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Gaowa Montessori School

1620 ADAMS AVENUE, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Dec 4, 2020

Serious citation

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Repeat — cited again within 12 months: CCR 101223(a)(3) +2 more (Personal Rights — Based on interview, Staff 1 (S1) hit Child 1 (C1) which is an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.) from 2025-04-24

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Type A citations mean an immediate risk to health, safety, or personal rights; Type B citations mean a violation that could become one if not corrected. This grading is assigned by CCLD, not GoldiCheck.

  • Type A3
  • Type B2

All visits

Total 8 visits
  • 2 Annual inspections
  • 1 Complaint investigation
  • 5 Other visits
3 with citationsmost recent Aug 13, 2026

All violations

5 violations shown

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Type A(3)
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CCR 101223(a)(3)Other visit

Personal Rights — Based on interview, Staff 1 (S1) hit Child 1 (C1) which is an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.

Apr 24, 2025
HSC 1596.885(c)Complaint investigation

TrustLine provider denied based on a background check result — Based on interviews and record review, amphetamines and Fentanyl were discovered in facility restroom accessed by staff and parents which poses an immediate risk to the health of the children in care.

Mar 4, 2025
CCR 101223(a)(2)Complaint investigation

Personal Rights — Based on interviews, the licensee did not ensure the children were provided a safe environment due to amphetamines and Fentanyl discovered in facility restroom accessed by staff and parents which poses an immediate risk to the personal rights of the children in care.

Mar 4, 2025
Type B(2)
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CCR 101212(d)Complaint investigation

Reporting Requirements — Based on interviews and record review, the facility did not report 11/8/24 incident to the Department in a timely manner. This is a potential health and safety risk to the children in care.

Mar 4, 2025
CCR 101226(e)(2)Annual inspection

Health-Related Services — Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 medications were expired which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Mar 4, 2025
How we rate this daycareCalifornia CCLD records›

California pre-grades every violation itself: Type A means an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights; Type B means a violation that, if not corrected, could become that same immediate risk. We never escalate above the state's own grade.

🟢 No recent citation

Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.

🟡 Citation — any of:

  • A Type B violation is on record — CCLD's own lesser-risk grade, meaning a violation that, if not corrected, could become an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

🔴 Serious citation — any of:

  • A Type A violation is on record — CCLD's own most serious grade, meaning an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights

⚫ Adverse license status — any of:

  • The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license

⚪ Not rated by the record

  • Inactive license: The license is not in active standing.
  • No visits on record: Actively licensed, but CCLD has published no visit report for this facility.

Worth knowing: California's public records don't always say whether a specific violation was later fixed, so we don't discount a Type A's severity by guessing at correction status — CCLD's own definition notes a Type A citation "will always be issued, even if the violation is corrected on the spot." A single Type A marks a facility Serious citation, matching CCLD's own grading directly.

Data sourced from California CCLD (CCLD Facility Search). Last updated: Sep 14, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with CCLD. Always verify with the CCLD Facility Search record (search Facility #304371438).

Gaowa Montessori School — inspection record · Costa Mesa, CA