Holy Shepherd Community Preschool · Preschool, Orinda
Holy Shepherd Community Preschool was a licensed child care center in Orinda, CA, licensed for up to 63 children. Its license closed around February 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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101227 Food Services (B) A child shall not be served any food to which the child's record indicates he/she has an allergy. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 By 07/01/2024 the facility will email LPA a written plan on how they will comply with the regulation, etc.. verifing allergies prior to serving any food. Based on interviews the facility did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring children are not served foods they have a known allergy to, which poses a potential risk to health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 10 staff did not have required immunization records in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
(1) A licensed child day care center... constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement was not met as evidence by: The licensee did not comply with the section cited above by providing documentation that shows the lead testing was completed prior to January 1, 2023, which poses a potential risk to health & safety of children in care. 8 LPA requested lead documentation on multiple occassions, but did not receive it. The director indicated the testing was completed and she will submit lead packet as soon as possible.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring immunizations are in staff's file which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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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 073400100 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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