Palo Alto · Licensed center
Acme Children's Center
- Large center, licensed for 90 children.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
California CDSS Community Care Licensing records this provider’s license as “Closed, Change of Ownership”, closed August 1, 2025. That is the state’s own wording, quoted as published. The record below is one the state published, and the state still publishes it. Check with the provider or the state directly.
- Last visit
- May 28, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2022 · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- Type B —
101223(a)(3) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as statements from interviews and camera footage supported the allegation of staff handling a child roughly, which poses an potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· May 28, 2025
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.
May 2025 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · May 27, 2025
Substantiated · CCR 101223(a)(3) · Type B
101223(a)(3) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as statements from interviews and camera footage supported the allegation of staff handling a child roughly, which poses an potential health, safety, and/or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
A day here
- Hours
- 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, school year
Details
- Website
- acmeschool.com
- Address
- 4101 El Camino Way
- License
- 434413136, active
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All checked July 2026.
A day here
- Hours, Calendar acmeschool.com/core-program.html
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website acmeschool.com
Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.