Bright Stars Children's Center · 1055 Las Ovejas Avenue, San Rafael
Bright Stars Children's Center is a licensed child care center in San Rafael, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2016. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #13 of 35 centers in San Rafael and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Bright Stars Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Bright Stars Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Bright Stars Children's Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Bright Stars Children's Center compare with other daycares in San Rafael?
It is tied for #13 of 35 centers in San Rafael by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Bright Stars Children's Center last inspected?
Sep 23, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Bright Stars Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bright Stars Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Marin County, which includes San Rafael, was $1,683 a month for preschoolers (about $2,120 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Bright Stars Children's Center?
The licensee is Bright Stars Children's Center, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Nahid Taleboo.
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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 214005394 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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