Incident investigation·January 29, 2025

On January 29th, 2025 at approximately 3:15 PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Janet Gil conducted an unannounced case management visit to the City of Pacifica - Sunset Ridge Child Care Center. The purpose of the visit was to follow up with a self reported incident involving a child and a staff member. LPA met with lead teacher, Nicole Hernandez and explained the purpose of the visit. Per Lead teacher, director Cynthia Ussery is not present at the facility on this date. This facility is operating in the Pacifica Sunset Ridge School site in Portables 1 and 2 for after school care. All staff working at the facility have fingerprint clearance on file. Present during inspection included 35 enrolled children, and 4 staff. After school program currently operates Monday through Friday 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Facility is operating within its capacity and in accordance with the required ratio of staff to children. Lead teacher stated that the incident that occurred on 1/14/2025 is under an internal investigation. Lead teacher was present at facility during incident, however did not witness it. Staff involved in incident has not been present at facility since incident occurred, and has been relocated while incident is under investigation. Per lead teacher, there is a scheduled police interview on 2/5/2025. LPA requested lead teacher to notify the department once their HR department completes internal investigation and police report is complete. No deficiencies were issued today during LPA's visit. A copy of today\342\200\231s report was given to lead teacher, Nicole Hernandez. A Notice of Site Visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with lead teacher, Nicole Hernandez.