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Gateway Educare Infant Center & Preschool

353 E. DONNA DRIVE, Merced, CA 95340

School Age Day Care Center · Closed · Licensed since Aug 11, 2017

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GoldiCheck · State record

3 Type B violations in the last 3 year(s)

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Violations by severity

Type A citations mean an immediate risk to health, safety, or personal rights; Type B citations mean a violation that could become one if not corrected. This grading is assigned by CCLD, not GoldiCheck.

  • Type A — none in lookback
  • Type B3

All violations

3 violations shown (3 outside lookback window)

CCLD Facility SearchSearch Facility #243810001
Type B(3)
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CCR 101160(a)Facility Evaluation Report

Posting of License — Based on LPAs observations and facility representative interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited. The school age parent board is located in D3 (storage room) and is NOT posted in a prominent, publicly accessible location in the centerwhich poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-05-20
CCR 101174(d)Facility Evaluation Report

Disaster and Mass Casualty Plan — Based on LPAs records review and facility representative interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Last conducted and documented fire drill was 05/14/2026; however, last conducted and documented disaster drill was 08/04/2025 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-05-20
CCR 101239(n)Facility Evaluation Report

Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies — Based on LPAs observations and facility representative interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPAs observed the rubber paneling of the outdoor play structure peeling and warped due to normal wear and tearwhich poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

2026-05-20
How we rate this daycareCalifornia CCLD records

California pre-grades every violation itself: Type A means an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights; Type B means a violation that, if not corrected, could become that same immediate risk. We never escalate above the state's own grade.

🔴 Serious concerns — any of:

  • The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license
  • A Type A violation is on record — CCLD's own most serious grade, meaning an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

🟡 Watch carefully — any of:

  • A Type B violation is on record — CCLD's own lesser-risk grade, meaning a violation that, if not corrected, could become an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

🟢 Clean

Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.

Worth knowing: California's public records don't always say whether a specific violation was later fixed, so we don't discount a Type A's severity by guessing at correction status — CCLD's own definition notes a Type A citation "will always be issued, even if the violation is corrected on the spot." A single Type A moves a facility to Serious concerns, matching CCLD's own grading directly.

Data sourced from California CCLD (CCLD Facility Search). Last updated: Sep 14, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with CCLD. Always verify with the CCLD Facility Search record (search Facility #243810001).

Gateway Educare Infant Center & Preschool — inspection record · Merced, CA