Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center
Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center is a licensed child care center in Thermal, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1991. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #4 of 5 centers in Thermal and better than 42% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Facility representative reported that carbon detectors were recently tested (9/29/25 per facility records), however, the detectors seemed to "go off" shortly after the maintenance staff come to repair them.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Staff 2 was missing a health screening report.
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Common questions
Does Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center compare with other daycares in Thermal?
It is #4 of 5 centers in Thermal by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 42% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center last inspected?
Oct 1, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Thermal, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cvusd - John Kelley Hs Center?
The licensee is Coachella Valley Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Jean-mari Dagarin.
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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 330910708 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.