Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands
Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands is a licensed child care center in Monterey Park, CA, licensed for up to 80 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1990. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #12 of 15 centers in Monterey Park and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers.
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(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 1 Licensee shall provide additional training (Section 101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision) to all staff who were present during time of incident and provide proof to the department by the POC date. in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: According to interviews with Staff members and C3, there was a physical altercation involving C1 and C2 on 01/04/24 in the structure located on the outdoor play yard. Interviews and records review revealed that multiple staff were present when C1 and C2 got into a physical altercation which was posted on social media and later taken down. It is unknown how or why staff was unaware of incident. Though no children received medical attention, a lack of supervision occurred. 8
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Common questions
Does Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 4, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands compare with other daycares in Monterey Park?
It is #12 of 15 centers in Monterey Park by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 57% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands last inspected?
Apr 2, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Options-surround Care-monterey Highlands for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Monterey Park, 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-monterey Highlands?
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 191596482 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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