Menlo Park · Licensed center
Whole Kid School
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 48 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections under this license since January 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 7, 2025Nothing cited
Dec 4, 20241 citation
HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)Type B
“(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not maintaining documentation of completed Mandated Reporter Training for all staff which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)
Mar 25, 20241 citation
HSC 1597.16(a)(1)Type B
“(a) (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review facility has not completed the required lead testing. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility:(2)Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f) This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review it was found that 1 staff was not associated to the facility. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”
HSC 1597.16(a)(1)
- Jan 25, 2023Nothing cited
- Jan 10, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections under this license. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had fewer: 64% of 457 had rules cited at 1 or none.
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%
- 1 of 535%
- 2 of 523%This center
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- January 7, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since January 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not maintaining documentation of completed Mandated Reporter Training for all staff which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· December 4, 2024
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.
Dec 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · December 4, 2024
HSC 1596.8662(b)(1) · Type B
(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not maintaining documentation of completed Mandated Reporter Training for all staff which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 25, 2024
HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B
(a) (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review facility has not completed the required lead testing. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility:(2)Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f) This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review it was found that 1 staff was not associated to the facility. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (650) 382-9388
- Address
- 135 Willow Road, Menlo Park, 94025
- License
- 414004815
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.
The infant-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:
Whole Kid SchoolWe couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website wholekidschool.com
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.