The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps
The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps is a licensed child care center in Santa Barbara, CA, licensed for up to 55 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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Common questions
Does The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
When was The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps last inspected?
Dec 15, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Santa Barbara, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps?
The licensee is Santa Barbara Zoo, Early Explorers Ps, The, and the administrator listed with the state is Cindy Post.
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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 426216198 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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