Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings
Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings is a licensed child care center in Fortuna, CA, licensed for up to 18 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #6 of 7 centers in Fortuna and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, the facility had one faucet with lead test results exceeding 5 ppb of lead in the water. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings compare with other daycares in Fortuna?
It is tied for #6 of 7 centers in Fortuna by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings last inspected?
Feb 11, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Humboldt County, which includes Fortuna, was $798 a month for preschoolers (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Redwood Learners Preschool-special Beginnings?
The licensee is Humboldt County Office Of Ed.-special Beginnings, and the administrator listed with the state is Kelly Love.
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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 125407921 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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