101239(o)(1) · Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies (o) Playground equipment shall be securely anchored to the ground unless it is portable by design. (1)Equipment shall be maintained in a safe condition, free of sharp, loose or pointed parts.

Center Director Del Calvo stated that as an interim safety measure, the center will restrict access to the play structure by using tape to seal off the climbing areas/stairs and notifying staff not to use that area. Based on the LPA's observation on 11/14/25 and 11/20/25, the LPA observed observed that the facility’s Little Tikes plastic play structure was not in safe operating condition. The LPA noted that a metal cylindrical pin,approximately four feet in length, which is intended to secure a section of the play structure’s interlocking plastic panels to the frame, had become loose. Additionally, the LPA observed that the plastic pyramid-shaped roof component of the play structure was no longer securely attached to the metal frame. This poses an immediate health, safety and/or personal rights risk(s) to children in care. The Director stated she will work with the District Manager to take action on replacing the play structure. The Director shall submit a plan in writing to the LPA by end of day 11/21/25 indicating how the facility and KinderCare plans to bring the play structure back into compliance and shall notify the LPA once work has begun on the play structure. Melchisedeck Augustin NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM MANAGER: Yang Yang NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST: LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST SIGNATURE: DATE: 11/20/2025 I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.

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101238.2(d)(1) · Outdoor Activity Space (d)The surface of the outdoor activity space shall be maintained: (1) In a safe condition for the activities planned.

Center Director Del Calvo stated she will work with the District Manager to take action on repairing or replacing the sunken area(s) in the facility's main play yard and submit proof to the LPA by 12/05/25. Based on the LPA's observations on 11/14/25 and 11/20/25, the LPA observed an area of lawn immediately next to the concrete play area/tricycle track that is uneven and sunken compared to the surrounding ground. In some spots, the dirt has sunk approximately eight inches, creating a tripping hazard for children and staff. This poses a potential health, safety and/or personal rights risk(s) to children in care. Melchisedeck Augustin NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM MANAGER: Yang Yang NAME OF LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST: LICENSING PROGRAM ANALYST SIGNATURE: DATE: 11/20/2025 I acknowledge receipt of this form and understand my appeal rights as explained and received.

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101226.2(a) · Isolation for Illness. A center shall be equipped to isolate and care for any child who becomes ill during the day.

During the initial investigation visit on June 20, 2025, Former Director Richardson created an isolation area in the main office for sick children awaiting pick up by their authorized representative. The facility's current director, Nicole Del Calvo stated that she will submit to the LPA an updated facility illness policy outlining its policies and procedures for dealing with sick children at the center. Based on interviews conducted with facility staff S1 through S15 during the investigation, it was corroborated that on numerous occasions, sick children remained in their classrooms with symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, vomiting, or signs of hand, foot, and mouth disease including mouth sores and rashes on the hands and feet while awaiting pick up. Former Director Richardson admitted that the facility did not have an isolation area set up for sick children. This poses a potential risk to the children in care.

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101226(a) · Health-Related Services. The licensee shall immediately notify the child's authorized representative if the child becomes ill or sustains an injury more serious than a minor cut or scratch. The licensee shall obtain specific instructions from the authorized representative regarding action to be taken.

Director Nicole Del Calvo stated that she will provide training to all preschool staff members regarding injury reporting procedures, follow-up actions, and incident/injury report writing. Director Del Calvo stated that she will submit proof of training including attendance sheet and topics covered to CCLD by August 31,2025. Based on the interviews conducted by the LPA and former center director, Kylie Richardson’s own admission on June 20, 2025, it was corroborated that the facility did not notify child C1's authorized representative of their concerns regarding a suspected head injury in a timely manner. It was corroborated through interviews that child C1 was struck on the back of the head by another child with a metal water bottle, resulting in a bump. It was further corroborated through interviews that C1’s authorized representative was not notified until pick up time that day. This posed a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.

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101223(a)(3) · The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning.

Based on information obtained through interviews, the center director's own admission, and documents obtained during the investigation, it was corroborated that children's personal rights were violated while at this facility This deficiency has been cleared. The center director, Alexandria Pepper stated that on 10/09/23 all staff watched the Children's Personal Rights in Care video on the ccld.ca.gov website and reviewed and discussed the written regulation cited above during their all staff meeting on 10/09/23. A sign in sheet with staff names and signatures to verify training was submitted to the LPA via email on 10/09/23. Specifically, it was corroborated through interviews that S5 and S8 have made inappropriate statements to children regarding their appearance and/or personal hygiene. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to the children in care.

