Railroad Junction School
Railroad Junction School is a licensed child care center in Pittsburg, CA, licensed for up to 28 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1992. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 4 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 8 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (4 of 8). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #13 of 13 centers in Pittsburg and better than 4% of licensed centers statewide.
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To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature... 1 Training for personal rights and have all staff sign a sheet to ensure training has been conducted by all staff.
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (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... Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 By close of business on 7/23/2025 Director will send LPA a written statement explaining how facility will remain in compliance and provide supervision to children in care. Director also stated that she will hold a staff meeting regarding supervision and mandated reporting on 7/25/2025. Failure to correct will result in $100 per day civil penalties until corrected. Repeat violations are $250 per violation and $100 per day until corrected.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when staff used inappropriate discipline practices with day care children which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when staff spoke inappropiately to C1 which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
Based on observation, interviews, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when facility is using incorrect rooms for license which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above... 1 By COB 12/29/2023, Director will submit statement on how facility will come back into compliance. when staff with no units cared and supervised children without a Fully Qualified Teacher present twice which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when facility commingle school age children with preschool children which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when C1 hit C3 which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
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Common questions
Does Railroad Junction School take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Railroad Junction School had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 22, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Railroad Junction School?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Railroad Junction School compare with other daycares in Pittsburg?
It is #13 of 13 centers in Pittsburg by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 4% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Railroad Junction School last inspected?
Sep 25, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Railroad Junction School cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Railroad Junction School for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Pittsburg, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Railroad Junction School?
The licensee is Lalita Gupta, and the administrator listed with the state is Lalita Gupta.
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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 070212685 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.