complaint·March 27, 2024

Allegation regarding- Staff do not prevent day care children from bullying other day care children. According to the RP, C2 would bully C1 by telling other children not to play with C1 and would hit C1 with a ball on their back and feet. Per RP, when C2 would see C1, C2 would throw the ball at C1 and would tell C1 this is my playground. RP stated that C2 did not want C1 to sit or stand nearby so C1 would sit or stand far away from C2. Per RP, S3 was present; however, S3 did not see the incident. LPA conducted interviews with S1 thru S2, who made no disclosures. S1 and S2 corroborated that they were not aware of any incidents between C1 and C2. LPA conducted interviews with C2, who made disclosures. LPA asked C2 if they knew what bullying meant and C2 responded yes. LPA asked C2 if they ever bullied C1 and C2 responded yes. LPA asked C2 if they ever hit C1 with a ball and C2 responded yes on the leg with the ball. LPA asked C2 if C1 and C2 were playing with the ball and C2 responded no. LPA asked C2 why they hit C1 with the ball and C2 responded because I needed the ball. C2 corroborated that S3 was present; however, S3 did not observe the incident. Based on interviews, the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegation is found to be SUBSTANTIATED. California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 12, Chapter 1, the following deficiencies are being cited (see attached 9099D). A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Director Ana Granados. Page 2 of 2