Growing Steps Childcare & Learning Center
132 East Prince Road, Tucson, AZ
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A.U.S.D.#10 - Imagine Preschool At Amphitheater High School is a licensed child care center in Tucson, Arizona. It is licensed by the state, for up to 36 children.
Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing made 3 visits in the last 3 years and cited 7 rules across 3 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
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| Licensed capacity | 36 childrenFrom the state license |
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Cost
A.U.S.D.#10 - Imagine Preschool At Amphitheater High School has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a child care center in Pima County has a median price of $250 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).
State record
3 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Aug 13, 2026: 1 rule cited
Rules cited on 3 of 3 visits · 7 rules in all
For comparison: 96% of Arizona daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 12.
A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
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AAC R9-5-309.C. C. A licensee shall maintain on facility premises: 1. A current fire inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the fire inspection report; and 2. If there are gas pipes that run from a gas meter to an appliance or location on the facility premises, a current gas inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the gas inspection report.
“Findings: Based on review of required licensing documents the Compliance Officer noted that a current fire inspection report was not available for review. The most recent report available expired 04/01/2026.”
AAC R9-5-203.F. F. A licensee shall ensure that each staff member submits to the licensee a copy of the staff member’s valid background check document: 1. Issued under A.R.S. § 46-811(A) before the starting date of employment or volunteer service; and 2. Each time a background check is issued or renewed every five years.
“Findings: Based on review of staff files the Compliance Officer noted that the facility was not able to provide documentation of DCS Background submittal or results for Staff 1. Staff 1's start date is documented as 02/10/2025.”
AAC R9-5-309.C. C. A licensee shall maintain on facility premises: 1. A current fire inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the fire inspection report; and 2. If there are gas pipes that run from a gas meter to an appliance or location on the facility premises, a current gas inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the gas inspection report.
“Findings: Based on review of required licensing documents the Compliance Officers noted that the most recent fire inspection report available for review, dated 04/01/2025, did not document repairs or corrections for the items cited. *Please send an updated fire inspection report when received*”
AAC R9-5-301.F. F. A licensee shall ensure that a staff member submits, on or before the starting date of employment or volunteer services, one of the following as evidence of freedom from infectious active tuberculosis: 1. Documentation of a negative Mantoux skin test or other tuberculosis screening test recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administered within 12 months before the starting date of employment or volunteer service, that includes the date and the type of tuberculosis screening test; or 2. If the staff member has had a positive Mantoux skin test or other tuberculosis screening test, a written statement that the staff member is free from infectious active tuberculosis that is signed and dated by a health care provider within six months before the starting date of employment or volunteer service.
“The CO reviewed 2 staff files. Staff 1 was hired 8/3/23 and the TB test was not read to be negative until 8/23/23.”
AAC R9-5-305.B. B. A licensee shall attach an enrolled child’s written immunization record or exemption affidavit, required in subsection(A), to the enrolled child’s Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card, required in R9-5 304(B).
“The CO observed 8 EIIR cards. The immunization records were not attached to the copies of the cards in the emergency binder for Child 1, 2, 3, and 4.”
AAC R9-5-605.A. A. A licensee shall install and maintain a portable, pressurized fire extinguisher that meets, at a minimum, a 2A-10-BC rating of the Underwriters Laboratories in a facility's kitchen and any other location required by Standard 10-1 of the International Fire Code, incorporated by reference in A.A.C. R9-1-412.
“The Compliance Officer (CO) observed that the fire extinguisher in the activity area has a tag that expired 7/2024.”
AAC R9-5-304.B. B. Except as required in A.R.S. § 36-3009, before an enrolled child receives child care services, a licensee shall require the enrolled child’s parent to complete a Department-provided Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card that is signed by the enrolled child’s parent containing: 1. The child’s name, home address, city, state, zip code, home telephone number, sex, and date of birth; 2. The date of the child’s enrollment; 3. The name, home address, city, state, zip code, and contact telephone number of each parent of the child; 4. The name and contact telephone number of at least two individuals authorized by the child’s parent to collect the child from the facility in case of emergency, or if the child’s parent cannot be contacted; 5. The name and contact telephone number of the child’s health care provider; 6. The written authorization for emergency medical care of the enrolled child when the parent cannot be contacted at the time of the emergency; 7. The name of the individual to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child; 8. The written instructions of a child’s parent or health care provider for nutritional and dietary needs of the child including, if applicable, the request in R9-5-509(C)(9); and 9. A written record completed by the child’s parent or health care provider noting the child’s susceptibility to illness, physical conditions of which a staff member should be aware, and any individual requirements for health maintenance.
“The CO observed 8 EIIR cards. Child 1 did not have 2 emergency contacts documented. Child 2 did not have the name and phone number of the physician documented.”
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FAQ
Yes. Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing lists it as licensed and operating.
Arizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing lists the most recent visit on August 13, 2026, with 1 rule cited. It lists 3 visits in the last 3 years.
Yes. Inspectors cited 7 rules across 3 of 3 visits in the last 3 years. For comparison: 96% of Arizona daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 12. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
36, the licensed capacity on the state record.
Its hours are not listed. Call (520) 696-5340 to confirm.
It has not listed its tuition. Call (520) 696-5340 to ask.
(520) 696-5340.
125 West Yavapai Road, Tucson, AZ 85705. The nearest other daycare we list is Growing Steps Childcare & Learning Center, 0.3 miles away.