Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience
Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience is a licensed child care center in Palmdale, CA, licensed for up to 28 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2021. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 5 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #25 of 27 centers in Palmdale and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on record review and observations, Staff #2 did not obtain a criminal record clearance prior to employment and providing care and supervision. This is a Type A deficiency which poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Director shall be present when the child care center is in operation. Interview with Director revealed she is on site at the center for the last hour of the day. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
1. Criminal Record Clearance: Uncleared staff providing care to day care children
2. License: Director is not on the premises during the hours the center is in operation
How often are complaints about daycares in Los Angeles County substantiated? See the county-by-county report →
About this center
Common questions
Does Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 14, 2025, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience compare with other daycares in Palmdale?
It is tied for #25 of 27 centers in Palmdale by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience last inspected?
Aug 14, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Palmdale, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Marie Kerr Park - Discovery Learning Experience?
The licensee is Sinness Education Foundation, and the administrator listed with the state is Karen Barcus.
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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 197750118 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.