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California · Palo Alto · 94306

Acme Children's Center

4101 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306 · Santa Clara County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Aug 1, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Acme Children's Center was a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 90 children. Its license closed around August 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, 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
4Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)May 28, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundJan 16, 2025 · Inspection · no citationDec 7, 2023 · Inspection · no citationApr 18, 2023 · Inspection · no citationJul 20, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct1

Citations, newest first

Type BMay 28, 2025Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as statements from interviews and camera footage supported the allegation of staff handling a child roughly, which poses an potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 LPA determined the actions taken by facility are sufficient to clear the citation. LPA recommended for director to review what the Personal Rights of children and Mandated Reporter requirements are with all staff members.
Plan of correction due May 30, 2025

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedMay 28, 2025Complaint investigationreceived May 27, 2025
Substantiated allegation:
Personal Rights: Staff handled child roughly causing injury.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity90 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceOct 27, 2014
ClosedAug 1, 2025
LicenseeAcme Education Group, INC.
Last administratorLin, Yaling (Eileen)
State facility #434413136

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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 434413136 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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