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Department of
SOCIAL SERVICES

Community Care Licensing


COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

Facility Number: 343614516
Report Date: 04/10/2026
Date Signed: 04/10/2026 02:10:15 PM

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SACRAMENTO CC RO, 9835 GOETHE ROAD, SUITE 100
SACRAMENTO, CA 95827
This is an official report of an unannounced visit/investigation of a complaint received in our office on
04/08/2026 and conducted by Evaluator Fabian Schwartz
COMPLAINT CONTROL NUMBER: 03-CC-20260408140854
FACILITY NAME:TINY SCHOLARS ACADEMYFACILITY NUMBER:
343614516
ADMINISTRATOR:MACKLIN,APRILFACILITY TYPE:
850
ADDRESS:1593 WATERWHEEL DR.TELEPHONE:
(916) 564-2095
CITY:SACRAMENTOSTATE: CAZIP CODE:
95833
CAPACITY:71CENSUS: DATE:
04/10/2026
UNANNOUNCEDTIME BEGAN:
11:00 AM
MET WITH:TIME COMPLETED:
02:15 PM
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Supervision - Lack of supervision resulting in a child wandering away from the facility. - Substantiated
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On Friday 10 April, 2026 at approximately 11:00 AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Fabian Schwartz met with Director Samantha Fernandez to open and close a complaint investigation. Upon arrival, there were 25 preschool children supervised by 9 staff in 3 classrooms.

The department received a complaint alleging that staff's lack of supervision resulted in a child wandering away from the facility. During today’s inspection, LPA made observations, gathered documents, and conducted interviews. LPA Schwartz was informed of incident from facility who self reported that a child had left facility on 7 April 2026.

Facility self reported that on 7 April 2026, Child 1(4 years old) had left facility through front door and made their way to the sidewalk of the 4 lane street next to facility. A passerby stopped their vehicle and stopped Child 1 on sidewalk to return them to facility. At this time, staff had come outside to return Child 1 to facility. Report Continued on LIC9099-C........
Substantiated
Estimated Days of Completion:
SUPERVISORS NAME: Amanda Blesi
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Fabian Schwartz
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2026
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2026
This report must be available at Child Care and Group Home facilities for public review for 3 years.
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Control Number 03-CC-20260408140854
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SACRAMENTO CC RO, 9835 GOETHE ROAD, SUITE 100
SACRAMENTO, CA 95827
FACILITY NAME: TINY SCHOLARS ACADEMY
FACILITY NUMBER: 343614516
VISIT DATE: 04/10/2026
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Report Continued from LIC9099.....

Staff brought Child 1 inside facility and informed parent of what occurred. Staff stated that child was without supervision from 12:20pm-12:22pm based upon camera timestamps of incident.

Based on the the self reporting of the incident and today's interview, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegation is SUBSTANTIATED.

1 Type A Title 22 deficiency is being cited for Absence of Supervision. That citation is being explained in more detail on accompanying LIC9099-D Page. The severity of the violation is resulting in facility receiving an immediate $500 Civil Penalty which is explained on LIC421IM page.

Title 22 deficiencies are cited on the subsequent pages of this report. Director acknowledges, that FOR TYPE A DEFICIENCIES ONLY upon receipt, Director shall post LIC 9099D with Type A deficiencies for 30 days and provide copies of this licensing report to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. LIC 9224 must be signed by parents/guardians and kept with the children's forms as a receipt whenever any Type A documents are provided by the Facility. LIC 9224 and Appeal Rights were provided. Director's signature on this report acknowledges receipt of these rights.

This report was reviewed with the Director and an exit interview was conducted. A Notice of Site Visit was provided and shall remain posted for a period of 30 days.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Amanda Blesi
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Fabian Schwartz
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2026
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2026
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Control Number 03-CC-20260408140854
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
SACRAMENTO CC RO, 9835 GOETHE ROAD, SUITE 100
SACRAMENTO, CA 95827

FACILITY NAME: TINY SCHOLARS ACADEMY
FACILITY NUMBER: 343614516
DEFICIENCY INFORMATION FOR THIS PAGE:
VISIT DATE: 04/10/2026
Deficiency Type
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DEFICIENCIES
PLAN OF CORRECTIONS(POCs)
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04/11/2026
Section Cited
CCR
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101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.

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Facility will conduct a supervision training for all staff and will send proof of the training and an attendance log of all who attended to LPA by 11 April 2026. Staff will also review all protocols for supervision and classroom orientation to develop more strategies to mitigate fleeing behaviors from children in the future.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having a self-reported incident on 7 April 2026 where a child left the facility and walked to the sidewalk of the nearby street before being returned to facility where the total time they were without supervision was approximately 2 minutes, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Failure to correct the cited deficiency(ies), on or before the Plan of Correction (POC) due date, may result in a civil penalty assessment.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Amanda Blesi
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Fabian Schwartz
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2026
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 04/10/2026
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