Dana Point Montessori
Single Licensed Child Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Apr 3, 2025
GoldiCheck · State record
Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101223(a)(3) (Personal Rights — Based on LPA’s observations through video footage and interviews, S2 was observed handling C1 in a rough manner during an incident on 06/17/2026, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care) from 2026-08-11
Changes which findings count toward the tier.
Violations by severity
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 A1
- Type B2
All violations
3 violations shown
Type A(1)
Personal Rights — Based on LPA’s observations through video footage and interviews, S2 was observed handling C1 in a rough manner during an incident on 06/17/2026, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care
Type B(2)
Infant Care Center Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment, and Supplies — Based on LPA’s observations there was a baby bouncer in the infant room and a baby bouncer in the infant restroom, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care
Infant Care Activities — Based on observations, the facility did not comply with the section above in that one (1) infant was observed to be napping while wearing sleep sacks which poses a potential risk to the children in care.
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.
🔴 Serious concerns — any of:
- The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license
- 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
🟡 Watch carefully — 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
🟢 Clean
Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.
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 moves a facility to Serious concerns, 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 #304371731).