Sonshine Christian Preschool

500 Buena Vista Drive, Merced, CA 95348 · Merced County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 29, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Sonshine Christian Preschool was a licensed child care center in Merced, CA, licensed for up to 28 children. Its license closed around June 2024. Since February 2021, the state visited it 3 times, investigated 1 complaint (0 substantiated) and issued no citations. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

0 Type B citations

0 Inspections

0 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

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

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Oct 20, 2022 Complaint investigation received Aug 29, 2022

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity 28 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Jul 20, 2009

Closed Jun 29, 2024

Licensee First Baptist Church Of Merced

Last administrator Kenzie Vincelette

State facility # 243808538

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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 243808538 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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