Needles Head Start-state Preschool
Needles Head Start-state Preschool is a licensed child care center in Needles, CA, licensed for up to 61 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2017. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, 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 #213 of 508 centers in San Bernardino County and has more citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not preventing access to a damaged outdoor track by the day care children which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring Staff 1 completed the correct Mandated Reporter Training Certification which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Needles Head Start-state Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Needles Head Start-state Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Needles Head Start-state Preschool compare with other daycares in San Bernardino County?
It is tied for #213 of 508 centers in San Bernardino County by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 55% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Needles Head Start-state Preschool last inspected?
Sep 3, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Needles Head Start-state Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Needles Head Start-state Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Bernardino County, which includes Needles, was $835 a month for preschoolers (about $1,050 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Needles Head Start-state Preschool?
The licensee is Needles Unified School District, and the administrator listed with the state is Lori Dechert.
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 364844428 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.