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Sea Mar Child Development Center

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At a glance

  • Medium bilingual center, licensed for 99 children.
  • Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.

What to know

License: 1 month to 13 years (state). They serve: One month to twelve years: ages one month to five years in day care and preschool during the school year; summer camp for ages five to twelve (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

Someone reported a concern to the state, and in September 2026 the state found it valid and cited 1 rule. The state also cited rules at 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2023.

See each inspection and complaint

Complaints the state found valid

  • Received Apr 9, 2026Valid complaint, 1 rule citedresolved Sep 3, 2026

    • “Grabbing and pulling a child by the hair and hood.”

      The state’s description of the complaint

    • Prohibited behavior and discipline, and physical separation of childrenSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Based on interviews and video evidence, a violation of WAC 110-300-0331(1)(c) occurred. The submitted video shows the staff member grabbing and pulling the child by the hair and by the hood to remove the child from residential stairs.”

        WAC 110-300-0331(1)

Of the 207 Seattle-area centers licensed for 71 to 115 children, 139 (67%) have no valid complaint in the last three years; 68 (33%) have one or more, as this center does.

How all 207 similar-size centers compare

Of the 207 Seattle-area centers licensed for 71 to 115 children, how many valid complaints each had in the last three years:

  • None67%
  • One or more33%This center

Licensing inspections

  • Sep 30, 2026Nothing cited
  • Aug 20, 2025Nothing cited
  • Sep 4, 20241 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Some employees have expired trainings and or non entered at all. Please be sure to come into complaince with the WAC for required trainings.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Aug 16, 20231 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Few staff members have expired food handlers permit, although director had current copies of them they were not entered into Merit.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 62% of 272 had rules cited at 3 or more.

How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None7%
  • 1 of 415%
  • 2 of 417%This center
  • 3 of 433%
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 30, 2026
On file
4 visits since August 2023 — 2 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
Serious — Based on interviews and video evidence, a violation of WAC 110-300-0331(1)(c) occurred. The submitted video shows the staff member grabbing and pulling the child by the hair and by the hood to remove the child from residential stairs. · April 15, 2026

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Sep 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2026 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · Received April 9, 2026 · Resolved September 3, 2026

“Grabbing and pulling a child by the hair and hood.”

The state’s description of the complaint

Prohibited behavior and discipline, and physical separation of children

WAC 110-300-0331(1) · Serious

Based on interviews and video evidence, a violation of WAC 110-300-0331(1)(c) occurred. The submitted video shows the staff member grabbing and pulling the child by the hair and by the hood to remove the child from residential stairs.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 4, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Some employees have expired trainings and or non entered at all. Please be sure to come into complaince with the WAC for required trainings.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 16, 2023

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of August 27, 2026

Few staff members have expired food handlers permit, although director had current copies of them they were not entered into Merit.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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A day here

7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week

Meals
Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and one snack per day available to all enrolled children; all meals prepared on-site

How they teach

Bilingual

“The Child Development Center upholds and celebrates cultural diversity, focusing on a bilingual Spanish/English curriculum.”

Details

Phone
(206) 788-3239
Address
1040 S. Henderson Street, Seattle, 98108
License
PL-16400
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 4
Established
1994

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How they teach

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Details

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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