Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Highland, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 5 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 11 citations, 4 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (4 of 11). 5 citations came in the last 12 months, including 2 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #19 of 22 centers in Highland and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers.
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Based on LPA observation and interview, staff admitted that on 07/17/2026, they had made a negative comment about a child, outside the child’s presence, to another individual. This poses a potentail health/safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on LPA observation and interview, on 07/17/2026, staff witnessed a child in care to be alone and located on the opposite end of the playground, separated from the supervising staff at that time. This poses a potentail health/safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
multiple staff pushing and pulling children, resulting in the children crying. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
S1's MRT was expired. This poses/posed a potential threat to the health & safety of kids.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as LPAs observed one staff with 15 daycare children, one of which was awake, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Licensee agrees to submit proof of the Plan of Correction (POC) to Community Care Licensing (CCL) by the end of the business day on the
101212 (d) (1) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a 1 Director will review reporting requirement regulations and develop a plan for future actions. Send LPA a written plan via email to maintain requirements steven.montoya@dss.ca.gov. written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. Director did not meet this requirement. This requirement was not met, which is a Type B violation. 8
Director agrees to have the facility tested by the
Based on interviews and record review, on 09/23/22 a ball cart fell on a child’s foot in the presence of staff and the child sustained a fractured foot, which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews and record review, on 09/23/22 a ball cart fell on a child’s foot in the presence of staff and the child sustained a fractured foot, authorized representative was not notified until 09/26/22, which poses a potential Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in four out of five persons which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review and Directors admission, an unusual incident report for an incident that occured on 9/23/22 was not reported to CCL, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Staff handled children in care in a rough manner
Personal Rights - Daycare child sustained a fracture while in care
Reporting Requirements - Facility did not notify child's authorized representative of injury while in care
About this center
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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 4 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 10, 2026, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Highland?
It is #19 of 22 centers in Highland by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Apr 2, 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 San Bernardino County, which includes Highland, was $835 a month for preschoolers (about $1,050 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Knowledge Universe, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Christa Martinez.
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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 364804286 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.