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World of Discovery Preschool

13200 Shadow Mountain Drive, Saratoga, CA 95070 · Santa Clara County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jun 7, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

World of Discovery Preschool was a licensed child care center in Saratoga, CA, licensed for up to 60 children. Its license closed around June 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice, investigated 2 complaints (2 substantiated) and issued 6 citations, 2 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

2 Type A citations
4 Type B citations
2 Inspections
2 of 2 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Apr 30, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Apr 30, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Feb 8, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Sep 19, 2022 · Inspection · no citation Nov 3, 2021 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios 1
Background checks 1
Other standards 1
Supervision 1
Building & playground safety 1
Records & paperwork 1

Citations, newest first

Type A Apr 30, 2024 Complaint investigation Staff ratios
Teacher-child ratio §101216.3(a)
Based on record reviews, on 04/23/2024 and 04/24/2024, there were 16 children signed in, but only one staff signed in at the time. S-1 only completed 12 quarter units and was left alone with the children. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due May 1, 2024
Type A Apr 30, 2024 Case management visit (other) Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(1)
Based on record review, S-1 and S-2 were fingerprint on a different database and do not have cleared criminal record clearance on the Community Care Licensing database. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. 8 Director understands that S-1 and S-2 cannot return until their fingerprints are cleared and associated to facility.
Plan of correction due May 1, 2024
Type B Apr 30, 2024 Complaint investigation Other standards
Telephones §101224(a)
Based on interview, the center did not have a working phone on 04/19/2024. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due May 1, 2024
Type B Apr 30, 2024 Case management visit (other) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
Based on observation, at 10:35AM, a child went to the restroom. There were staff in the room; however, they were not positioned where they can visually supervise the child in the restroom. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due May 7, 2024
Type B Feb 8, 2024 Complaint investigation Building & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
Based on observation, and interviews conducted, Licensee did not comply with the section cited above. During investigation, it was discovered there was broken/cracked toys, wood planters that can cause splinters, wooden bench around tree that is broken with nails sticking out and sharp corners, which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors.
Plan of correction due Feb 12, 2024
Type B Feb 8, 2024 Case management visit (deficiencies) Records & paperwork
Reporting requirements §101212(d)
LPA referred Licensee to Title 22 section 101212 (d) Reporting Requirements. Licensee to read section and submit a written statement stating they read and understand the regulation, by POC date 2/12/2024. Licensee failed to report an unsual incident report as required that occured on 10/10/2024 were child (C-1) hurt staff (S-1). This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 12, 2024

Complaint investigations

Substantiated Apr 30, 2024 Complaint investigation received Apr 23, 2024
Substantiated allegations:
Facility failed to have a working phone
Facility failed to maintain ratio
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Substantiated Feb 8, 2024 Complaint investigation received Dec 18, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Staff do not keep the facility free of hazardous items.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity 60 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Sep 28, 2012
Closed Jun 7, 2024
Licensee Los Gatos Saratoga Community Education & Recreatio
Last administrator Teri Fogarty
State facility # 434411409

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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 434411409 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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