Safari Kid Menlo Park
Safari Kid Menlo Park is a licensed child care center in Menlo Park, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2018. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #17 of 27 centers in Menlo Park and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews with staff and documents reviewed it was found that S3 has been left on site with children without any other staff present. S3 has 6 units complete and is in process fro the remainder of units required. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on interviews and documents reviewed S3 was left alone at facility with expired CPR training. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children enrolled.
Complaint investigations
Staff does not meet the qualifications to care and supervise day care children.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Safari Kid Menlo Park take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Safari Kid Menlo Park had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 23, 2024, for teacher qualifications and duties. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Safari Kid Menlo Park?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Safari Kid Menlo Park compare with other daycares in Menlo Park?
It is tied for #17 of 27 centers in Menlo Park by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Safari Kid Menlo Park last inspected?
Jul 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Safari Kid Menlo Park cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Safari Kid Menlo Park for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Mateo County, which includes Menlo Park, was $1,619 a month for preschoolers (about $2,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Safari Kid Menlo Park?
The licensee is Snsd Holdings, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Sandhya Menon.
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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 414004526 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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