Saddleback College Children's Center
Saddleback College Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Mission Viejo, CA, licensed for up to 100 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1991. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 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 #27 of 33 centers in Mission Viejo and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers.
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c(a)(b) (a) The department shall consider, in determining whether to issue a citation or impose a civil penalty under any provision of this chapter to a child daycare facility that contracts with the department or the State Department of Education, whether the child daycare facility is in the process of complying with Section 8489.1 of the Education Code or Section 10491.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (b) A child daycare facility may appeal a citation or civil penalty issued by the department that is related to the behavior of a child, including the actions of the facility or its staff related to the behavior of a child, if the facility is in the process of complying with Section 8489.1 of the Education Code or Section 10491.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. The department shall withdraw all citations or civil penalties upon the presentation of evidence by the facility that it was in the process of complying with Section 8489.1 of the Education Code or Section 10491.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. This requirement was not met by: Assistant Director stated they…
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed an unlocked storage drawer inside the classroom with children present that reads "Diaper Creams Keep Lock." Inside the unlocked drawer were medications (Desitin, Eucerin, Aquaphor, etc) labeled "caution: keep out of reach of children." The unlocked drawer was accessible to children in care which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not follow expulsion procedures
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Common questions
Does Saddleback College Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Saddleback College Children's Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 12, 2023, for health-related services. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Saddleback College Children's Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Saddleback College Children's Center compare with other daycares in Mission Viejo?
It is #27 of 33 centers in Mission Viejo by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Saddleback College Children's Center last inspected?
Feb 4, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Saddleback College Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Saddleback College Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Mission Viejo, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Saddleback College Children's Center?
The licensee is Saddleback Community College District, and the administrator listed with the state is Krisanna McCord.
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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 300610629 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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