Merryhill School - Foothills
Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Dec 16, 2013
GoldiCheck · State record
Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101216.3(a) +3 more (Teacher-Child Ratio — the facility has been out of ratio in the mornings during drop off times leaving one teacher with more than 12 children on more than one occasion. This is an immediate risk to children.) from 2024-02-13
Changes which findings count toward the tier.
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 A4
- Type B — none in lookback
All violations
4 violations shown
Type A(4)
Personal Rights — Based on interview and observation, the Facility did not ensure compliance of the section cited above LPA observed a staff yelling on the play yard, which poses an immediate Health,Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — Based on interview, the Facility did not ensure compliance of the section cited above as a child being left alone in the restroom without supervision, which poses an immediate Health,Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Teacher-Child Ratio — the facility has been out of ratio in the mornings during drop off times leaving one teacher with more than 12 children on more than one occasion. This is an immediate risk to children.
Personal Rights — interviews indicated that staff has handled children in a rough manner by grabbing/ yanking children by the arm and yelling at day care children. This is an immediate risk to children.
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 #313619586).