Portola Valley · Licensed center
Windmill School INC.
- Medium center, licensed for 69 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
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.govShortlist 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.
Read every record and the state’s reports
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.
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.
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
- Website
- windmillschool.com
- Address
- 900 Portola Road
- License
- 414004441, active
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 windmillschool.com
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov