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California · Buena Park · 90620

Good Shepherd Pre School

7082 Crescent Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90620 · Orange County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Apr 9, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Good Shepherd Pre School was a licensed child care center in Buena Park, CA, licensed for up to 74 children. Its license closed around April 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 3 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

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

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Jun 21, 2023 · Inspection · no citationDec 21, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation foundDec 21, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 22, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 12, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 12, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct1
Records & paperwork1
Training & qualifications1

Citations, newest first

Type ADec 21, 2021Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)
interviews with staff, children. Four individuals reported to either seeing staff #1 pull a child’s ear, having their ears pulled or having a child disclose to them that staff#1 pulled their ear. This poses an immediate health and safety issue for children in care. Staff1 will be trained in personal rights and Director will provide copy of traing to LPA by plan of correction dat
Plan of correction due Dec 22, 2021
Type BDec 21, 2021Complaint investigationRecords & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)
interview with Director, who stated she was advised by staff of alleged incident but she did not file an unusual incident report because she didn’t think staff was sure of what was seen. This poses a potential risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Dec 28, 2021
Type BOct 12, 2021Case management visit (other)Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(4)(b)(1)
LPA review of 5 of 5 staff files; No current certificate in any file was observed and director statement that their certificates have expired. This poses a potential hazard to children in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 19, 2021

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedDec 21, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Oct 8, 2021
Substantiated allegation:
Facility staff pulled child's ear
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedDec 21, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Oct 21, 2021
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedOct 12, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Oct 8, 2021
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity74 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceJun 7, 1974
ClosedApr 9, 2025
LicenseeLutheran Church Of The Good Shepherd
Last administratorBernadette Alvarez-mackow
State facility #300600390

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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 300600390 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.