Portola Valley · Licensed center

Windmill School INC.

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.

Source for who runs it

ccld.dss.ca.gov

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

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
March 23, 2026
On file
3 visits since February 2023 — 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.

Mar 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · September 30, 2024

Unsubstantiated

ALLEGATION(S): Staff did not adhere to an admissions agreement INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 12/12/24 at approximately at 9:00am, Licensing Program Analysts (LPA) Alvarado conducted an unannounced subsequent site visit to the facility to deliver investigation findings in response to the above allegation that was made to the Child Care Licensing Division (CCLD) on 9/30/24. LPAs Alvarado met with Director of Admissions Jane Garvey and Site Director, N.W. and discussed the purpose of the visit. During today’s visit, LPA conducted a health and safety inspection. Present during the inspection was Site Director, Director of Admissions and eleven staff supervising forty two children (42 Preschoolers). All adults present have fingerprint clearance and are associated to the facility. During the course of the investigation, LPA conducted observations, gathered documents, and interviewed staff. Through staff interviews, LPA gathered that staff did verify that staff did comply to the programs admissions agreement. Based on the information gathered it was determined that there is not sufficient evidence to say that staff did not adhere to an admissions agreement. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violations did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

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

State report

Feb 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2023 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) 851-0771

Address
900 Portola Road
License
414004441, active

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