License activeChild-care center
South Bay Montessori School
5
inspections on file
1
recorded violations
1
health & safety class
Apr 7, 2026
last inspection
Inspection history
Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division| Date | Kind | Outcome as recorded | Violations | Official record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Mar 14, 2023 | Inspection | No deficiencies cited | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Aug 12, 2022 | Complaint | Unsubstantiated | 0 | Official report · PDF |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Complaint | Substantiated: Ratio: Facility is operating over ratio · 1 deficiency cited | 1 | Official report · PDF |
Violations
Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing DivisionHow 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.
Health & safetyState weight: Type A
CCR 101216.3(a) — Teacher-Child Ratio (a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than children in attendance...
“Based on observation, record review, and interview, LPA observed chidlren with two fully qualified teachers in classroom K1, meaning the facility is out of ratio by children. This poses an immediate health, safety, and personal rights risk to childiren in care.”
Corrective action plan due Apr 29, 2022
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