Stepping Stone University Preschool · Los Osos

880 Manzanita Dr.,rooms 21&22, Los Osos, CA 93402 · San Luis Obispo County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 12, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Stepping Stone University Preschool was a licensed child care center in Los Osos, CA, licensed for up to 34 children. Its license closed around September 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

2Type B citations

2Inspections

0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications1

Other standards1

Citations, newest first

Type BMar 18, 2025InspectionTraining & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in staff member Brooke Riffle does not have current Mandated Reporter training (AB1207). This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Mar 31, 2025

Type BDec 8, 2022Case management visit (deficiencies)Other standards

Activities and napping §101230(b)(3)

Licensee agreed to submit a written plan of correction to Community Care Licensing no later than 12/19/2022. During interviews. it was revealed that children at day care are required to remain in cot during nap period while doing quiet activity such as coloring and reading to ensure that Staff supervisinig is within ratio. This poses a potential risk to health and safety of children in care.

Plan of correction due Dec 19, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedDec 8, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Oct 17, 2022

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity34 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceMay 2, 2016

ClosedSep 12, 2025

LicenseeAshtane L. Bixler

Last administratorAshtane L. Bixler

State facility #406215185

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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 406215185 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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