Skyline Child Development Center
Skyline Child Development Center is a licensed child care center in La Mesa, CA, licensed for up to 72 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 4 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (2 of 4). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #31 of 32 centers in La Mesa and better than 12% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as S1 did not maintain visual supervision as Child 1 (C1) ran out of the building and down the stairs, which posed an iimmediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care.
101212 (a) Each licensee or applicant shall furnish to the Department reports... (d)Upon the occurrence...of any of the events specified... (1)Events reported shall include...(C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child.This requirement was not met as evidence by, Director submitted an LIC624 on 01/31/2025, reporting the unusual incident. Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as Director did not report timely the unusual incident of Child 1(C1) exiting the building without supervision, which poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as Child 1 (C1) was left on the playground alone without supervision for 16 minutes, which poses an immediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 This is an amended version of the original report dated 1/25/2024.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the personal rights of children in care were not accorded as Staff (S1) was observed yelling at children which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Director stated she will submit a written plan of correction on personal rights to the SDRO no later than 8/18/23.
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Does Skyline Child Development Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Skyline Child Development Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 8, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Skyline Child Development Center?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Skyline Child Development Center compare with other daycares in La Mesa?
It is #31 of 32 centers in La Mesa by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 12% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Skyline Child Development Center last inspected?
Oct 2, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Skyline Child Development Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Skyline Child Development Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes La Mesa, was $1,013 a month for preschoolers (about $1,280 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Skyline Child Development Center?
The licensee is Skyline Wesleyan Church, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Jacqueline Serrano.
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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 376700416 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.