Redwood City · Licensed center

Rcsd Child Dev Services-Taft Cdc

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.

How they teach

Bilingual

“Program follows a 50/50 Bilingual Model where students are taught 50% of their day in each language.”In their words, July 2026.taft.rcsdk8.net

One of 33 Bay Area providers that describe a bilingual approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

One staff is named on their site, with no start year given.

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

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 5 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
January 22, 2026
On file
5 visits since January 2022 — 4 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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · January 9, 2024

WD 101700.3(b)(2) · Type B

Licensees shall maintain a lead value at or below the Action Level of 5 ppb in all outlets subject to the testing requirements of these Written Directives, for the health and safety of children in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review of the water sampling database, the facility was not in compliance with the above as of the initial water results uploaded on 5/22/2023 had an exceedance above 5 ppb. This posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Dec 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · December 26, 2023

Unsubstantiated

ALLEGATION(S): Staff do not accord children dignity in their relationship with staff or other persons Staff yell at children Staff inppropriately discipline children Staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in child's injury Staff did not follow reporting requirements INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On March 22nd, 2024 at approximately 8:45am, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Tapia-Mandujano conducted an unannounced 10-day complaint inspection in response to the above allegations. LPA met with Director, M.C. and explained the purpose of the visit. Present during inspection was Director and two CDC staff and 3 SPED staff caring for a total of 8 preschool age children. All staff are cleared through the Redwood City School District. During today’s visit, LPA conducted a health and safety inspection and interviewed three additional staff, as well as received pertinent documentation. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews with staff, parents, and involved parties. LPA also received pertinent documentation. LPA determined that based on the information obtained there is not sufficient evidence to prove the following allegations: Staff do not accord children dignity in their relationship with staff or other persons, Staff yell at children, Staff inppropriately discipline children, Staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in child's injury, and/or Staff did not follow reporting requirements. Continued on Page 2... Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

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

State report

Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 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

(650) 482-2854

Address
903 10th Avenue
License
414001400, active
Ownership
Government-runSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov

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State record

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The state’s licensing transparency data reports 1 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.

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