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Swings and Wings-little Butterflies

2307 Blanding Avenue, Suite E, Alameda, CA 94501 · Alameda County
Child care center (preschool)

Swings and Wings-little Butterflies is a licensed child care center in Alameda, CA, licensed for up to 15 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2020. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 4 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for training & qualifications (2 of 4). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #30 of 32 centers in Alameda and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 92% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. Among the most cited
Tied for #30 of 32 centers in Alameda
2 Type A citations
2 Type B citations
2 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated
4 citations from 6 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Jan 16, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Jan 29, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Jan 27, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citation Jan 27, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Jan 16, 2025 · Inspection · citation found Aug 15, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation Sep 22, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 2
Building & playground safety 1
Staff ratios 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Jan 27, 2025 Case management visit (deficiencies) Building & playground safety
Fire Clearance §101171(a)
LPA’s observed the preschool classroom operating in an unlicensed area that does not have a fire clearance which poses an immediate risk to children in care. 8 Failure to correct will result in a $100 per day civil penalty until corrected. Repeat violations are $250 per violation and $100 per day until corrected.
Plan of correction due Jan 28, 2025
Type A Jan 27, 2025 Case management visit (deficiencies) Staff ratios
Capacity limits §101161(a)
LPAs observed a drop-in play center open to the public operating in the licensed facility during preschool operating hours. This poses an immediate risk to children in care. 8 Failure to correct will result in a $100 per day civil penalty until corrected. Repeat violations are $250 per violation and $100 per day until corrected.
Plan of correction due Jan 28, 2025
Type B Jan 16, 2025 Inspection Training & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on interview record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that 2 out of 2 staff did not have a current mandated reporter certificate available for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 30, 2025
Type B Jan 16, 2025 Inspection Training & qualifications
Director qualifications and duties §101215.1(b)
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that acting director did not have proof of Supervisory units as a fully qualified Director which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Jan 30, 2025

About this center

Licensed capacity 15 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Sep 22, 2020
Licensee Swings And Wings, LLC
Administrator Sadiya Kazi-koya
Phone (510) 747-9740
State facility # 013423100
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Common questions

Does Swings and Wings-little Butterflies take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Swings and Wings-little Butterflies had any serious violations?

California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jan 27, 2025, for fire clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.

How does Swings and Wings-little Butterflies compare with other daycares in Alameda?

It is tied for #30 of 32 centers in Alameda by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 92% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Swings and Wings-little Butterflies last inspected?

Jan 16, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.

How much does Swings and Wings-little Butterflies cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Swings and Wings-little Butterflies for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Alameda County, which includes Alameda, was $1,547 a month for preschoolers (about $1,950 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Swings and Wings-little Butterflies?

The licensee is Swings And Wings, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Sadiya Kazi-koya.

Licensed centers nearby

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 013423100 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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