CVUSD - John Kelley Day Care

87-163 Center Street, Thermal, CA 92274 · Riverside County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 19, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

CVUSD - John Kelley Day Care was a licensed child care center in Thermal, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around May 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

1 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 1

Records & paperwork 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Sep 28, 2021 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on record review, the lead staff (teacher) did not have the required Mandated Reporter Training completed. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Oct 7, 2021

Type B Sep 28, 2021 Inspection Records & paperwork

Children's records §101221(b)(8)(C)

Based on children record reviews, the files did not have signed forms to consent emergency medical treatment (LIC 627) for any of the children present in care. This poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Oct 7, 2021

About this center

Licensed capacity 24 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Aug 7, 1984

Closed May 19, 2023

Licensee Coachella Valley Unified School District

Last administrator Marcella Zamudio

State facility # 330908061

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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 330908061 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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