Laguna Niguel Montessori Center
Day Care Center · Closed · Licensed since Mar 13, 2020
GoldiCheck · State record
Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101223(a)(3) (Personal Rights — A1 witnessing S1 and S1 admitting they pinched C1 on the right side of the C1's neck due to C1 not listening. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.) from 2024-09-09
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 B3
All violations
4 violations shown (4 outside lookback window)
Type A(1)
Personal Rights — A1 witnessing S1 and S1 admitting they pinched C1 on the right side of the C1's neck due to C1 not listening. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Type B(3)
Mandated reporter training — Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in seven counts out of 12 counts of staffs files finding expired certificates of mandated reporter training which poses potential health, and safety risk to persons in care. Staff # 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, and 12 missing renewed certificates.
Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies — staff # 1 admitting using children’s bathroom in one of the preschool classrooms and not the designated staff’s bathroom. Staff # 1 stated staff # 2 would watch the door for them. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Reporting Requirements — the alleged incident of staff # 3 hit child # 1 was not reported to our office by the facility. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of 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 #304371418).