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Community Care Licensing


COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT

Facility Number: 334845456
Report Date: 08/25/2022
Date Signed: 08/25/2022 12:21:05 PM

Unsubstantiated


STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 3737 MAIN STREET, STE 700
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
This is an official report of an unannounced visit/investigation of a complaint received in our office on
05/31/2022 and conducted by Evaluator Andrea Taylor
PUBLIC
COMPLAINT CONTROL NUMBER: 10-CC-20220531145641
FACILITY NAME:GROWING TREE MONTESSORI PRESCHOOLFACILITY NUMBER:
334845456
ADMINISTRATOR:DENG, QIFACILITY TYPE:
850
ADDRESS:31935 VIA RIO TEMECULA ROADTELEPHONE:
(951) 900-8999
CITY:TEMECULASTATE: CAZIP CODE:
92592
CAPACITY:106CENSUS: 82DATE:
08/25/2022
UNANNOUNCEDTIME BEGAN:
11:45 AM
MET WITH:Juila Fletes-DirectorTIME COMPLETED:
12:30 PM
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A staff member hit a child on the hip area
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Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Andrea Taylor arrived at the facility for the purpose of conducting a subsequent complaint visit, which includes concluding the investigation and delivering the investigation findings regarding the compliant investigation initiated on 06/2/2022. A follow up visit was conducted on 07/27/22 and further interviews were also conducted on this date. LPA met with Director Julia Fletes and discussed the above allegation.

On 06/2/2022 and 07/27/22 LPA Andrea Taylor conducted interviews with a total of 5 staff, 5 children and one more child interviewed during today's inspection, all of whom are pertinent to this investigation.
Based on the information obtained through interviews and observations LPA was unable to determine if the allegation occurred or not. Interviews conducted did not reveal any eyewitnesses to the incident of a child being hit in care.

Unsubstantiated
Estimated Days of Completion:
SUPERVISORS NAME: Pauline Beschorner
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Andrea Taylor
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 08/25/2022
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 08/25/2022
This report must be available at Child Care and Group Home facilities for public review for 3 years.
LIC9099 (FAS) - (06/04)
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Control Number 10-CC-20220531145641
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION REPORT (Cont)		CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING DIVISION
CCLD Regional Office, 3737 MAIN STREET, STE 700
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
FACILITY NAME: GROWING TREE MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL
FACILITY NUMBER: 334845456
VISIT DATE: 08/25/2022
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From the information received by interviews with staff and children the above allegation cannot be verified. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the allegation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED.

An exit interview was conducted, a Notice of Site Visit posted, and a copy of this report was provided to the facility on this date and time.
SUPERVISORS NAME: Pauline Beschorner
LICENSING EVALUATOR NAME: Andrea Taylor
LICENSING EVALUATOR SIGNATURE:

DATE: 08/25/2022
I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my licensing appeal rights as explained and received.
FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE:

DATE: 08/25/2022
LIC9099 (FAS) - (06/04)
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