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Carousel of Kids Preschool and Day Care

24929 National Trails Highway, Helendale, CA 92342 · San Bernardino County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 27, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Carousel of Kids Preschool and Day Care was a licensed child care center in Helendale, CA, licensed for up to 34 children. Its license closed around September 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations
3 Type B citations
2 Inspections
1 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Oct 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 8, 2023 · Inspection · citation found Dec 8, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Records & paperwork 2
Training & qualifications 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Oct 8, 2024 Complaint investigation Records & paperwork
Posting of License §101160(a)
Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above by removing the license from a prominent, public place and other required posting documents which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 22, 2024
Type B Oct 8, 2024 Complaint investigation Training & qualifications
Teacher qualifications and duties §101216.1(b)(1)
Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above by allowing Staff 2 to work alone in the preschool classroom without meeting the teacher qualifications which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 22, 2024
Type B Nov 8, 2023 Inspection Records & paperwork
Personnel records §101217(a)(6)
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having the educational background for Staff 1 in their personnel file which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 22, 2023

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Oct 8, 2024 Complaint investigation received Aug 2, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Allegation 2: Facility does not have a license posted in a public prominent place
Allegation 3: Facility does not have required documents posted in a public prominant place for parents to review
Allegation 5: Licensee allows unqualified staff to work at facility.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 34 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since May 30, 1989
Closed Sep 27, 2024
Licensee Olympia Kilmer; Gorete Costa; Marlene Willison
Last administrator Kilmer, O./Costa, G.
State facility # 360909087

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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 360909087 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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