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Old Adobe School

252 West Spain Street, Sonoma, CA 95476 · Sonoma County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Oct 8, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Old Adobe School was a licensed child care center in Sonoma, CA, licensed for up to 45 children. Its license closed around October 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 substantiated, and issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

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

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationSep 19, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation foundJun 1, 2023 · Inspection · no citationMay 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundDec 8, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationJun 27, 2022 · Inspection · no citationMar 30, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationMar 22, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Health & medication2
Staff ratios1
Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type ASep 19, 2024Case management visit (deficiencies)Health & medication
Health and Safety for Day Care Centers §1596.99(c)(3)
On 09/10/2024, C1 was left unattended in a classroom for roughly 5 minutes resulting in an absence of supervision, which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care. D1 will email LPA signed staff acknowledgements of understanding supervision at melinda.mohr@dss.ca.gov
Plan of correction due Sep 19, 2024
Type BSep 19, 2024Case management visit (deficiencies)Staff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on observation there was one teacher supervising 15 children.
Plan of correction due Sep 20, 2024
Type BMay 15, 2023Case management visit (incident)Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)(1)
Based on interviews and records the facility did not notify CCL by the next working day. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 15, 2023
Type AMar 22, 2022Complaint investigationHealth & medication
Health and Safety for Day Care Centers §1596.99(c)(3)
Director self reporting elopement and acknowledging that child C1 left the center without supervision. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care. A Civil Penalty will be issued. Reports citing Type A violations are to be provided to parents/guardians of children currently enrolled and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next twelve months. Parents/guardians must sign form LIC9224 to be kept in each child’s file. 8 kevin.oconnell@dss.ca.gov
Plan of correction due Mar 23, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedMar 22, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Mar 14, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Day care child was able to leave the facility unsupervised.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity45 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceFeb 13, 1989
ClosedOct 8, 2024
LicenseeOld Adobe School
Last administratorKathleen Penly
State facility #490109162

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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 490109162 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.