South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante)
South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante) is a licensed child care center in Cudahy, CA, licensed for up to 175 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2011. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #4 of 5 centers in Cudahy and has more citations per inspection than 87% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews, it has been confirmed that childrens personal rights have been violated by forcing a child to sleep, which poses a potential health and safety risk or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 of 11 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA observation and interview, Licensee did not have full supervision of child resulting in child leaving classroom for a period of 5-10 minutes and entering elementary school classroom. This poses an immediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.
(b) Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 0.5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, before comparing to the Action Level. (1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 Water sources showing ALE have had filter added or are shut off and children do not have access. Maintenance date is pending to complete corrections. Principal or Lead Exceedance team will send LPA an email confirming correction by POC date 1/31/22. Based on record review the licensee did not ensure water sources at facility meet lead requirements. Lead test results showed that 10 water sources have an action level exceedance. LPA observed water sources have had filter added or are off and inaccessible to children. 8
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About this center
Common questions
Does South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante) take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante) had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 28, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante) compare with other daycares in Cudahy?
It is #4 of 5 centers in Cudahy by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 87% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante) last inspected?
Apr 15, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante) cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante) for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Cudahy, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs South Region Early Education Center #1 (Escalante)?
The licensee is Los Angeles Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Ernestine Lara.
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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 198016038 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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