Options Surround Care-emery Park
Options Surround Care-emery Park is a licensed child care center in Alhambra, CA, licensed for up to 69 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1991. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 30 centers in Alhambra and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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Common questions
Does Options Surround Care-emery Park take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Options Surround Care-emery Park had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
How does Options Surround Care-emery Park compare with other daycares in Alhambra?
It is tied for #1 of 30 centers in Alhambra by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Options Surround Care-emery Park last inspected?
Aug 5, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Options Surround Care-emery Park cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Options Surround Care-emery Park for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Alhambra, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Options Surround Care-emery Park?
The licensee is Options For Learning, and the administrator listed with the state is Mildred Balderrama.
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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 191597942 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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