KCE Champions LLC @ Rod Kelley Elementary
KCE Champions LLC @ Rod Kelley Elementary was a licensed child care center in Gilroy, CA, licensed for up to 64 children. Its license closed around June 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 6 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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BasBy POC 02/02/2023, Director will submit written plan outlining how children will be signed on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 15 out of 29 persons, 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, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. S-1 completed courses through CDA and is in the process of obtaining CDA crential.
The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 By POC 10/07/2022, Site Director will conduct training with staff regarding discipline policy and personal rights. Director will send proof of Based on interviews, staff yell at children in care, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 training and the list of staff who attend the training to Licensing.
All play equipment and materials used by children shall be age-appropriate. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 Site Director removed party snaps as a prize for children. By 10/07/2022, Site Director will send statement that all Based on interview and observation, staff gave children party snaps, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 toys given to children are not hazardous to children.
The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. 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. This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 By POC 10/07/2022, Site Director will conduct training with staff about ensuring that children are supervised at all time and submit a list of staff Based on observation, LPA observed that children were placing their backpacks by the shelves at the back of the library. Staff were not able to visual observe children going there, which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 who attend the training.
All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f) or This requirement is not met as evident by: 1 By POC 07/27/2022, Site Director stated that she will submit transfer request and understands that S-1 cannot work until her fingerprints are transferred. Based on record review, S-1's fingerprints were not transferred to facility number, which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety to the children in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Staff did not prevent day care children from having access to hazardous item
Staff yell at day care children
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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 434415372 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.