Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Lancaster, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 7 complaints, 4 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for caregiver conduct (3 of 6). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #51 of 68 centers in Lancaster and better than 15% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on interviewing relevant parties and the information obtained, the teacher did use object on tthe child. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviewing relevant parties and the information obtained, the teacher did use object touched inappropriately touched the child. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Based on interview, the facility staff did not call child’s parent when the incident happened, which poses a Potential Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
Based on the interview, the facility staff did not provide the child first aid (ice pack) when the incident happened, which poses a Potential Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
101223(a)(2): The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights...To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 Director has removed all sleeping cots in an off limit area to prevent children from using the cots as a climbing aid. Preschool children had access to sleeping cots that can be used as a climbing aid, which can pose a potential risk to children in care. 8
Based on observation Staff #1 does not have proof of fingerprint clearance, which poses an immediate Health, Safety or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
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Allegation:
Personal Rights: Staff are not providing a safe environment for day care children
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 5, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 7 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 4. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Lancaster?
It is tied for #51 of 68 centers in Lancaster by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 15% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
May 6, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kindercare Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kindercare Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Lancaster, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Center, LLC., and the administrator listed with the state is Loretta Pilafas.
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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 197403508 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.