Chandler Tripp Head Start

780 Thornton Way, San Jose, CA 95128 · Santa Clara County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 16, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Chandler Tripp Head Start was a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 40 children. Its license closed around June 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

3Type B citations

1Inspections

1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision1

Staff ratios1

Building & playground safety1

Citations, newest first

Type BOct 29, 2024Case management visit (incident)Supervision

Care and supervision §101229(a)(2)

On 10/23/24, a child (C1) requiring milk substitutions consumed milk that was on the table when the staff (S1) got up to redirect another child who was climbing on furniture. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.

Plan of correction due Nov 1, 2024

Type BSep 20, 2023Complaint investigationStaff ratios

Capacity limits §101161(a)

there are two non-ambulatory children who are currently enrolled and attending the preschool program and the facility is only licensed for ambulatory children. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.

Plan of correction due Sep 22, 2023

Type BOct 25, 2022Case management visit (other)Building & playground safety

Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)

Based on record review, the Lead Sampling Report in three (3) identified faucets: A, E, & I have elevated lead above 5.5 ppb. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.

Plan of correction due Nov 28, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedSep 20, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Sep 12, 2023

Substantiated allegation:

Facility is operating beyond the scope of its license.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity40 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceMar 13, 1989

ClosedJun 16, 2025

LicenseeSanta Clara County Office Of Education

Last administratorVicki Tafoya

State facility #430706092

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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 430706092 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.