Next Generation Educational Center
Next Generation Educational Center is a licensed child care center in San Diego, CA, licensed for up to 26 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2015. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 4 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (2 of 5). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #271 of 307 centers in San Diego and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview and file review, facility failed to notify some parents of the Type A violation cited on 4/19/23. Facility failed to provide some of the parents a copy of LIC 809 & LIC 809D 8 Ms. Ledbetter shall submit copies of signed LIC 9224 to the department no later than 10/18/23.
Based on interviews conducted by LPA several classrooms and carpets/rugs within the facility smell on occasion and are in need of cleaning and/or repair. This poses a potential, health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.
Based on water testing results and interviews, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance level at classroom #1 faucet and a kitchen faucet. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews conducted and director statement parents were not notified of the lead exceedance and the results were not posted. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews conducted by LPA daycare children were allowed to drink water with lead that exceeded 5 ppb. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility did not notify parent of a type A violation.
Facility is not maintained in a clean and sanitary condition
California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers: Facility water has lead in it.
Personal Rights: Facility staff allowed daycare children to drink/consume water with lead in it.
Lead Action Level Exceedance Response Requirements: Facility did not inform daycare children’s parents of the presence of lead in the water at the facility.
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Common questions
Does Next Generation Educational Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Next Generation Educational Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 19, 2023, for lead in drinking water. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Next Generation Educational Center?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Next Generation Educational Center compare with other daycares in San Diego?
It is tied for #271 of 307 centers in San Diego by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Next Generation Educational Center last inspected?
Aug 4, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Next Generation Educational Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Next Generation Educational Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes San Diego, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Next Generation Educational Center?
The licensee is Windt, Geralyn & Charles, and the administrator listed with the state is Emalina Ledbetter.
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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 376701170 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.