The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool
The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool is a licensed child care center in Vandenberg Afb, CA, licensed for up to 26 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #83 of 131 centers in Santa Barbara County and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Submit a written plan of correction addressing how staff will meet the needs of children in care by email to LPA Chavez. rona.chavez@dss.ca.gov for review by 11/16/2022. Interviews and review of documentaiton revealed that children sustained injuries from another child while in care. This poses an immediate risk to the Health and Safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights - Day care child was exhibiting behaviors that resulted in injury of another child
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About this center
Common questions
Does The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool compare with other daycares in Santa Barbara County?
It is tied for #83 of 131 centers in Santa Barbara County 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 The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool last inspected?
Oct 1, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Barbara County, which includes Vandenberg Afb, was $1,099 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Sbceo - Learning Place State Preschool?
The licensee is Santa Barbara County Education Office, and the administrator listed with the state is Janelle Willis.
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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 426205362 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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