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Building Kidz Palo Alto · Preschool, Palo Alto

415 Lambert Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 · Santa Clara County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jul 31, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Building Kidz Palo Alto was a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 96 children. Its license closed around July 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 4 times, investigated 5 complaints (4 substantiated) and issued 10 citations, 3 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

3 Type A citations
7 Type B citations
4 Inspections
4 of 5 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Mar 26, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Mar 5, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 5, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Jan 9, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Aug 1, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citation Jul 19, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Jul 19, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found May 9, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Oct 3, 2023 · Inspection · no citation Jul 6, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation May 10, 2023 · Inspection · citation found Apr 22, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found Nov 1, 2021 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 2
Building & playground safety 2
Training & qualifications 2
Staff ratios 1
Caregiver conduct 1
Records & paperwork 1
Health & medication 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Mar 5, 2025 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
101229(a)(1)Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision:(a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (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 1 The director shall submit a written plan to the Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) outlining how the facility and staff will always ensure the complete supervision of all children in care. The director shall also conduct in-house training on care and supervision, provide a copy to all staff members, and have them sign the plan. The facility shall have staff watch the "Supervising Children in Child Care Centers" video at ccld.childcarevideos.org, obtain a written statement from each staff member outlining their understanding, and submit it to the Community Care Licensing Division by POC date. Based on the interview and record review, the facility did not comly with the section cited above.C1 left the building and was brought back in…
Plan of correction due Mar 6, 2025
Type A Feb 5, 2025 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on LPA observations and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as a child was left unsupervised in the classroom, which posed an immediate threat to the health and safety of the child in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 6, 2025
Type B Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation Building & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)(1)
Based on observations and interviews, the director did not comply with the section cited above as ants were observed to be present near the refrigerator where food is kept and in one (1) cubby, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type B Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation Staff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on observations and interviews, the director did not comply with the section cited above as 1 classroom did not have a fully qualified teacher, which poses a potential health and safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jul 19, 2024
Type B May 9, 2024 Complaint investigation Building & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)(1)
101238 Buildings and Grounds (a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety... 1 The facility representative will submit a written plan of correction with methods and procedures to prevent pest infestation to LPA by 5/23/24 due date via email Based on the LPA obersavations, staff reporting party and parent interviews, the condition of the facility indicates that the facility failed to be free from pest. This requirement was not met as evidence. This poses an immediate risk to the Health, Safety and personal rights 8 The facility representative shall conduct and document a staff meeting and or training on the facility safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations. The facility representative shall forward a copies to LPA by 5/23/24.
Plan of correction due May 23, 2024
Type B May 10, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on observation and (record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.LPA observed one staff members with a expired mandated reporter training certificate, director stated that Staff forgot to update mandated reporter training.
Plan of correction due May 15, 2023
Type A Apr 22, 2022 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Based on review of security camera footage, a staff member had pulled on a child's arm, accidentally causing a dislocated or "nursemaid's" elbow. 8 Failure to correct by the
Plan of correction due May 6, 2022
Type B Nov 1, 2021 Inspection Training & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on record review of S2, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which person poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 11, 2021
Type B Nov 1, 2021 Inspection Records & paperwork
Children's records §101221(b)(7)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in identifiers which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 5, 2021
Type B Nov 1, 2021 Inspection Health & medication
Health-related services §101226(e)(2)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in objects which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 16, 2021

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation received Jun 25, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Physical Plant: Facility staff are not keeping the facility free of pests.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Substantiated Jul 19, 2024 Complaint investigation received Jun 25, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Ratio: Facility staff are out of ratio.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Substantiated May 9, 2024 Complaint investigation received Mar 13, 2024
Substantiated allegation:
Staff do not ensure that the facility is free of pests.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiated Jul 6, 2023 Complaint investigation received May 30, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Substantiated Apr 22, 2022 Complaint investigation received Apr 13, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Staff pulled on child's arm resulting in injury.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 96 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Sep 10, 2019
Closed Jul 31, 2025
Licensee Ap Venture LLC
Last administrator Cathy Bui
State facility # 435700718

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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 435700718 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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