Building Kidz El Dorado Hills
5041 Robert J Matthews Prky200, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 · El Dorado County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Sep 13, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Building Kidz El Dorado Hills was a licensed child care center in El Dorado Hills, CA, licensed for up to 48 children. Its license closed around September 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times and investigated 4 complaints, 4 substantiated, and issued 7 citations, 4 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
4Type A citations
3Type B citations
0Inspections
4 of 4Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Staff ratios3
Records & paperwork2
Caregiver conduct1
Supervision1
Citations, newest first
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on interviews, the facility did not comply with the above regulation as staff cared for more than the alloted amount of children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 27, 2022
Capacity limits §101161(a)
children being allowed to commingle in both the preschool and the infant spaces. Children in under the infant license are allowed to play in the preschool indoor playground which is beyond the scope of their license. Sometimes children belonging to the preschool are dropped off in the infant center at times.
Plan of correction due Jul 27, 2022
Type BJul 26, 2022Complaint investigationRecords & paperwork
Admission procedures and parents' rights §101218.1
several interviewees stating that the Licensee does not allow the parents to enter the building and by LPAs observation of the front door being locked, serving as a barrier to entry. 8 Request Denied
Plan of correction due Aug 9, 2022
Type BJul 26, 2022Complaint investigationRecords & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)
the licensee not submitting verbal or written notification of several unusual incidents reports to the Regional Office.
Plan of correction due Aug 9, 2022
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on interviews, the facility did not comply with the above regulation as there were multiple occassions where one teacher was supervising more than twelve children, which poses a Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 14, 2022
Type BJul 13, 2022Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
through the interviews, it was found that a child's shoes were being taped to his socks. This poses an potentional health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 27, 2022
Type AApr 15, 2022Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement has not been met as evidence: Child#1 escaped from their classroom and went to 1 The teacher in charge of the class the child escaped from no longer works at the facility. Civil penalty in the amount of $500.00 is assessed for absence of supervision. LPA cleared the deficiency. the facility office. The facility office leads to the parking lot. This is considered as an immediate risk to the children in care. 8
Plan of correction due Apr 16, 2022
Complaint investigations
SubstantiatedJul 26, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Jul 20, 2022
Substantiated allegations:
Facility operating out of ratio
Reporting Requirements not met
Commingling of children from different licenses
Parents not being allowed to enter the facility
4 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedJul 13, 2022Complaint investigationreceived May 24, 2022
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedJul 13, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Jul 8, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Staff are taping one child's shoes to their socks
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedApr 15, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Mar 25, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Child found alone in office without supervison
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
About this center
Licensed capacity48 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceDec 18, 2019
ClosedSep 13, 2023
LicenseeBuccola Investments INC
Last administratorShelby Kunis
State facility #093623367
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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 093623367 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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