“Our curriculum provides for full integration of the Creative Curriculum, with an emphasis on language arts and mathematics, as well as on the social emotional, cognitive, language and physical growth of the child.” eastsidechildrensacademy.com, August 2026
“Your child will be exposed to a one-of-a-kind, high-quality bilingual curriculum based on early learning standards that address the multiple domains of development, including but not limited to academic, social-emotional, and physical.” eastsidechildrensacademy.com, August 2026
Washington DCYF cited something at 4 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle centers it cites something at about 67% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.
(2)(d) There was a roll of plastic garbage bags and other bags in a cupboard under the sink of Classroom 5/Early Preschool that were accessible to the children. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed· December 11, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.
Licensing visit · December 11, 2025
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term
(2)(c) There were two charger cords accessible to the children in Classroom 1/Pre-K 3. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
(2)(d) There was a roll of plastic garbage bags and other bags in a cupboard under the sink of Classroom 5/Early Preschool that were accessible to the children. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
(1)(a) There was a bottle of Windex in a cupboard under the sink of Classroom 4/Pre-K that was accessible to the children.
Complaint · March 3, 2025 · Resolved April 28, 2025
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record, but the state’s published report includes no citation detail.
Licensing visit · November 7, 2024
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term
Multiple classrooms had phone cords hanging off that were accessible to children.
WAC 110-300-0410(4) · Serious
The director was unable to show Licensor the most recent water testing results.
Licensing visit · March 25, 2024
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious
There was no record of staff medication training for children with epi-pens.
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious
There were diaper creams in several of the rooms without full names on the containers and some without names on them at all.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(a) · Serious
There were outlet plug ins in the infant room and toddler room that could be a choke hazard. There is a tall teacher's cabinet in room 8 that is not secured to the wall and there are objects on top of it that could fall.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious
There is a gate that is blocking the exit in the infant room. In classroom 2 the second exit is blocked by stuff that is in room one by the door.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
The bleach bottle was accessible to children in room #9.
Licensing visit · June 9, 2023
WAC 110-300-0291(1)(g) · Serious
There was a blanket in the crib of a sleeping infant. This was addressed the day of visit 6/9/27with a safe sleep violation letter signed by director and was posted for parents, verbal notification to director and in person notification of violation to office manager. Director also will go over safe sleep WAC again with all infant room teachers.
Ask what changed after the nine findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in December 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.
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.
Not yet reported: children per teacher.
Not yet reported: hours, holiday closures.
Pricing per provider website, checked July 2026.
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Do you run Eastside Children's Academy? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.