Storybook Schoolhouse · School-Age Program, Chico
794 E. 3rd Avenue, Chico, CA 95926 · Butte County
ClosedSchool-age child care center
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 28, 2022. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Storybook Schoolhouse was a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 51 children. Its license closed around September 2022. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 6 citations, 4 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
4Type A citations
2Type B citations
0Inspections
2 of 3Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Staff ratios2
Caregiver conduct2
Records & paperwork1
Building & playground safety1
Citations, newest first
Capacity limits §101161(a)
Based on interviews children from different licensed age groups are commingled at the beginning and end of the day. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 1 The director will develop a written plan of operation that includes not commingling ages beyond the capacity of their license and to include the process for requesting age exceptions if warranted. The plans will be submitted to CCL by 8/11/22.
Plan of correction due Aug 11, 2022
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3
Based on observation, the Director was supervising 24 children on the playground at 9:15 when LPA arrived. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. This 8 training and topic's covered by 8/11/22.
Plan of correction due Aug 11, 2022
Type BAug 10, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal Rights
Based on interviews and record review staff did not notify W1 at pick up when C1’s arm was fractured due to a fall and staff did not document a minor injury on C3 after a hit to the face resulted in a nose bleed/chin cut. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 24, 2022
Type BAug 10, 2022Case management visit (deficiencies)Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)(B)
Based on interview and record review C1 had a medical visit but the report was not sent to CCL within the 7-day required time frame. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 24, 2022
Type AJan 14, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(1)
Based on interviews the licensee did not ensure that children were treated with dignity due to S4 yelling at children which resulted in children crying and becoming upset which poses an immediate personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 18, 2022
Type AJan 14, 2022Case management visit (deficiencies)Building & playground safety
Drinking Water §101239.2(a)(1)
Based on interviews the licensee did not ensure that all children were free to drink as they wish which resulted in children getting sick during walks in the summer which poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 18, 2022
Complaint investigations
SubstantiatedAug 10, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Jun 28, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Child's injury was not reported
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedJan 14, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Oct 5, 2021
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedJan 14, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Oct 5, 2021
Substantiated allegation:
Staff yells at children in care
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
About this center
Licensed capacity51 children
License typeSchool-age child care center
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJan 28, 1993
ClosedSep 28, 2022
LicenseeDeni And Cliff Vinsonhaler
Last administratorHeather Miller
State facility #041374498
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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 041374498 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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