Issaquah Prep & Preschool

Center · Issaquah · 370 1st Ave NW

What kind of place is this?

Size 15 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
November 17, 2025
On file
3 visits since October 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousStaff preparing food do not have a current food handler's card. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed · November 17, 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.

Nov 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · November 17, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Staff preparing food do not have a current food handler's card. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed

Immunizations and exempt children

WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term

Children did not have their completed CIS form in their file.

Report (PDF)

Jan 2025 Licensing visit 6 findings

Licensing visit · January 6, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Sarah Cameron did not have her BBP training documented in Merit. Sarah Cameron does not have CPR/First Aid documented in Merit. There was no staff working that had a current food handler's card and they serve meals.

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(4) · Serious

There was a small trampoline on the outside play area.

Safe food practices

WAC 110-300-0197(4) · Short Term

There were open containers of snack foods that were not in airtight containers or dated.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

There was hand sanitizer within the children's reach in the Coho classroom.

Emergency preparedness plan

WAC 110-300-0470(4)(a) · Short Term

Emergency plan was not available for review. Fire drills were not up to date for the last calendar year and were not completed monthly. Diaster drills were not up to date for the last calendar year.

Attendance records

WAC 110-300-0455(3) · Long Term

Did not see the staff attendance sheet.

Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · October 23, 2023

Center capacity, ratio, and group size

WAC 110-300-0356(10) · Serious

Staff member was alone with five children for more than one hour.

Safe food practices

WAC 110-300-0197(4) · Short Term

There is no thermometer in the refrigerator or freezer. There are foods in the frig that are not in the original containers and not labeled, there is also food that is in an open can not covered.

Fire safety

WAC 110-300-0170(3)(i) / 110-300-0170(2) · Short Term

There is no record of the annual fire inspection done by the local fire department. The fire extinguisher had not been serviced in the past year.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Issaquah Prep & Preschool hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the five findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in November 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

  • State quality rating — Checked April 2026 · data.wa.gov
  • License status — Checked June 2026 · data.wa.gov

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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