Issaquah · Licensed center

Issaquah Prep & Preschool

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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

Of the 406 Seattle-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 33% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 11% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Nov 17, 20252 citations

  • “Staff preparing food do not have a current food handler's card.”

    WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • “Children did not have their completed CIS form in their file.”

    WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2)

Jan 6, 20256 citations

  • “S.C. did not have her BBP training documented in Merit. S.C. 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.”

    WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • “There was a small trampoline on the outside play area.”

    WAC 110-300-0146(4)

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

    WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)

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

    WAC 110-300-0197(4)

2 more from this inspection

  • “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.”

    WAC 110-300-0470(4)(a)

  • “Did not see the staff attendance sheet.”

    WAC 110-300-0455(3)

Oct 23, 20233 citations

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

    WAC 110-300-0356(10)

  • “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.”

    WAC 110-300-0197(4)

  • “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.”

    WAC 110-300-0170(3)(i), WAC 110-300-0170(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
November 17, 2025
On file
3 visits since October 2023 — all of them cited findings
Most serious
Serious — Staff preparing food do not have a current food handler's card. · 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.

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

S.C. did not have her BBP training documented in Merit. S.C. 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)

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Details

(425) 657-0533

Address
370 1st Ave NW
License
PL-79091, active
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled

Nearby

The eight closest of the 16 other licensed centers in ZIP 98027

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State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.

Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 323.

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Nearby

The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 11, 2026.