Sandcastles Child Care Center · School-Age Program, Canyon Country
Sandcastles Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Canyon Country, CA, licensed for up to 44 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2012. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 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 #8 of 19 centers in Canyon Country and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in Staff 2 did not have verfiable transcripts or the qualifying teaching units for teacher or aide in their file during inspection. Per representative, S2 has only a high school diploma and no ECE units which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the child/parent roster is missing the physician names and physician phone numbers which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Sandcastles Child Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Sandcastles Child Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Sandcastles Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Canyon Country?
It is tied for #8 of 19 centers in Canyon Country by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Sandcastles Child Care Center last inspected?
Jun 30, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Sandcastles Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Sandcastles Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Canyon Country, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Sandcastles Child Care Center?
The licensee is Sandsar Incorporated, and the administrator listed with the state is Sandy Denkowski.
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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 197418166 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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