Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center · Preschool, Tehachapi
Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Tehachapi, CA, licensed for up to 64 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #149 of 190 centers in Kern County and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Citations, newest first
(a) 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. This requirement was not met evidence by ... 1 Facility has implemented a plan and will hold a staff meeting to discuss the importance of following an allergy plan. Facility will submit to the Palmdale RO a sign in sheet with staff signatures of attendees by due date specified. LPA's observation, interviews conducted and record review. Facility did not comply with Parents request - no diary to child #1. According to facility staff was not aware goldfish contained diary. LPA observed a sign in the classroom listed with child#1's food restriction which included goldfish. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA Observed paint coming off/ in classroom #6 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA Observed toilets in all three bathrooms unclean which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observationm interview and ecord review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Facility does not keep sleep logs for their toddler program, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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...This requirement was not met by interview disclosures obtained by relevant parties disclosing a positive Covid-19 result was not reported and facility did not quarantine possible exposed children nor staff. Facility stated immediately all positive covid testing results will reported to possible exposed Staff and parents, Department of Public Health(DPH) and CCL. Facility will follow DPH's recommendations. Facility will also keep record of notes when children are send home due to illness.
Personal Rights: Each child shall be accorded safe, healthy and comfortable accommodations, furnishing and equipment. This was not met as evidence by: LPA observed no children nor Staff and no adult visitors wearing facial coverings in accordance to CA Public Health and Safety guidelines. This is a potential health and safety risk for children in care. 1 Director will submit a written statement to CCL by 9/8/2021 how facility will ensure all children, staff and adults entering the facility over the age of 2 years shall wear facial covering while indoor setting and how all adults entering the facility will abide by the same policy. Director will also attend a scheduled Local Licensing Call held by CCL on 9/27/2021. All children including Staff and adult visitors (parents, children who enter the facility) over the age of 2 years are required to wear facial covering while indoor setting except (napping and eating) to help mitigate the spread and transmission of Covid-19 and accordance to CA Public Health and safety Guidelines. 8
Complaint investigations
Allegation #1: Personal Rights: Facility failed to report a COVID-19 positive at the facility
Allegation #2: Personal Rights: Facility failed to quarantine children who were exposed to a COVID-19 positive at the facility
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About this center
Common questions
Does Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 6 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Kern County?
It is tied for #149 of 190 centers in Kern County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center last inspected?
May 6, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Tehachapi, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Good Shepherd Preschool & Child Care Center?
The licensee is Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Of Tehachapi Calif., and the administrator listed with the state is Candace Monette.
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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 153801077 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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