Crystal Stairs Head Start - Little Stars
Crystal Stairs Head Start - Little Stars is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 20 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 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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101223(a)(2)(a)Personal Rights The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. 1 Site Supervisor has removed the soft folded chairs into the staff restroom, inaccessible to children in care. Site Supervisor will meet with staff to discuss childrens personal rights and classroom environment safety and send a summary to LPA by POC date. Based on interview statement from S1, C1 was playing with a soft folded chair when another child pushed him and child fell. S1 failed to remove the chair from C1 in a timely manner causing child to fall on the chair which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1out of 4 staff were missing the mandated reporter training certificate 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 - Little Stars take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Crystal Stairs Head Start - Little Stars had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
When was Crystal Stairs Head Start - Little Stars last inspected?
Aug 28, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Crystal Stairs Head Start - Little Stars cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Crystal Stairs Head Start - Little Stars for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, 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 - Little Stars?
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 197494300 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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