Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela
Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela is a licensed child care center in Hawthorne, CA, licensed for up to 36 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1] out of 4 (persons)] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
When was Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela last inspected?
Mar 7, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Hawthorne, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Crystal Stairs Head Start - Centinela?
The licensee is Crystal Stairs, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Laura Cardenas.
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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 197494330 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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