Shining Stars Preschool and Child Care Center

244 Morello Park Dr., Martinez, CA 94553 · Contra Costa County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 6, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Shining Stars Preschool and Child Care Center was a licensed child care center in Martinez, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around June 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once and issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

1 Inspections

0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 2

Citations, newest first

Type B Dec 4, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. BOTH STAFF MEMBERS' (Director and Teacher) MANDATED REPORTER CERTIFICATES HAVE EXPIRED (2020).

Plan of correction due Dec 18, 2023

Type B Dec 4, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications

Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(f)

Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. TODAY STAFF'S CPR & 1ST AID CARDS ARE EXPIRED (8/2023)

Plan of correction due Jan 4, 2024

About this center

Licensed capacity 24 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Sep 30, 2016

Closed Jun 6, 2024

Licensee John McClearnen

Last administrator John McClearnen

State facility # 073408216

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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 073408216 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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