The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA
The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA is a certified child care center in Mechanicsburg, PA, with capacity for 97 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 1 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it twice. The state cited 7 violations, none of them core-safety, most often for emergency preparedness (3 of 7). All 7 came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #18 of 29 centers in Mechanicsburg and has fewer citations per inspection than 59% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
Inspection record
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The facility's emergency plan parent letter does not provide a method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises.
The facility's emergency plan and emergency plan parent letter does not provide a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children.
It was observed that a closed, plastic-lined trash can was not present in the Twaddler and Infant A classrooms.
The director or designated staff person does not document a hypothetical location of the fire on the fire safety log.
The director or designated person does not have documentation of fire system testing to have occurred every 30 days.
The service agreements for children 1-6 do not specify the services which are to be considered as extra.
The emergency contact for child #6 does not include the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.
“Core safety” marks citations about supervision and staff ratios, discipline and caregiver conduct, background checks, child protection and safe sleep, the topics our score weights most. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity. “Follow-up” marks a violation re-cited at a follow-up visit, counted once. How scores work.
About this center
Common questions
Has The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA had any serious violations?
No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021. It has 7 other citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 1, effective Jun 18, 2026. Keystone STARS is Pennsylvania’s quality rating program for child care, from STAR 1 to STAR 4. It measures program quality, not inspection results, so read both.
How does The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA compare with other daycares in Mechanicsburg?
It is #18 of 29 centers in Mechanicsburg by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 59% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA last inspected?
Apr 23, 2026 (renewal). The state cited at least one violation during that visit.
Who runs The Learning Experience Mechanicsburg PA?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Star Kids Learning LLC.
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Citations are quoted from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services inspection records (Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Bureau of Certification Services), including each finding and the center’s plan of correction. Rule numbers refer mostly to 55 Pa. Code Chapter 3270, the rules for child care centers; a few cite Chapter 20, which covers every certified facility. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; the “core safety” label and the score are Daycare Record’s.
To check the state’s own record, search the center’s name on COMPASS Child Care Provider Search and open its inspection history. Data refreshed Oct 16, 2026.
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