Sacred Heart Preschool · 1250 Cooper Avenue, Turlock
Sacred Heart Preschool was a licensed child care center in Turlock, CA, licensed for up to 75 children. Its license closed around September 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time, and issued 10 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on record review. During today's inspection LPA Pacheco observed Staff #1 providing care and supervision to children. Staff #1 identified themselves as a teacher. LPA reviewed Guardian and Licensing Information Systems and did not see a fingerprint clearance on file for Staff #1. Director was unable to provide documentation that Staff #1 has been fingerprint cleared which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review. According to documentation provided by Director, a fire drill was last conducted on 8/31/22. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation. LPA did not observe a water dispenser in any of the four classrooms. Director stated that staff have to take children's water bottles for children who attend Classrooms A, B & C to be filled out of the faucet in the kitchenette adjacent to Classroom C. Staff in Classroom D have to take children to the water fountain located in the hall way outside of the room to fill their water bottles. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation. LPA Pacheco observed exposed rusted toilet bolts, a broken sink in the bathroom used by children in Classroom D and a broken sprinkler pipe causing a muddy puddle in the outdoor play area used by Classroom A. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation. In Classroom A, LPA observed an apple that had been eaten and discarded into a trash can with no tight fitting lid that was accessible to children in care. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation. LPA observed two staff files that did not contain documentation of required immunizations against measles, pertussis and influenza or flu declination statement which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation. LPAs did not observe any staff files that contained documentation of a current AB 1207 Mandated Reporter certificare which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation. During file review, LPAs did not observe a current pediatric CPR card from either the American Red Cross, American Heart Association or EMSA vendor which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation. During file review, LPAs did not observe documentation of required units for Staff #1. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA observation. During a review of Director’s file, LPAs did not observe documentation of required educational background. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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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 500311278 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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