Primary School, The
Primary School, The was a licensed child care center in East Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 98 children. Its license closed around June 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 7 citations, 3 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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Based on interview and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as facility self reported that there was a child left alone outside the classroom transitioning from outdoor play, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Facility will email LPA Tapia-Mandujano a copy of the policies and/or procedures that was created for outsourced staff by Civil Penalties were assessed.
Based on interview and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as facility self reported that there was a child left alone inside the classroom during outdoor play, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Civil Penalties were assessed.
Based on interview and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as facility self reported that there was a child left alone inside the classroom during outdoor play, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 LPA recieved a copy of Action Plan with all staff members signatures and the Transition Plans for each classroom. Office Meeting may be scheduled for a later time.
101223(a)(1): Personal Rights: The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement was not met by: 1 LPA has provided a copy of personal right's regulations to ECE Dean Tajmah Martin. ECE Dean agrees that she will conduct an all staff training about Personal Right’s. Based on interviews and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as a staff use an inappropriate action to capture a childs’ attention which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Facility will have all staff review and acknowledge the written polices and procedure for Childrens personal Rights and send a copy of agenda and signed copies of each staff via email to LPA Tapia-Mandujano by 01/19/23.
Based on record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as the Lead testing was not done until April 12th, 2023 after the required due date of January 1st, 2023, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on results received from the certified water samplers, the facility exceeded 5.5 ppb of lead in their water source In classrooms #1, #2, and Staff Room. Once received, the facility took immediate and proper actions to remediate the fixtures. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Facility will provide the new test results to LPA no later than 11/20/2023.
Based on interview and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as facility self reported that there was a child left alone outside during transition back to the classroom from the outdoor play yard, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Facility will have all staff review and acknowledge the written polices and procedure for supervision and transitionin, and send a copy of signed copies of each staff via email to LPA Tapia-Mandujano by 11/03/23.
Complaint investigations
Staff used an inappropriate action to capture a child’s attention.
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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 414004812 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.