Redwood City · Licensed center
Marin Day School-Our Place, Smc Emp (preschool)
A center in Redwood City, licensed for 64 children. The state cited something at 4 of 5 routine visits (Bay Area centers: about 1 in 4). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Medium center. 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.
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What the state has found
Routine visits: 4 of 5 cited something
Across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).
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
- April 17, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since October 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
101229: Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) "The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation." This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as facility self reported that there was a child left alone inside the classroom during outdoor play, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· April 17, 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.
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 17, 2025
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B
101229: Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) "The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation." This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above as facility self reported that there was a child left alone inside the classroom during outdoor play, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Nov 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 7, 2024
HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B
(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the facility tested after the deadline of January 1st, 2023. This posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Nov 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 16, 2023
101700.3 · Type B
101700.3 California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers (b)(1) A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on results received from the certified water samplers, the facility exceeded 5.4 ppb of lead in their water source. This posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Apr 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 11, 2023
CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type B
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision: (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as facility self reported that there was a child left alone outside during transition back to the classroom from the play yard, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Details
- Phone
- (650) 363-4939
- Address
- 403 Winslow Street
- License
- 414001649, active
- Ownership
- For-profitSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee. The infant-center license is published separately as Marin Day School-Our Place, Smc Emp Ccc (infant), with its own license and its own inspection record.
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State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Ownership — Checked September 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov