Mountain View · Licensed center
Barack & Michelle Obama Preschool at Latham
- Medium developmental center, licensed for 72 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.
How they teach
Developmental
“We use a developmentally appropriate curriculum that supports kindergarten readiness and is aligned with the California Department of Education's Preschool Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF).”In their words, July 2026.mvwsd.org
One of 30 Bay Area providers that describe a developmental approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
What it costs
Sibling discount: $100/mo for one child OR 50% per month for one child for school district staff.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 0 of 3 cited something
Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 1, 2024
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2022 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).
A day here
- Calendar
- School year
Details
- Website
- mvwsd.org
- Address
- 1850 Latham St
- License
- 434400230, active
- Ages they serve
- 3-5 years
- Ownership
- Government-runSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 mvwsd.org
What it costs
- Sibling discount — Checked July 2026 mvwsd.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Calendar — Checked July 2026 mvwsd.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website, Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 mvwsd.org
- Ownership — Checked September 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov