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Growing Years Preschool

20320 Anita Ave, Castro Valley, CA 94546 · Alameda County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Apr 20, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Growing Years Preschool was a licensed child care center in Castro Valley, CA, licensed for up to 58 children. Its license closed around April 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 4 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations
3Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Mar 10, 2023 · Inspection · citation foundMay 11, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation foundMay 11, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision2
Building & playground safety1
Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type BMar 10, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one faucet tested with an Action Level Exceedance of lead which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Apr 10, 2023
Type AMay 11, 2022Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)
1) Director will submit a complete and descriptive diagram of the outside play yard, 2) Indicate on the diagram how staff will be positioned to supervise when children are at play outside, 3) Director and staff will watch the CCLD training video “Supervision of Children at a Day Care Center, Interviews and record review showed a preponderance of evidentiary statements that staff admit to not having witnessed three incidents and visual supervision was compromised in the area which the incident between two children in care took place. Which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 4) The director and staff are to submit a written and signed statement of acknowledgement that she understands the Title 22 regulation regarding the supervision of children. All forms will be submitted to LPA Uribe via scan and email to christina.uribe@dss.ca.gov no later than by 6:00pm on 05/12/2022.
Plan of correction due May 12, 2022
Type BMay 11, 2022Complaint investigationSupervision
Care and supervision §101229(f)
1) Director and staff will watch the CCLD training video “Child Care Reporting Requirements”, 2) Director will submit a signed acknowledgement statement of the responsibility of following the reporting requirements regulation and each staff member will sign and date, Interviews and record review showed a preponderance of evidentiary statements that staff admit to not having informed one or more unusual incidents that occurred to children in care to their parents which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 3) Director will submit signed statement to LPA Uribe via scan and email to christina.uribe@dss.ca.gov no later than the due date of 06/10/2022.
Plan of correction due Jun 10, 2022
Type BMay 11, 2022InspectionRecords & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)(C)
Based on interview & record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the facility did not rfollow the reporting requirements as three incidents took place between two children in care and it was not reported to the Department until after the thired incident which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 10, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedMay 11, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Feb 18, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Lack of supervision resulting in inappropriate sexual interaction between daycare children.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity58 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceFeb 1, 2019
ClosedApr 20, 2023
LicenseeGriffinfox, INC.
Last administratorShalimar Moniz
State facility #013422502

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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 013422502 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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