Kinderwood Preschool · Infant Center, San Jose
Kinderwood Preschool is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 7 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 7 citations, 4 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (3 of 7). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #192 of 201 centers in San Jose and has more citations per inspection than 98% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews and record review, infants were supervised by unqualified staff which posed a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
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Licensee will submit to LPA Cruz a proof of in-service training conducted to staff regarding Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision on Infants / Biting Policy and Prevention. Licensee will also submit to LPA a written plan of action indicating what steps will be implemented to ensure that infant biting incident can be prevented by
Licensee will submit to LPA Cruz a plan of correction of facility policies that has clear guidelines for reasons of termination or disenrollment of child from daycare by
Based on observation, record reviews and interviews, Licensee did not comply with section cited above. S1 who was providing care to children enrolled did not obtain criminal record and child abuse index clearances prior to working in the facility. This poses an immediate threat to health and safety of children in care. 8 The Licensee will submit a written statement to the Department by 06/30/23 indicating that they understand that all adult(s) must obtain the required criminal record and child abuse index clearances prior to working or residing in the home.
Complaint investigations
Staff does not ensure facility is operating in ratio.
Staff does not ensure other staff are qualified to care and supervise daycare children.
Staff are commingling daycare children.
Staff are not supervising children at all times.
Staff are retaliating against child because parent filed a complaint
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Common questions
Does Kinderwood Preschool take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Kinderwood Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 4 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Dec 26, 2024, for staff-infant ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kinderwood Preschool?
California investigated 7 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kinderwood Preschool compare with other daycares in San Jose?
It is tied for #192 of 201 centers in San Jose by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 98% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Kinderwood Preschool last inspected?
Jun 3, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kinderwood Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kinderwood Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kinderwood Preschool?
The licensee is Kinderwood Preschool INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Fernanda Vargas.
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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 434417052 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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