Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care
Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care is a licensed child care center in Arcadia, CA, licensed for up to 12 children and serving mildly ill children. It has held its California license since 2004. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times. The state issued 1 citation, 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 19 centers in Arcadia and has fewer citations per inspection than 65% of California licensed centers.
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Testing results with fractional ppb readings of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number...(1) A result with values of 5.5 or greater shall be deemed and Action Level Exceedance This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Per Director, will replace the fixtures and retest the outlets. No children are enrolled and is not accessible at this time. Bag and sign placed over as notification. Based on interview, record review, and observation, the licensee did not ensure that water outlets with lead exceedances, were in accessible to children in care. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8
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Has Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care compare with other daycares in Arcadia?
It is #4 of 19 centers in Arcadia by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 65% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care last inspected?
May 5, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Arcadia, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kathy Kredel Nursery School- Handle With Care?
The licensee is Usc Arcadia Hospital, and the administrator listed with the state is Gwen Blackmon.
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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 198010202 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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