Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Morgan Hill, CA, licensed for up to 106 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 4 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (3 of 6). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #23 of 26 centers in Morgan Hill and better than 5% of licensed centers statewide.
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Director conducted an all staff meeting on 8/20/2024. Director agreed to compose a self-certification on section- 101229(a)(1) Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision and have all staff read, signed, dated, and submit proof of signed letters to CCL by
Based on observation, LPAs observed that there was a cabinet under the changing table that had spray bottles with cleaning supplies that was not locked. There was also a cabinet in Discovery Preschool B Room that had spray bottles with cleaning supplies that was accessible to children. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 in the Discovery Preschool B room to a locked cabinet.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision. The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 By POC 02/01/2023, Director will conducted training with staff and send the list of staff who received training. Based on interview, C-1 was in the classroom by themselves, which poses an immediate risk to children in care. 8 Director submitted agenda for training during today's inspection. A civil penalty of $1000 was assessed.
Personal Rights. The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 S-1 and S-2 are no longer working at the facility. By POC 11/10/2022, Director will submit plan on how they Based on interview and record reviews, S-1 and S-2 did violate children's personal rights, which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 will ensure that children's personal rights are not violated. Director conduct training with all staff on 10/10/2022. Director will send notes from training to Licensing.
A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 By POC 11/10/2022, Director will submit a plan outlinting how she will ensure that preschool children are only using the preschool yard and submit Based on observation, LPA observed that the preschool children were using the school-age yard, which poses an immediate risk to children in care. 8 a schedule for each classroom.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision. The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 By POC 07/28/2022, Assistant Director stated that she will conduct training with staff about supervision and send proof of staff who attending training to Licensing. Based on observation, LPA observed that there were two children in the bathroom. There were no staff standing where they could see the children in the bathroom, wihich poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8
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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 Aug 23, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Morgan Hill?
It is tied for #23 of 26 centers in Morgan Hill by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 5% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Jun 3, 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 Santa Clara County, which includes Morgan Hill, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Maarit McCrossen.
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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 434400331 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.