Nco Head Start - Pearl Center
Nco Head Start - Pearl Center is a licensed child care center in Clearlake, CA, licensed for up to 17 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #7 of 16 centers in Lake County and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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The facility has made drinking fountain temporarily inaccessible by covering it, and children receive drinking water fromwater dispenser pitcher and individual cups. Development Supervisor, Hyechong Froschl stated the water line and will retest again. The facility failed to maintain a lead value at or below the Action Level for water lead testing resulting with values of 5 ppb or greater for the drinking fountain. Itis not deemed safe to drink. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Retesting documents will be submitted within once completed to CCL by 11/27/2023.
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Common questions
Does Nco Head Start - Pearl Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Nco Head Start - Pearl Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Nco Head Start - Pearl Center compare with other daycares in Lake County?
It is tied for #7 of 16 centers in Lake County by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Nco Head Start - Pearl Center last inspected?
Jan 22, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Nco Head Start - Pearl Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Nco Head Start - Pearl Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Lake County, which includes Clearlake, was $799 a month for preschoolers (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Nco Head Start - Pearl Center?
The licensee is Nco Headstart, and the administrator listed with the state is Jody Mederos.
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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 173000114 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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