Saratoga French Cultural Preschool · Preschool, Saratoga

12850 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 · Santa Clara County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 5, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Saratoga French Cultural Preschool was a licensed child care center in Saratoga, CA, licensed for up to 45 children. Its license closed around May 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 2 complaints (1 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1 Type A citations

1 Type B citations

2 Inspections

1 of 2 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Caregiver conduct 1

Background checks 1

Citations, newest first

Type B May 24, 2023 Case management visit (other) Caregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)(2)

BY

Plan of correction due Jun 2, 2023

Type A Apr 27, 2023 Complaint investigation Background checks

Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)

Based on interviews and LPAs observation, S1 has been allowed to work in the facility prior to obtaining criminal record clearance. This presents an immediate risk to health and safety of the children in care. 8 Civil penalty of $500 was assessed.

Plan of correction due Apr 28, 2023

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated May 24, 2023 Complaint investigation received Apr 24, 2023

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

Substantiated Apr 27, 2023 Complaint investigation received Apr 24, 2023

Substantiated allegation:

Uncleared adult on the premises.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 45 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Jan 7, 2015

Closed May 5, 2025

Licensee Nadia Bougachouch

Last administrator Nadia Bougachouch

State facility # 434414131

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Saratoga French Cultural Preschool
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups) · Licensed Too few inspections to compare

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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 434414131 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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