Santa Monica Montessori School
Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Dec 9, 2003
GoldiCheck · State record
Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101216(i)(1) (Personnel Requirements — LPA Laureano reviewed Guardian with faciltiy and confirmed one staff member did not have a Criminal Record Clearance prior to employment at the Child Care Center for 3 days.) from 2024-09-05
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 B5
All violations
6 violations shown (5 outside lookback window)
Type A(1)
Personnel Requirements — LPA Laureano reviewed Guardian with faciltiy and confirmed one staff member did not have a Criminal Record Clearance prior to employment at the Child Care Center for 3 days.
Type B(5)
Outdoor Activity Space — LPAs observed two protruding small pipes in the outdoor yard/basket ball court and one small protruding pipe near the metal outdoor gate, making the area potentially hazardous to the children in care.
Personnel Records — 2 out of 10 staff files did not have a completed Health Screening LIC 503.
(c) The day care center shall maintain documentation of the required immunizations or exemptions from immunization, as set forth in this section, in the person’s personnel record that is maintained by the day care center. This requierment is not met as evidence by: 6 out of 10 staff files did not have proof of immunization record: MMR and dtap
Personnel Records — 2 out of 10 staff files did not have a valid Mandated Reporter Training completed on file.
101220 Child's Medical Assessments (a) Prior to, or within 30 calendar days following the enrollment of a child, the licensee shall obtain a written medical assessment of the child... (1) Such assessment shall be performed by, or under the supervision of, a licensed physician, and shall not be more than one year old when obtained. This requierment is not met as evidence by: 1 out of 7 children's file were incomplete, missing a completed Physician's Report.
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 #197410539).