St. John's Children Center · Preschool, Bakersfield
St. John's Children Center is a licensed child care center in Bakersfield, CA, licensed for up to 144 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (2 of 4). 2 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #91 of 122 centers in Bakersfield and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... This requirement was not met 1 Licensee will provide training to all staff on care and supervision requirements based on Title 22 regulations. An agenda, sign in sheet, and all training materials will be submitted to Community Care Licensing upon completion of the training by 10/08/2026. As evidenced that facility staff failed to ensure supervision when child #1 injured herself. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. In the Shooting Star classroom bathroom, LPA observed various boxes of school supplies on the floor next to the preschool toilet, 11 blue cots on the restroom floor, high wall shelves with various storage boxes, school supplies and miscellaneous plastic containers that are stack high, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations... This requirement was not met by: Based on documents reviewed and Interviews with staff and witness, it was 1 On December 18, 2024, Director, Cheri Mosley designated a dedicated isolation area for children with Illness located in a room next to the front desk where children will solely be supervised by a dedicated staff member adhering to Title 22 101226.2 Isolation for Illness. Director, Cheri agrees to also conduct an determined that staff allowed day care children with symptoms of illness to attend the facility and staff did not isolate ill day care children from well children. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. 8 informal training/discussion with her subordinate staff on the importance of quickly isolating ill children away from well children to assist in unnecessary exposure to other children in care. Director Cheri agrees to provide LPA with an outline of what was…
staff interview. A child was left unsupervised in a classroom. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. 8 submitted to the Fresno South Community Care Licensing (CCL) office by April 17, 2024.
Complaint investigations
Staff allow day care children with symptoms of illness to attend the facility.
Staff do not isolate ill day care child from other children.
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About this center
Common questions
Does St. John's Children Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has St. John's Children Center had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 10, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about St. John's Children Center?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does St. John's Children Center compare with other daycares in Bakersfield?
It is tied for #91 of 122 centers in Bakersfield by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was St. John's Children Center last inspected?
Nov 6, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does St. John's Children Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. John's Children Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Kern County, which includes Bakersfield, was $837 a month for preschoolers (about $1,060 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs St. John's Children Center?
The licensee is St. John's Lutheran Church Of Bakersfield, and the administrator listed with the state is Cheri Mosley.
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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 150408807 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.