The Wonder Years Preschool, INC. · Palo Alto
The Wonder Years Preschool, INC. was a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 84 children. Its license closed around April 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 4 times, investigated 1 complaint (1 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 3 of 10 children's files reviewed by LPA did not have proof of immunization, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Director will hold a staff meeting discussing the policies that will be put in place to ensure personal rights of children are not violated. Staff will watch a video on the CCLD website titled: Children's Personal Rights and formulate a plan on how to redirect children without violating personal rights. This requirement is not met as evidenced by a staff member handled a child in a rough manner which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8 The plan of correction is for Director to submit a list of signatures of all staff who attended the meeting and a meeting agenda. These documents must be submitted to LPA via email no later than 11/14/2022 at Lorraine.Dacanay-Breaux@dss.ca.gov
Complaint investigations
Personal Rights - Day Care sustained unexplained injuries while in care
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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 434408027 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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