Menlo Park · Licensed center

New Beginnings Preschool

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.

What it costs

$1,570 to $2,025 a month

Bay Area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.

Part-time $995 to $1,530 a month.

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

What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 6 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine 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
August 26, 2026
On file
6 visits since October 2021 — 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.

Aug 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2021 Licensing visit nothing cited

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

Hours
8:00 AM to 3:30 PM, school year
Schedule
2, 3, or 5 days per week

Details

(650) 325-2190

Address
1100 Middle Avenue
License
414004706, active

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 2026.

What it costs

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

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