San Jose · Licensed center
Blackford Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 30 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since September 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 28, 20251 citation
CCR 101212(b)Type B
“(b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as Director I. had left the program in January and the Department was not notified, or provided with a Director candidate until today. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101212(b)
- Sep 1, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 2 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected twice had fewer: 64% of 362 had none cited.
How all 362 Bay Area centers inspected twice compare
Of the 362 Bay Area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None64%
- 1 of 232%This center
- Both4%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- May 28, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since September 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as Director I. had left the program in January and the Department was not notified, or provided with a Director candidate until today. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· May 28, 2025
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.
May 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 28, 2025
CCR 101212(b) · Type B
(b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as Director I. had left the program in January and the Department was not notified, or provided with a Director candidate until today. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (408) 341-7281
- Address
- 1970 Willow Street, San Jose, 95125
- License
- 434413145
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Sources and dates
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All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Who runs it ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.