Menlo Park · Licensed center
Silicon Valley International School
A bilingual center in Menlo Park, licensed for 165 children. Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.
Who runs it: from ccld.dss.ca.gov.
How they teach
Bilingual
“We are an independent, co-education, non-sectarian bilingual day school with Chinese, French, and German programs spanning Preschool through 12th Grade.”In their words. siliconvalleyinternational.org, July 2026
One of 33 Bay Area providers that describe a bilingual approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 0 of 3 cited something
Across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 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.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- June 19, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since August 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 3 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.
Jun 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · June 4, 2025
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Staff did not properly report incidents involving the daycare children. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On June 19, 2025, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Katie Krenn continued a complaint inspection in response to the above complaint allegation. LPA met Director of Licensing, Gamila Elassal and explained the purpose of today's visit. Present during the visit was Director of Licensing, 19 staff, and 103 preschool age children. Teacher to child ratio was met the facility was operating within it's capacity on this day. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted interviews, observations, and reviewed pertinent documentation provided by parties involved. Although the above allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED. An exit interview was conducted with the Director of Licensing, Gamila Elassal. A printed copy of the report and notice of site visit were provided at the conclusion of the inspection. Notice of site visit was posted and must remain posted for 30 days for public review. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
Dec 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · December 22, 2023
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in daycare child sustaining injury. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On March 11th, 2024 at approximately 8:45m, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Tapia-Mandujano conducted an unannounced inspection and met with Director, G.E. Purpose of the inspection was explained, and it was to report the investigations finding for the above allegation. Complaint was received by the Department on 12/22/24. Present in the facility are Directors and 27 staff caring for a total 121 preschool age children. During today's inspection, LPA and Director inspected the facility for health and safety hazards and conducted interviews. During the course of the investigation, health and safety inspections and staff interviews were conducted. LPA also received and reviewed pertinent documents. Due to the interviews, inspections, and record reviews that were conducted, it was determined that there is not suffient evidence to prove that staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in daycare child sustaining injury. Although the allegation above may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur, therefore, the above allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED. Upon receipt of this report, Facility shall post the Notice of Site Visit for 30 consecutive days. Failure to maintain posting as required will result in an immediate $100 civil penalty. This report is public and can be reviewed. Exit interview was conducted and report was reviewed by Director, G.E. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Details
- Phone
- (650) 324-8617
- Address
- 475 Pope Street
- License
- 414004827, active
- Ages
- Preschool through 12th Grade
- Established
- 1979
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 · siliconvalleyinternational.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 3 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 2 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=2, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · siliconvalleyinternational.org
- Ages, Established — Checked July 2026 · siliconvalleyinternational.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov