Village Tree Preschool · Child Care Center, Los Angeles
Village Tree Preschool is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 130 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 0 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 4 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (2 of 6). 6 citations came in the last 12 months, including 4 Type A. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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LPA Clayton interviews with staff and Director who acknowledged that the teacher was alone with 9 toddlers who were awake and that was unable to get any assistance for at least 20 minutes.
Director acknowledgement that the Hand foot and mouth outbreak was not reported to either Community Care Licnesing or the Department of Public Health, posing an immediate Health and Safety Risk to children in care.
LPA Clayton observation and Directors acknowledgment that the infant were using the preschool yard during the time that the infant/toddler yard was made off-limits due to a plumbing issue, which posed an immediate Health & Safety risk to children in care.
LPA Clayton observation that the toddlers were playing in the parking lot when their play yard was not in use due to a plumbing issue, which poses an immedicate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Witness statement and Director acknowledgement that a teacher left an infant in a room alone, unsupervisedm which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Directors failure to report that the infant/toddler yard had plumbing issues that made the yard unusable, which posed an immediate Health and Safety Risk to children in care.
Complaint investigations
RATIO: Infant program is operating out of ratio.
PERSONAL RIGHTS: Facility staff does not prevent the spread of illness
PERSONAL RIGHTS: Staff leave children unattended
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Common questions
Has Village Tree Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 4 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 4, 2025, for teacher-child ratios. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Village Tree Preschool?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How much does Village Tree Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Village Tree Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today), $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) and $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Village Tree Preschool?
The licensee is Stanford Family Childcare INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Makhalia Causey.
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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 197495443 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.