Sunnyvale · Licensed center
Ponderosa District Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 46 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since October 2022.
Of the 92 Bay Area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 54% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 3.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- February 23, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since October 2022 — 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.
Dec 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · December 18, 2025
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Staff pushed a child in care. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 1/28/2026, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) L.F.D. conducted an unannounced complaint investigation and met with MEHA RATNANI, Director and informed her of the reason for visit. LPA observed 17 children in care. During the course of the investigation, LPA interviewed Reporting Party (RP), staff, children, and obtained copies of documentations. It was alleged that staff pushed a child in care after using the bathroom because C1 did not want to wash his hands. Based on interviews conducted, staff stated that C1 became upset because C1 was being guided by Staff 2 (S2) to use the sink to wash C1’s hands after using the bathroom, but C1 refused and wanted to go directly to the table to eat his snack...
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 804 Ponderosa Avenue
- License
- 434400057, active
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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.