Temple Solel Early Childhood Center · Infant Center, Cardiff By The Sea
Temple Solel Early Childhood Center is a licensed child care center in Cardiff By The Sea, CA, licensed for up to 14 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #708 of 878 centers in San Diego County and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers.
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in classroom #2 for infants 12-24 months which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A baby walker shall not be kept or used on the premises of a child day care facility. This requirement is not met as evidence by: LPA observed prohibited equipment which includes an infant exersaucer and bouncer in classroom #1. This poses a potential health and safety risk to clients in care. 1 Director stated that the items were from parents and that she was not aware that those are prohibited items. Director removed the infant exersaucer and bouncer seat during today's inspection.
Based on water testing results and interviews, facility tested over the Lead Exceedance level at 1 infant sink faucet measuring at 21.0 ppb. Director stated the faucet has been used to fill filtered Brita water pitchers and use the faucet for food prep in the past. This poses an immediate/potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
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Does Temple Solel Early Childhood Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Temple Solel Early Childhood Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 29, 2022. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Temple Solel Early Childhood Center compare with other daycares in San Diego County?
It is tied for #708 of 878 centers in San Diego County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 85% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Temple Solel Early Childhood Center last inspected?
Apr 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Temple Solel Early Childhood Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Temple Solel Early Childhood Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Cardiff By The Sea, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Temple Solel Early Childhood Center?
The licensee is Temple Solel Of Northern San Diego County INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Leslie Scheck.
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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 376105022 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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