Montessori By The Sea

Health-Related Services — Based on interviews conducted and documentation reviewed, facility staff failed to ensure that medication was stored in a safe place inaccessible to children in care. Medication was put in the childs cubby accessible to children. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.

Criminal Record Clearance — Based on record and file review, staff S1 (employed August 5th) & S2 (employed July 2026) did not have fingerprint clearance on file (Guardian database).

Criminal Record Clearance — Based on record and file review, staff S1 (employed in 8/4/2025) did not have fingerprint clearance on file (Guardian database).

Buildings and Grounds — Based upon observation there was a full bucket of mop water with disinfectant was accessible to children in care. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.

Health-Related Services — Based on interviews conducted and documentation reviewed, facility staff administered medication to a child in care without first obtaining the required written authorization from the child’s authorized representative. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.

Limitations on Capacity and Ambulatory Status — Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by enrolling school-age children, although the facility is licensed to serve children ages 2.5 through 5 years. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.

Staff-Infant Ratio — Based on LPA observation during the morning, the facility failed to maintain the required staff-infant ratio in the Nido 2 classroom. LPA initially observed one staff member supervising four infants. Shortly thereafter, two additional infants arrived. LPA also observed two staff members supervising eight infants in the outdoor area. An additional infant subsequently joined the group, resulting in nine infants being supervised by two staff members. The classroom did not have a gate or other barrier in place to prevent additional infants from entering the outdoor area. Nido 2 eventually had a total of 16 infants in attendance. The facility failed to ensure adequate staffing was available to maintain the required 1:4 staff-infant ratio as infants arrived and transitioned between the indoor and outdoor areas. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.

Teacher Qualifications and Duties — … Based upon record review. S1 was hired as a teacher with out teacher qulifications. which poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.

Teacher-Child Ratio — Based on observation and interviews, Facility has had multiple incidents when they were out of ratio which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.

Criminal Record Clearance — Based on record and file review, S2's fingerprint is not associated to the facility. S2 was employed in August 2021.

Child Care Center Director Qualifications and Duties — Based on LPAs observation and staff interviews, the facility did no comply with the section cited about . During hours of operation, neither the child care center director nor designated substitute director was present at the facility. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.

Teacher Qualifications and Duties — … Based upon record review. S1 was hired as a teacher with out teacher qulifications. which poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.

Teacher-Child Ratio — Based on observation and interviews, Facility has had multiple incidents when they were out of ratio which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.