Incident investigation·February 18, 2026

An unannounced case management visit was made to the facility by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Selena Mariani in response to a self reported unusual incident report (UIR), lack of supervision incident involving Child 1 (C1) that occurred on 02/04/2026. It was reported that C1 was found in the classroom alone by a teacher after the class transitioned outside. During today's visit LPA met with Center Director (CD) Michelle Palacios to discuss the incident. LPA conduct interviews with CD, assistant director (AD), 3 staff (S1-S3) and 1 parent (P1), made observations, and obtained documents. Staff interviews and documents obtained revealed on 02/04/2026 classroom transition to outside began at 4:26 pm. AD stated she was informed by S1, at 4:34 pm, that C1 was observed to be unsupervised in the classroom and informed the parent on 02/04/2026. S2 and S3 confirmed they were unaware that C1 was unsupervised in the classroom while class was outside. Based on self reported UIR, staff interviews, and documents obtained it has been determined C1 was left without supervision in the classroom for less then 8 minutes on 02/04/2026. In addition, today, LPA observed 3 two year old children being supervised in the infant (birth to 24 months) classroom, however, infants shall be physically separate from space used by children in the child care center and school-age child care center components. This report was reviewed and discussed with Center Director Michelle Palacios. Notice of Site Visit shall be posted for 30 days from today's visit. The following violation(s) of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22; Division 12, were observed: see LIC 809D. Appeal Rights were provided. continue on LIC809-C Continue from LIC809 LPA Selena Mariani informed Center Director, Michelle Palacios, that this report dated 02/18/2026 documents one Type A citation. Type A citations shall be posted for 30 consecutive days as there is an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. Also, LPA Selena Mariani informed the Center Director, Michelle Palacios, to provide a copy of this licensing report dated 02/18/2026 that documents any Type A citation to parents/guardians of all children currently enrolled by the next business day or the next day the children are in care, and to any newly enrolled parents/guardians for 12 months from the date of this report. A signed Acknowledgement of Receipt of Licensing Report (LIC 9224), or other written statement, must be placed in the child's file for verification.