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101229(a)(1) · Care and Supervision. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation.

based on the center director's admission on 08/17/23 and the unusual incident report (UIR) submitted to CCLD on 08/08/23, on 08/07/23 at approximately 05:00pm, child C1 and C2 were left without supervision of a teacher for approximately two minutes while on the center's main playground before being reunited with their class.This presents a potential threat to the health and safety of children in care The center director stated that the center will be conducting a mandatory professional development day training on 09/06/23 for all staff in order to provide additional training to staff on providing care and supervision to children and completing CSR checks and transitions. The center director stated that she will submit a summary of the training along with proof of attendance to the LPA by 09/08/23. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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101700.3(b)(1) · 101700.3(b)(1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance.

LPA observed that the facility has temporarily removed the affected faucets “A”, "F", and "M" from service by way of a plastic cover. The facility plans to replace the faucets and will retest and submit test results to LPA at yang.yang@dss.ca.gov by 03/01/23. Based on a record review, the facility had three faucets (Site “A”, "F", and "M") that exceeded the allowable levels of lead in the water. They had a reading of 19.0ppb, 13.0ppb, and 6.0ppb, respectively. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care. Center Director Pepper stated children in care are receiving drinking water from other unaffected faucets at the facility. Testing results have been posted and families have been notified of the plans for remediation. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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101229(a)(1) · Care and Supervision. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation.

based on the center director's admission on 10/07/22 and the unusual incident report (UIR) submitted to CCLD on 09/28/22 that on 09/27/22 at approximately 11:30am, child C1 and C2 were left without supervision of a teacher for approximately five to ten minutes while in a preschool classroom before being reunited with their class The center director stated that the center will be conducting a mandatory professional development day training on 10/10/22 for all staff in order to provide additional training to staff on providing care and supervision to children and completing CSR checks, transitions, and infant safe sleep. The center director stated that she will submit a summary of the training along with proof of attendance to the LPA by 10/14/22. This presents a potential threat to the health and safety of children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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101229(a)(1) · Care and Supervision. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation.

the center director's admission on 05/20/22 and the unusual incident report (UIR) submitted on 05/03/22 that on 05/02/22 at approximately 04:00pm, child C1 was left without supervision of a teacher for approximately five minutes while on the fully fenced playground during an outdoor to indoor transition This presents a potential threat to the health and safety of children in care. This deficiency was cleared during today's case management visit. The center director, Tiffany Dougherty provided the LPA with proof of additional training to S1 and preschool staff on the topics of transitions and Child Supervision Record (CSR) use. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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101223(a)(3) · Personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature.

Acting center director Brown stated that she will provide a training for preschool staff regarding KinderCare policies as well as training on children's personal rights and behavior management. The training agenda along with the attendance sheet to be submitted to CCLD by 12/03/21. based on a witness statement and the center's own admission, staff S1 put their hand underneath child C1's armpit in order to lift up C1 from their chair and walk C1 to a different area of the classroom after the child declined to cooperate. Per the acting center director and S2, this did not result in any injury for C1. This is a potential threat to the health and safety of children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Alexis Hollon

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101238(a) · Building and grounds. The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors.

based on the LPA's observations on 07/21/21 at 11:29am and information obtained from staff interviews, the center did not repair a cracked window and water damaged and moldy ceiling tiles in the "pre-k" room in a timely manner. In addition, the center did not take appropriate measures to keep the center free of wasps, which resulted in numerous children being stung while on the play yard. Lastly, the center did not ensure that all power receptacles at the facility are in good repair. Staff interviews revealed that a power receptacle located in an accessible area of the play yard had exposed electrical wiring This poses a potential health and safety risk to the children in care. This deficiency was cleared during today's follow up inspection. The facility has replaced the two damaged ceiling tiles, repaired the cracked window in the "pre-k" classroom, and has repaired the damaged power receptacle in the play yard using a blank wall plate. Interim center director Megan Brown also stated that an exterminator visited the facility on 07/15/21 to eradicate the wasp nest. Interim director Brown provided the LPA with a work order receipt. The LPA provided interim director Brown with resources and reading materials from the EPA's Integrated Pest Management site on the topic of bees and wasps and schools.

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101239.1(c) · Napping equipment. Each cot or mat shall be equipped with a sheet to cover the cot or mat and, depending on the weather, a sheet and/or blanket to cover the child.

based on the LPA's observations on 07/21/21 at 11:50am and information obtained from staff interviews, the center did not ensure that all napping children had washable sheets on their nap cots. This poses a potential health and safety risk to the children in care This deficiency was cleared during today's follow up inspection. Interim director Megan Brown stated that the center has purchased additional sheets for children's cots to ensure that there are extras on hand in the event they are needed. Interim director Brown stated that the facility has implemented a laundry schedule for each classroom to ensure that the sheets from each classroom are washed and dried on a scheduled basis and are available by nap time.

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