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Sunshine Nursery School

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 105 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • May 8, 20261 citation
    • CCR 101230(c)(1)Type B
      • “(c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center. (1) An aide who is 18 years of age or older, and who meets the requirements of Sections 101216 and 101216.2, may supervise 24 napping children in place of a teacher if the conditions specified in (c) above are met. This was was not met as evidenced: Based on LPA observations, facility was out of ratio as 4 of 13 children were awake while napping and being supervised by an aide and no teacher which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of persons in care.”

        CCR 101230(c)(1)

  • Mar 12, 2026Nothing cited
  • May 20, 20252 citations
    • HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)Type B
      • “(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which S3 & S4 do not have proof of immunizations which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        HSC 1596.7995(a)(1)

    • CCR 101216(g)(2)Type B
      • “(2) Each person specified in (g) above shall have a health-screening report signed by the person performing the screening. This report shall indicate the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which S2, S3, S4, and S7 did not have record of a health screening which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        CCR 101216(g)(2)

  • Aug 21, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 4 times had fewer: 79% of 569 had rules cited at 1 or none.

How all 569 Bay Area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 569 Bay Area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None41%
  • 1 of 438%
  • 2 of 415%This center
  • 3 of 46%
  • All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
May 8, 2026
On file
4 visits since August 2023 — 2 cited nothing · 3 complaint investigations
Most serious
Type B — (c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center. (1) An aide who is 18 years of age or older, and who meets the requirements of Sections 101216 and 101216.2, may supervise 24 napping children in place of a teacher if the conditions specified in (c) above are met. This was was not met as evidenced: Based on LPA observations, facility was out of ratio as 4 of 13 children were awake while napping and being supervised by an aide and no teacher which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of persons in care. · May 8, 2026

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.

May 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 8, 2026

CCR 101230(c)(1) · Type B

(c) A teacher-child ratio of one teacher supervising 24 napping children is permitted provided that the remaining teachers necessary to meet the overall ratio specified in Section 101216.3(a) are immediately available at the center. (1) An aide who is 18 years of age or older, and who meets the requirements of Sections 101216 and 101216.2, may supervise 24 napping children in place of a teacher if the conditions specified in (c) above are met. This was was not met as evidenced: Based on LPA observations, facility was out of ratio as 4 of 13 children were awake while napping and being supervised by an aide and no teacher which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of persons in care.

State report

Mar 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · October 8, 2025

ALLEGATION(S): Staff is not providing incident reports to parents. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: A follow-up complaint investigation visit was conducted today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Y.Y. to provide the results of the complaint investigation. LPAs Y. and J.P. previously visited the facility on October 16, 2025, as part of the initial investigation. The complaint alleged that the facility failed to provide parents with incident reports. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the facility provided incident reports for certain children’s injuries only when authorized representatives requested them, overstated the number of incident reports in official communications, and did not produce supporting documentation to a child’s authorized representative upon request. During the initial investigation visit on October 16, 2025, the LPAs met with the center director, M.S., to discuss the allegation. A comprehensive tour of the facility was also provided to the LPAs by the director. Director S. denied the allegation, asserting that the facility maintains strict procedures for documenting and reporting incidents involving children in care. S. explained that whenever a child sustains an injury or experiences an unusual incident while under the facility’s supervision, a written incident report is completed and the child’s authorized representative is notified, in accordance with applicable reporting requirements. (Continued on LIC-9099-C) Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

May 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · May 20, 2025

HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) · Type B

(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which S3 & S4 do not have proof of immunizations which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101216(g)(2) · Type B

(2) Each person specified in (g) above shall have a health-screening report signed by the person performing the screening. This report shall indicate the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which S2, S3, S4, and S7 did not have record of a health screening which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Dec 2024 Complaint Substantiated

Complaint · December 11, 2024

CCR 101212(d)(1)(B) · Type B

(d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours…(1)Events reported shall include the following: (B) Any injury to any child that requires medical treatment. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview D1 was aware of an incident that occurred on 12/09/2024 and did not report the incident to the Department within the Department’s next working day during normal business hours. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Aug 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(707) 996-2702
Address
109 Patten Street, Sonoma, 95476
License
490102274

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All checked November 2026.

State record

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=1, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=1, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=1. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

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.

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