Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center · School-Age Program, Hesperia
Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in Hesperia, CA, licensed for up to 42 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 2 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 #10 of 24 centers in Hesperia and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in water lead testing per Written Directive which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center compare with other daycares in Hesperia?
It is tied for #10 of 24 centers in Hesperia by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center last inspected?
Jul 10, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Bernardino County, which includes Hesperia, was $716 a month for school-age children (about $900 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kids and Care Preschool and Day Care Center?
The licensee is Claudia Garcia, and the administrator listed with the state is Claudia Valenzuela Garcia.
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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 364819503 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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