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The Secret Garden Preschool - Aptos

10707 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003 · Santa Cruz County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 10, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

The Secret Garden Preschool - Aptos was a licensed child care center in Aptos, CA, licensed for up to 29 children. Its license closed around September 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once and issued 3 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2 Type A citations
1 Type B citations
1 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Apr 3, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 24, 2023 · Inspection · no citation Sep 28, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Health & medication 1
Supervision 1
Background checks 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Apr 3, 2023 Case management visit (annual continuation) Health & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above staff did not have pertussis, and measles immunization record on file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 10, 2023
Type A Sep 28, 2022 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
child (C-1) getting out of classroom and found unsupervised in the parking lot by parent. This is based on a self report made by facility and interviews conducted with staff. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of the children in care. 8 The Director will notify CCL upon completion of the task no later than 09/29/2022, close of business via email. Director is to submit proof of plan of additional supervision measures.
Plan of correction due Sep 29, 2022
Type A Sep 28, 2022 Case management visit (incident) Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(2)
All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f) or This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 Director stated that she will submit transfer request and understands that staff S-1 cannot work until her fingerprints are transferred. POC needs to be submitted to CCL by 09/29/2022. Based on interviews conducted with staff S-1's fingerprints were not transferred to facility number, which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety to the children in care. 8
Plan of correction due Sep 29, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity 29 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Feb 22, 2021
Closed Sep 10, 2024
Licensee Secret Carden INC., The
Last administrator Jacqueline Gallegos
State facility # 444416295

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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 444416295 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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