Starlight Preschool Center
Starlight Preschool Center was a licensed child care center in Watsonville, CA, licensed for up to 40 children. Its license closed around December 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times, and issued 6 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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The facility has made the faucet inaccessible to children and stopped using water from it. Teacher Directorr Leslie states that 21 day flush shall be completed 10/2/25 and retesting on 10/3/25. After water testing was completed, the facility had one faucet (A) located in the kitchen sink with an Action Level Exceedance of 6.1 8 The faclity will submit lead water testing results for faucet "A" once completed to LPA via email by 10/17/25
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the Department was not updated with current Teacher-Director at the facility, which poses 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 no documents were submitted to the Department following water lead testing at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
The facility has already made a plan of correction and has updated the diaper changing chart to include the names of the children who need diaper changes, teacher responsible for changing, and the number of times the child has been changed. The Licensee did not provide safe and healthful accommodations for a child who was sent home with a soaked diaper, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8 Plan of correction has already been completed for the facility and diaper changing chart is now being utilized. Deficiency has been cleared.
Licensee did not follow reporting requirements for communicable diseases (COVID), temporary closures, and change in Site Director, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of the children in care. 1 Licensee will submit UIR for all positive COVID cases and temporary closures at this facility by 5/13/2022. Site Director qualifications will be submitted to the Department for review by 5/13/2022.
cleaning solution bottle was left outside accessible to children and one child was sprayed with diluted bleach solution. 1 Licensee removed cleaning solution that was accessible to children and placed back into inaccessible location. Documentation of how cleaning products will be kept inaccesible to children in the future to be submitted to Department by 5/13/2022.
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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 440710612 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.