Praiseland Academy of El Dorado Hills (Ps)

5003 Windplay, Suite 3, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 · El Dorado County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 30, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Praiseland Academy of El Dorado Hills (Ps) was a licensed child care center in El Dorado Hills, CA, licensed for up to 97 children. Its license closed around June 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once, investigated 4 complaints (1 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, both of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2 Type A citations

0 Type B citations

1 Inspections

1 of 4 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios 1

Caregiver conduct 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Oct 26, 2022 Complaint investigation Staff ratios

Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)

Based on interviews and observations, the facility did not comply with the above regulation as the preschool classroom consisted of 31 children with a teacher, an aide, and the Director.

Plan of correction due Oct 27, 2022

Type A Mar 30, 2022 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(3)

during the interviews, it was found that there have been times, when children got injured at the facility. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due Mar 31, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Jan 9, 2023 Complaint investigation received Oct 18, 2022

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

Substantiated Oct 26, 2022 Complaint investigation received Oct 18, 2022

Substantiated allegation:

Ratio

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

Not substantiated Mar 30, 2022 Complaint investigation received Jan 7, 2022

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

Not substantiated Nov 3, 2021 Complaint investigation received Aug 23, 2021

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity 97 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Aug 19, 2013

Closed Jun 30, 2023

Licensee Lisa Janell Chormicle Hester

Last administrator Lisa Janell Hester

State facility # 093617580

Other licenses at this address

Praiseland Academy of El Dorado Hills (Inf)
Infant center · Closed Too few inspections to compare

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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 093617580 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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