Building Kidz Palo Alto · Preschool, Palo Alto
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
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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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Complaint investigations
Physical Plant: Facility staff are not keeping the facility free of pests.
Ratio: Facility staff are out of ratio.
Staff do not ensure that the facility is free of pests.
Staff pulled on child's arm resulting in injury.
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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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