Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC · Preschool, La Puente
Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC is a licensed child care center in La Puente, CA, licensed for up to 17 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 19 citations, 7 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for training & qualifications (5 of 19). 3 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #47 of 48 centers in La Puente and has more citations per inspection than 99% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above floors in the preschool classroom were observed to be unclean, with varies pieces of papers, crushed crayons and food crumbs and which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 5 children files did not have immunization records which poses/posed a potential health, safety or perso5nal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on (record review), the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 5 children files did not have immunization records which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on disclosures made by children, LPA observation and staff confirmation that there were 3 school-age children who were being commingled with the preschool children that are from another licensed program. This poses/posed an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on staff was not a volunteer and did not have fingerprints on file. This poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the certificate was missing from the Director's file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to health screening form was not completed for 1 staff member's file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 staff members transcripts were missing from their files which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA checking and adult did not have fingerprints on file and LPA observed individual diapering a child in care without supervision so cannot be classified as a volunteer. This poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in testing has not been completed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in drills have not been documented per staff which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the refrigerator requires was not clean and kitchen was not organized which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in food items that were unlabled with date and open dried containers as well as medication not labled with name of child which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
interviews conducted with Director and record review that Director could not produce signed LIC9224 forms from all current parents. This poses/posed a immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
interviews conducted with parents and staff of children being injured at school and parents sought medical attention. The facility did not report the incidents to the Department. This poses/posed a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on LPA interviews that children continue to be commingled with children from another license. This poses/posed an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on LPA interviews that children go home hungry and LPA observation. This poses/posed a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on staff not having clearance or fingerrpints on file. This poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Based on LPA observation of children' who are enrolled under one license are 1 Director agrees to keep children separate according to the age group that they fall with in the conditions of the license and to enroll and attend online training of Operations and Recordkeeping Orientation through the Child Care Licensing Department (CCLD). Director will email the completed certificate. commingled with children from another license. This poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
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Adequate food is not available for children.
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Common questions
Does Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC had any serious violations?
California issued 7 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 28, 2025, for capacity limits. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC compare with other daycares in La Puente?
It is tied for #47 of 48 centers in La Puente by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 99% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC last inspected?
Oct 14, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes La Puente, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Bright Stars Care and Education Center LLC?
The licensee is Maria Flores, and the administrator listed with the state is Maria Flores.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 198020742 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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