Tessellations Children's Center
Tessellations Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Cupertino, CA, licensed for up to 43 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2024. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. The state issued 9 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for records & paperwork (2 of 9). 2 citations came in the last 12 months, including 2 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #28 of 29 centers in Cupertino and has more citations per inspection than 97% of California licensed centers.
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Licensee Representative states that she will submit a written plan by 10/31/25 to ensure that there is a fully qualified teacher/s in the classroom to meet the teacher-child ratio requirement. LPA observed two teacher's aides supervising 19 children in Room 1. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
On 10/08/25, staff did not maintain a safe environment to children due to lack of supervision which resulted in serious bodily injury to a child (C1) in care. This posed an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care. 8 Since this violation resulted in a serious injury of a child, a civil penalty of $5,000 is hereby assessed.
LPAs observed that three staff members (S1, S2 & S3) do not have fingerprint clearances associated to the facility. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights to children in care. 8 Civil penalty of $300.00 was assessed.
There was lack of supervision when a child (C1) sustained an injury and no one among the staff observed how it happened. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Stephanie stated that she will purchase bottled water to be used for drinking and food preparation effective immediately. Stephanie stated that she will submit a written plan of correction by 03/07/25 and get all the eight outlets retested as soon as possible. Sinks "E", "G" and "H" had a result of greater than 5.5 pbb. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Based on record review, Staff #4 is missing immunizations in measles, pertussis and flu, Staff #8 is missing immunizations in pertussis and flu which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, Staff #3 and #7 are missing health screening report which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Licensee failed to report to Licensing an injury that occurred on 08/30/24 involving a daycare child (C1) who sustained an injury and 911 was contacted. This posed a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to persons in care.
In August 2024, a full wall was constructed separating the nap area to the activity area and installed permanent bunk beds for children to nap, however Licensing was not notified of the structural changes. This posed a potential risk to the health, safety and personal rights to children in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Tessellations Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Tessellations Children's Center had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 30, 2025, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Tessellations Children's Center compare with other daycares in Cupertino?
It is #28 of 29 centers in Cupertino by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 97% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Tessellations Children's Center last inspected?
Aug 20, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Tessellations Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Tessellations Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Cupertino, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Tessellations Children's Center?
The licensee is Tessellations, and the administrator listed with the state is Matt Linden.
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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 434417135 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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