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California · Palo Alto · 94301

Downtown Children's Ctr

555 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 · Santa Clara County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Nov 8, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Downtown Children's Ctr was a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 24 children. Its license closed around November 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 5 times, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
1Type B citations
5Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Apr 14, 2025 · Inspection · no citationFeb 1, 2024 · Inspection · no citationOct 4, 2023 · Inspection · no citationSep 2, 2022 · Inspection · citation foundNov 4, 2021 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Health & medication1

Citations, newest first

Type BSep 2, 2022InspectionHealth & medication
Children's medical assessments §101220(a)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that one of the ten children's files checked did not contain the required Physicians Report which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Sep 30, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity24 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceOct 14, 1993
ClosedNov 8, 2025
LicenseePalo Alto Community Child Care
Last administratorHanh Higareda
State facility #430700018

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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 430700018 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.