A Place to Grow Montessori
A day care center in Visalia, California 93277
3535 South Akers, Visalia, California 93277. (559) 627-3535.
What California’s list coversNo small family homes
Child care centers, and family child care homes licensed for more than eight children: the files California’s Community Care Licensing Division publishes. Smaller family child care homes, for eight children or fewer, aren’t in those files, so they aren’t here yet.
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The short answer
Record last released by California Department of Social Services on Oct 18, 2026.
- 3 citations in the last three years
- 1 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- May 22025 the latest visit on record
- 146 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
5 visits in the last three years, 0 of them inspections.
3 citations in the last three years, from California’s reports of each visit.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
When those citations happened
3 citations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. Most serious: Type A. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each citation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
California Department of Social Services, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 30, 2024: annual/Required UNANNOUNCED2 citations
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Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (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). Supervision shall include visual observation.
“Based on LPA observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed children using the restroom without supervision on three separate occasions during the facility inspection. LPA also observed a child eating at a table unsupervised while teachers were with other children in another area of the classroom. Based on these observations, this poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
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Teacher Qualifications and Duties (c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades, at an accredited or approved college or university; and at least six months of work experience in a licensed child care center or comparable group child care program.
The inspectors’ words aren’t shown here yet: this record is being refreshed. The official record has them.
Apr 19, 2024: complaint visit1 citation
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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS - The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors.
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2025 | Other visit | No citations in its report |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Other visit | No citations in its report |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Other visit | No citations in its report |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Other visit | Results are in California’s report |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Complaint visit | 1 citation: 0 Type A, 1 Type B |
Is it licensed?
- Day Care Center, first licensed Oct 29, 2010.
- Licensed for 146 children.
- Licence 543808649.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has California acted against it?
- 1 complaint in the last three years: 1 allegation A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency., 0 inconclusive and 0 unsubstantiated.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2024 | Complaint | Allegations, in California’s words: 1 substantiated, 0 inconclusive, 0 unsubstantiated. Citations: 0 Type A, 1 Type B. |
Who does the caring?
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Licensed to A Place to Grow Montessori, LLC.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
How is it rated?
- California’s file has no quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 463 child care providers in Tulare County, the middle value for citations in the last three years was 0; this one had 3.
California Department of Social Services, Child care centers. Released Oct 18, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Citations in the last three years |
|---|---|
| A Place to Grow Montessori This child care provider | 3 |
| Greenhouse Montessori School | 1 |
| Kinder Startin’ Pre-School Day Care | 0 |
| Kinder Startin’ Pre-School Day Care | 0 |
| Senaida Garcia Child Development Center | 3 |
| Christkids Preschool & Childcare | 5 |
| Central Valley Christian School | 0 |
| Waters Family Child Care | 0 |
| Sampson Family Child Care | 0 |
| Olmos, Patricia Family Child Care | 0 |
| Anderson, Bernadette Family Child Care | 0 |
| Watch Me Grow Preschool | 3 |
| Watch Me Grow Preschool | 4 |
What the record doesn’t say
- California grades citations Type A (an immediate risk to health, safety or personal rights) or Type B (a potential risk).
- This page shows California’s records from the last three years.
- California doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Sources
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Child care centers (ChildCareCenters10182026.csv).
Released Oct 18, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, Facility evaluation and complaint investigation reports.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Considered in the public domain (California Department of Social Services).
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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