · citation foundSep 7, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 7, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision3
Training & qualifications3
Health & medication1

Citations, newest first

Type AJun 27, 2024Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision .The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.This requirement was not met as evidence by: The Director stated she will create a plan that will ensure the staff are competent and have a basis understanding with preschool behavior (challenging). The Director will implement a challenging bahavior training for current and new hires. The plan will be submitted to the LPA no later than 06/28/2024. Based on interviews,it was determined the facility did not provide appropriate care to safeguard a child against injury. The photos reviewed by the LPA showed bruising on the waist area of the body which were caused by the child being squeezed by another child while in care. 8
Plan of correction due Jun 28, 2024
Type BJun 27, 2024Complaint investigationTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(a)
101216 Personnel Requirements(a)Child care center personnel shall be competent to provide the services necessary to meet the individual needs of children in care and shall at all times be employed in numbers sufficient to meet those needs. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 The Director stated there is a teacher's aide in place. The Director stated during the next monthly all staff meeting she will discuss the the process of when additional staff is needed to met the individual needs of the children. The plan will be submitted to the LPA no later than 07/25/2024. During interviews with staff, it was disclosed even though the facility is within ratio, the facility requires additional staff to shadow child to be able to provide the service and needs for the children. 8
Plan of correction due Jul 25, 2024
Type AApr 12, 2024Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on interviews conducted and records reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as facility did not provide adequate supervision resulting in C1's continued aggressive actions towards other children, which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 15, 2024
Type ADec 5, 2023Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on interviews conducted and records reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as facility did not provide adequate supervision resulting in C1 continually hitting other children in care, which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Dec 8, 2023
Type BMar 27, 2023InspectionHealth & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Staff 1 (S1) and Staff 2 (S2) did not have immunization records on file for review which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 28, 2023
Type BMar 27, 2023InspectionTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(2)
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above intha S1 did not have a health screening on file for review which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 28, 2023
Type BMar 7, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in five (5) out of five (5) staff did not have a current mandated reporter training certificate for review which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 21, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedJun 27, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Apr 11, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Facility staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in inappropriate interactions between children in care.
Child sustained an injury by another child while in care.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedApr 12, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jan 19, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Staff do not provide adequate supervision to the daycare children.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedDec 5, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Sep 6, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Staff do not provide adequate supervision resulting in child hitting other children in care
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedSep 7, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Jun 23, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity45 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceMar 24, 2015
ClosedAug 9, 2024
LicenseeNewbreak Church
Last administratorThea Tafoya
State facility #376701136

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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 376701136 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.