Calvary Cross Chapel Preschool
16705 Gridley Road, Cerritos, CA 90701 · Los Angeles County
Closed
Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 1, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Calvary Cross Chapel Preschool was a licensed child care center in Cerritos, CA, licensed for up to 74 children. Its license closed around August 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice and issued 7 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
0
Type A citations
7
Type B citations
2
Inspections
0
Complaints investigated
Every state visit
Citation issued
No citation
Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Training & qualifications
4
Building & playground safety
1
Food & feeding
1
Health & medication
1
Citations, newest first
Type B
Jan 8, 2025
Inspection
Building & playground safety
Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(n)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above and a plastic slide was cracked and not free of sharp edges, which poses a potential safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 3, 2025
Type B
Jan 8, 2025
Inspection
Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 3 staff did not renew their mandated reporter training, which poses a potential safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 3, 2025
Type B
Jan 8, 2025
Inspection
Food & feeding
Food service §101227(a)(1)
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above and LPA observed several food items that were expired or removed from original packaging and were not labeled with a date to show when they expire. This poses potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 3, 2025
Type B
Sep 22, 2022
Inspection
Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 3 personnel records (Director, S1, and S2) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 24, 2022
Type B
Sep 22, 2022
Inspection
Training & qualifications
Director qualifications and duties §101215.1(m)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the Director did not have proof of completion for the Preventative Health and Safety Practices which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 24, 2022
Type B
Sep 22, 2022
Inspection
Training & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 3 staff records (S2) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 24, 2022
Type B
Sep 22, 2022
Inspection
Health & medication
Children's medical assessments §101220(a)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 5 children's records (C5) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 24, 2022
About this center
Licensed capacity
74 children
License type
Child care center (preschool)
License status
Closed
Licensed since
Aug 29, 1993
Closed
Aug 1, 2025
Licensee
Calvary Cross Chapel
Last administrator
Robin Clemente
State facility #
191502377
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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 191502377 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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