St. Luke Lutheran Preschool

905 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 · Sonoma County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 5, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

St. Luke Lutheran Preschool was a licensed child care center in Santa Rosa, CA, licensed for up to 48 children. Its license closed around June 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

1Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BOct 10, 2022Case management visit (deficiencies)Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)

Based on record review, the facility had one faucet (Site “N”) that exceeded that allowable levels of lead in the water (7.9 ppb). This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Children in care are receiving drinking water from individual water bottles from home that staff refill from faucet "G" inside the facility as needed.

Plan of correction due Oct 11, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity48 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceSep 8, 1975

ClosedJun 5, 2023

LicenseeSt Luke Lutheran Church

Last administratorJeanne Gerhardt

State facility #490101372

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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 490101372 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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