Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Fairfield, CA, licensed for up to 86 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 7 complaints, 4 of them substantiated. The state issued 14 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for health & medication (4 of 14). 2 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #32 of 39 centers in Fairfield and better than 5% of licensed centers statewide.
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Based on LPA observation, there were 16 children in the Preschool A room supervised by only one teacher and 20 children in the TK room supervised by only one teacher. It was nap time but not all children were napping which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews conducted with AD, S4, S6, S7 & P1, adequate supervision was not provided to children in care, resulting in a C2 eating a crayon which poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk(s) to children in care.
Based on interviews with staff and parents, child 7 was suspected of having Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease on 7/16/25 and was moved to a classroom belonging to the infant program instead of the center's isolation area which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 and supervise children in, the isolation area and will submit a statement to LPA detailing that requirement being communicated with staff, along with signatures of all staff confirming receipt of the notification.
Based on interviews with staff and parents, child 7 was suspected of having Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease on 7/16/25 and was moved to a classroom belonging to the infant program with two children from the infant program present instead of the center's isolation area which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 and supervise children in, the isolation area and will submit a statement to LPA detailing that requirement being communicated with staff, along with signatures of all staff confirming receipt of the notification.
Based on Staff and Parent interviews and facility Child Supervision Record obtained by LPA 2 one-year old infants were being supervised in the Discovery Preschool Two's room over several days, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA's observation the facility did not comply with the section cited above. The diaper on the bathroom floor, rubber mats and cartet floor mats with exessive dirt and soap stained cardboard box, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. On 12/27/2024, CD will email a week, 12/19-12/26/24, worth of classroom cleaning checklist to LPA at selena.mariani@dss.ca.gov
Based on observation and record review the a classroom in the facility had only one teacher, staff 7 (S7) supervising 13 children which poses a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.
Based on record review, staff 3, staff 4, and staff 5 (S3, S4, and S5) did not possess current mandated reporter training certificates which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, staff 3 (S3) did not possess proof of immunization against measles which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the facility did not possess record of staff 3 and staff 4's (S3 and S4) LIC503 Health Screening which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the facility did not possess record of child 1, 2, and 3's (C1, C2, and C3) physician's report which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the the facility did not possess record of child 2's (C2) immunizations which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, child 1's (C1) identification and emergency information card was not signed and child 2's (C2) personal rights and parent's rights forms were not signed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center. This was not met as evidence by. . . Center director agreed to participate in TSP as additional training. Center Director reported she will raise the concern to her district leader and will re-configure the staff schedules to ensure there is a staff member on the premises ready to enter the classroom when a child wakes up from nap time to stay with in ratio Based on observations made, and interviews conducted, on one or more occasions there have been one staff member with 16-24 children during nap time, and not all children were napping. This poses a potential health and safty risk to children in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Staff does not supervise daycare child resulting in child eating crayon(s).
Facility staff did not prevent the spread of a communicable disease
Facility is operating out of ratio.
Facility is operating out of ratio
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?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 14 Type B citations, listed 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 Fairfield?
It is #32 of 39 centers in Fairfield 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?
Nov 6, 2025. 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 Solano County, which includes Fairfield, was $1,003 a month for preschoolers (about $1,270 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 Wendy Certeza.
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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 483001835 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.