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Montessori East Preschool

9840 Maine Avenue, Lakeside, CA 92040 · San Diego County (619) 561-0902 License #376700140
9
inspections on file
4
recorded violations
1
health & safety class
Oct 6, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Inspection history for Montessori East Preschool
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Oct 6, 2026Case Management: Incident1 Type B deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Jul 20, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Sep 23, 2025ComplaintSubstantiated: Staff handled day care children in a rough manner while in care; Staff yelled at day care children while in care · 1 deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Apr 21, 2023ComplaintSubstantiated: 1. Staff did not keep day care child's information confidential0Official report · PDF
Mar 10, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Dec 29, 2022ComplaintSubstantiated: Facility did not meet day care child's needs · 1 deficiency cited1Official report · PDF
Oct 21, 2021Case Management: OtherNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Oct 6, 2021POCNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Sep 30, 2021ComplaintSubstantiated: Masks are not being worn at the day care · 1 deficiency cited1Official report · PDF

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Oct 6, 2026Case Management: Incident · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101229(a)(1) — Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision:(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision ...(1)No child(ren) shall be left…

“, Based on LPAs observation in Purple Room 2, children were left unsupervised while C1 was in restroom and S1 left room to assist C1 in restroom. This is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Oct 16, 2026
Sep 23, 2025Complaint · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101223(a)(3) — Personal Rights: Each child shall be free from corporal or unusual punishment, humiliation...

“interviews and video footage. Based on interviews and a review of video footage, S1 admitted to grabbing C1’s chin and speaking to them in a harsh tone. S1 grabbed C1 on their lap and did not allow the C1 to get up when they attempted to do so. This poses a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Sep 26, 2025
Dec 29, 2022Complaint · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101216(a) — Personnel Requirements.

“Based on interviews, on 11/2/2022, due to lack of communication and/or training, staff did not timely change a child's diaper prior to pick up from the facility, resulting in leakage and wet clothing. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Jan 6, 2023
Sep 30, 2021Complaint · 1 deficiency citedOfficial report
Health & safetyState weight: Type A
CCR 101223(a)(2) — PERSONAL RIGHTS To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs.

“Based on LPA's interview with the director and observation of children indoors who were not wearing face coverings and Licensee not enforcing the use of face masks/coverings of children. This is an immediate hazard to the health of children due to the COVID-19 pandemic which is currently on the rise.”

Corrective action plan due Oct 4, 2021

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