Sunnyvale · Licensed center

Ponderosa District 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.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 3 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits. Three visits are 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
February 23, 2026
On file
3 visits since October 2022 — all of them 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.

Feb 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · December 18, 2025

Unsubstantiated

ALLEGATION(S): Staff pushed a child in care. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 1/28/2026, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Liridon Fici- Doni conducted an unannounced complaint investigation and met with MEHA RATNANI, Director and informed her of the reason for visit. LPA observed 17 children in care. During the course of the investigation, LPA interviewed Reporting Party (RP), staff, children, and obtained copies of documentations. It was alleged that staff pushed a child in care after using the bathroom because C1 did not want to wash his hands. Based on interviews conducted, staff stated that C1 became upset because C1 was being guided by Staff 2 (S2) to use the sink to wash C1’s hands after using the bathroom, but C1 refused and wanted to go directly to the table to eat his snack...

State report

Aug 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2022 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).

Details

(408) 423-4017

Address
804 Ponderosa Avenue
License
434400057, active
Ownership
Government-runSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov

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