South San Francisco · Licensed center
Happy Hall Schools-Dolores Way
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 56 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 2 licensing inspections since January 2025.
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Licensing inspections
- Sep 15, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 7, 2025Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 2 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected twice had the same: 64% of 362.
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%This center
- 1 of 232%
- Both4%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- August 13, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since January 2025 — both cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
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.
Jun 2026 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · June 8, 2026
ALLEGATION(S): - Staff leave daycare children unsupervised - Staff yell at daycare children - Staff handle daycare children in an aggressive manner - Staff do not treat daycare children with dignity and respect - Staff operate out of ratio INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On August 13th, 2026, at approximately 9:30AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Alvarado conducted an unannounced, complaint investigation to deliver findings and met with Facility Director M.S.” Marquez(D1) regarding the above allegations and explained the purpose of the visit. LPA along with (D1) toured the facility indoors and outdoors. Complaint was received by the Department on June 8th, 2026. Present in the facility during today’s inspection is (D1), and 5 staff Members. No children were present during today’s inspection, and Per (D1) Facility was using the day as a staff development day. (D1) stated that children will return to school on 8/17/2026 for the new school year. All adults present have fingerprint clearance and are associated as of today’s inspection. During the course of the investigation LPA conducted site observations, interviews with staff members, random selection of parent interviews, interviews with involved parties and As well as relevant documents that were gathered during the course of the investigation. The investigation determined that there is not enough available information to prove that Staff leave daycare children unsupervised, staff yell at daycare children, staff handle daycare children in an aggressive manner, staff do not treat daycare children with dignity and respect, and staff operate out of ratio. Although the allegations above may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violations did or did not occur, therefore, the above allegations are UNSUBSTANTIATED. Continued on Page 2... Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
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Details
- Phone
- (650) 588-0128
- Address
- 350 Dolores Way, South San Francisco, 94080
- License
- 414005097
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All checked November 2026.
State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 2 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=5, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.