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Temple Beth Tikvah Early Childhood Learning Cente

1600 N Acacia Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92831 · Orange County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 19, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Temple Beth Tikvah Early Childhood Learning Cente was a licensed child care center in Fullerton, CA, licensed for up to 48 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 6 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
6Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Dec 11, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundFeb 12, 2025 · Inspection · citation foundJun 22, 2023 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety3
Training & qualifications3

Citations, newest first

Type BDec 11, 2025Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)(1)
Based on observation, interviews, and records reviewed, the facility was not kept free from rodents and rat droppings and were seen and observed in the classrooms. This poses a potential health risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Dec 19, 2025
Type BDec 11, 2025Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
Based on observation, interviews, and records reviewed, the facility was not kept clean from rat droppings were seen and observed in the classrooms. This poses a potential health risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Dec 19, 2025
Type BFeb 12, 2025InspectionTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 3 stafff did not have health screening readily available in their file.1 staff has it at home and 1 staff did not have the physician fill up the correct health screening form. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 28, 2025
Type BJun 22, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Lead testing of drinking water §1597.16(a)(1)
Based on records review and interview with the director, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in three out of three drinking fountains, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Director Rachel White stated she had no knowledge of the facility ever testing for lead.
Plan of correction due Aug 25, 2023
Type BJun 22, 2023InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on records review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of one staff, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Director Rachel White stated she had not yet updated her mandated reporter.
Plan of correction due Jul 28, 2023
Type BJun 22, 2023InspectionTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(2)
Based on records review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of five staff present during the inspection, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 28, 2023

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedDec 11, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Nov 4, 2025
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity48 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceMay 17, 1974
ClosedDec 19, 2025
LicenseeTemple Beth Tikvah
Last administratorNatalie Wirtzer
State facility #300600077

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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 300600077 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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