San Mateo · Licensed center

Intercommunal Survival School

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Source for who runs it

ccld.dss.ca.gov

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 1 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits. One visit is too few to read as a pattern.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
January 14, 2026
On file
1 visit, January 2026 — it cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2021 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · August 17, 2021

Unsubstantiated · No longer displayed by the state

ALLEGATION(S): - Staff handle children in rough manner. - Staff yell at and uses profanity around children. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Marie Rodriguez conducted an unannounced complaint inspection to open a complaint. LPA met with staff and explained purpose of inspection. Director M.M.C. arrived a short time later. Present at center were the Director, four teachers, and 17 children. LPA conducted a physical plant tour with staff. LPA conducted interviews and reviewed pertinent documents. LPA made observations while children were indoors and outdoors. During this time period, LPA did not observe any staff handling children in a rough manner. LPA did not observe any staff yelling or using profanity around children. Although the allegations 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 allegations are closed as UNSUBSTANTIATED. Report was reviewed and discussed with Director M.C. A copy of report was provided. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.

State report

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).

Details

(650) 347-0463

Address
713 Second Avenue
License
414005205, active

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