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Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center · Preschool, Ventura

6300 Telephone Rd., Ventura, CA 93003 · Ventura County
1 substantiated complaint Child care center (preschool)

Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center is a licensed child care center in Ventura, CA, licensed for up to 56 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2002. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 3 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 2 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 #59 of 61 centers in Ventura and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 91% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. Among the most cited
Tied for #59 of 61 centers in Ventura
2 Type A citations
1 Type B citations
2 Inspections
1 of 3 Complaints substantiated
3 citations from 8 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Oct 16, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Oct 16, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Apr 8, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Apr 4, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Nov 14, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 7, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Apr 25, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Nov 17, 2022 · Inspection · no citation Feb 11, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 1
Training & qualifications 1
Caregiver conduct 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Apr 8, 2025 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs...(1)No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). 1 The CCC will implement a new policy, that designates the review of camera footage responsibility, to a CCC staff member whenever the CCC director is not present at the facility. A second policy will be implemented. This policy will require every staff memeber who leaves before CCC pick up time... Based on interviews and record review, the CCC did not comply with the section cited above, on 3/27/2025, C1 was left without care and supervsion for approximately 45 minutes. 8 will need to sign a document, verifying all the children who are signed in or present at their designated classrooms are accounted for. The CCC Director will implement the two new policy's in the staff hand book and email a copy of the staff handbook to german.negrete@dss.ca.gov
Plan of correction due Apr 11, 2025
Type B Nov 14, 2024 Complaint investigation Training & qualifications
Teacher aide qualifications §101216.2(e)
(e) An aide shall work only under the direct supervision of a teacher... This regulation was not met. LPA conducted interviews and gathered documents that determined S3 was alone supervising preschool children... 1 The center will need to submit schedules two weeks in advance to all staff starting with the 12/02/2024 to 12/13/2024. The Director will submit the shedules to CCLD via the following email: german.negrete@dss.ca.gov This occured on 11/4/2024 at approximetly 2PM at the center. 8
Plan of correction due Nov 18, 2024
Type A Feb 11, 2022 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Based on interviews and record review which revealed staff #2 inappropriately disciplined child #6 and child #7 by pulling on their hair as a form discipline. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 14, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Nov 14, 2024 Complaint investigation received Aug 21, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiated Apr 25, 2024 Complaint investigation received Jan 30, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Substantiated Feb 11, 2022 Complaint investigation received Nov 9, 2021
Substantiated allegation:
Personal Rights: Staff pulled a child's hair
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 56 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Sep 19, 2002
Licensee Southern Ca. Assoc. Of Seventh Day Adventists
Administrator Lorraine Castro
Phone (805) 639-0363
State facility # 566208586
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Common questions

Does Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).

Has Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center had any serious violations?

California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 8, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center?

California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How does Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center compare with other daycares in Ventura?

It is tied for #59 of 61 centers in Ventura by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 91% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center last inspected?

Oct 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Ventura County, which includes Ventura, was $945 a month for preschoolers (about $1,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Three Angels Preschool and Infant Center?

The licensee is Southern Ca. Assoc. Of Seventh Day Adventists, and the administrator listed with the state is Lorraine Castro.

Licensed centers nearby

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 566208586 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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