St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant
St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 39 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 1990. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. The state issued 7 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #301 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 78% of California licensed centers.
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Based on observation, interview and record review, Caterpillars’ classroom was operating with a total of 30 infants and 13 staff (2 qualified teachers and 3 qualified aides). The 5 qualified staff present would allow for a ratio of 20 infants only. Remainder of staff present in Caterpillars’ classroom did not have ECE units and are not counted towards ratio. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risks to children in care. 8 LPA to conduct a follow up visit.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 6 staffs's records were missing a completed health screening report, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews and record review, C1 was fed an incorrect bottle that did not belong to C1. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 Proof of training that includes topics discussed, feeding protocols and signatures of the infant staff attending training is to be sent to LPA no later than
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff did not maintain a daily sleeping log for all napping infants, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in no enrolled children were properly signed into facility with authorized representatives' written signatures, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one water fixture tested for lead exceeded 5.5 ppb threshold, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above. 3 out of 10 children's (whom have attended program for at least 7 months) files did not have immunization records, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 7 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #301 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 78% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant last inspected?
Apr 29, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $2,084 a month for infants (about $2,630 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs St. Nicholas Day Care and Preschool-infant?
The licensee is St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Nermin Askandafi.
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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 380505725 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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