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Inspection visit

Incident investigation

Clean visit · 0 citations

Inspector’s narrative

What the inspector wrote

Licensing Program Analysts (LPA) Cynthia Reyes conducted a case management inspection due to an incident that occurred on 04/10/2026. This inspection is to ensure the health and safety standards as required by the regulations governing child care centers are met. LPA met with Zeenat Shakir, Director and Assistant Director Cindy Vargas, who the incident was gone over with and a tour of the facility was conducted. . LPA was guided through the preschool classrooms. During the tour LPA took staff names, positions and children's census. · Room Dolphin consists of 3 teacher, 1 aide with 28 total children. · Room Jelly Fish consists of 1 teachers, 1 aide with 19 total children. · Room Gold Fish consists of 2 teacher, 0 aide with 20 total children. The facility self reported that C1 was dancing in the class room, she lost her balance, tripped and fell on to C2. Two teachers S1 and S2 assessed both the children and C1 told the staff her private part was hurting and S1 and S2 checked the child's private part and only notice a small light pink/brown color spot on the child underwear. Documents of the incident, ouch report, staff roster and children's ID emergency forms were obtained. Page 2 Per interview with staff, the child was dancing in the class room, with the other children and they were all having a great time when C1 lost her balance and fell on C2 elbow as he was sitting on the floor fixing his shoes. Staff checked both children and called C1 dad who came and child said she wanted to stay at the day care. After a while the child said her private area hurt and staff 1 and 2 checked her and notice a small spot of blood on her underwear and staff called the office who then called dad and he came and they asked the child if she wanted to go home and she said yes. After the weekend staff talked to dad who said hid wife checked her and she was fine and did not need to go to the doctor. S1 stated she checked the little boy because he is very sensitive and he was completely fine. For this incident report the facility followed all the proper procedures per the parent hand book/admission agreement, incident reports were called and sent in properly and timely, all medical needs were met if needed and parents notified, Based on information obtained for this Incident on this date, no follow up is necessary. Consultation was conducted and no citation was given. Exit interview conducted and report and appeal rights were reviewed and given to Zeenat Shakir- Director. A notice of the site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days

Citations

No citations recorded on this visit

The inspector found no violations of California child care regulations during this visit.

FAQ · About this visit

Common questions about this visit

What happened during the May 20, 2026 inspection of MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF WEST COVINA?

This was an other inspection of MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF WEST COVINA on May 20, 2026. The inspection found no deficiencies and no citations were issued.

Were any citations issued to MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF WEST COVINA on May 20, 2026?

No citations were issued during this inspection. The facility was found to be in compliance with all applicable regulations.

What type of inspection was this?

This was an other inspection. other inspections are conducted by CCLD as part of their licensing oversight.

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