Kidango Arbuckle
Kidango Arbuckle was a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 60 children. Its license closed around July 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 4 complaints, 3 substantiated, and issued 5 citations, 3 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Licensee to provide a plan of correction by the
Director shall submit a written plan of correction by 11/12/2025 due date on how she will ensure that each child is accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff, and to ensure that their personal rights will not be violated at this facility. S1 was observed by different witnesses yelling at children, including C1, on several occasions. Such conduct failed to ensure that children were treated with dignity in their personal relationships with staff, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8 Director shall provide training to staff regarding methods and techniques to use to communicate with the children. Director shall forward a copy of the training agenda and minutes to LPA by 11/17/2025.
An infant was left alone on the floor in an area containing cribs within Classroom 206 on 10/29/2025, which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. 8 Upon receipt, Director shall post this report and provide copies of this licensing report, have LIC 9224 signed and kept on file, to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. According to AB 633, parents must be provided with this report which contains this Type A deficiency for the next 12 months & copy of the signed acknowledgment form must be kept in each child's file.
101238 (a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, ... at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees ... (1) The licensee shall take measures to keep the center free of flies, other insects, and rodents. 1 Director has agreed to submit a written plan outlining how the facility will be proactive in safeguarding against pests or insects and ensuring the facility is clean, safe and sanitary at all times. This requirement was not met by evidenced of direct observations and documented work orders to address the presence of fleas in the facility. This presents a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 The plan wil be submitted to the Department by the
A child was left unattended left unattended in a room (or a large closet) within Classroom 166 on 06/05/2025. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. 8 Upon receipt, Director shall post this report and provide copies of this licensing report, have LIC 9224 signed and kept on file, to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. According to AB 633, parents must be provided with this report which contains this Type A deficiency for the next 12 months & copy of the signed acknowledgment form must be kept in each child's file.
Complaint investigations
Staff did not maintain the facility free of pests, resulting in the child sustaining bites
Staff yell at daycare children.
Staff did not ensure the facility was kept free of pests
About this center
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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 434417196 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.