Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school
Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school is a licensed child care center in Whittier, CA, licensed for up to 64 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #26 of 49 centers in Whittier and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 5 of 5 staff files reviewed that were mising current Mandated Reporter Training Certificates which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 5 of 5 staff files reviewed that did not have Pediatric CPR/1st aid with EMSA stickers. No one at the facility is Pediatric 1st Aid/CPR trained with a card that has EMSA stickers, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 2 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school compare with other daycares in Whittier?
It is tied for #26 of 49 centers in Whittier by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school last inspected?
Feb 11, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Whittier, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Shepherd of The Hills Pre-school?
The licensee is Shepherd Of The Hills Lutheran Church Of Whitter, and the administrator listed with the state is Linda Moreno.
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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 191502242 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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