City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool
City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool is a licensed child care center in Menlo Park, CA, licensed for up to 72 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #24 of 27 centers in Menlo Park and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 4 children who were below 24 months did not have infant sleeping logs conducted nor completed which 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 5 sign in sheets were missing signatures throughout the month which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on results received from the certified water samplers, the facility exceeded 5.5 ppb of lead in their water source in faucets A, G, and H. This pose a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 The facility will notify LPA of the retest results by set due date.
Based on interviews, Observations, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as there is an individual who is not fringerprint cleared, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Director sent individual to go get fingerprinted as LPA was still in the facility. Civil penalties were assessed.
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Common questions
Does City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 12, 2024, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool compare with other daycares in Menlo Park?
It is tied for #24 of 27 centers in Menlo Park by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool last inspected?
Feb 9, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Mateo County, which includes Menlo Park, was $1,619 a month for preschoolers (about $2,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs City of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Ctr-preschool?
The licensee is City Of Menlo Park-menlo Children's Center, and the administrator listed with the state is Sheriann Chaw.
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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 414002020 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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