Sterling & Bambini Montessori
Single Licensed Child Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Jul 12, 2024
GoldiCheck · State record
Repeat — cited again within 12 months: CCR 101216.2(e) +9 more (Teacher Aide Qualifications and Duties — Based on interview and record review, LPA determined that on 5/22/2025, an aide was supervising infants alone at the facility from at least 6:52am to 7:00am, which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.) from 2025-05-28
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 A10
- Type B2
All violations
12 violations shown
Type A(10)
Buildings and Grounds — Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to a delay to remove wasps from an outdoor playhouse after first being observed by staff, and spiders fitting the characteristics of the Black Widow species living in said playhouse and underside of the plastic jungle gym. This poses/posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Personal Rights — Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to a delay to remove wasps from an outdoor playhouse after first being observed by staff, leading to a child sustaining a suspected sting. This posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Staff-Infant Ratio — Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the case of 8 infants being provided care by one qualified teacher with less than 12 units and 1 aide. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Indoor Activity Space for Infants — Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to toddlers and infants comingling in the infant classroom, and the gate acting as a physical barrier between the two classrooms being broken. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — Based on review of video record and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to staff not being present in the toddler room to supervise a child who was awake and walking around. This posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights violation to persons in care.
Teacher Aide Qualifications and Duties — Based on interview and record review, LPA determined that on 5/22/2025, an aide was supervising infants alone at the facility from at least 6:52am to 7:00am, which posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
(1) A child younger than 18 months of age shall not be moved into the toddler component. A child who is 18 months of age or older shall not be required to be placed in the toddler component. — Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to a 15 month old child being placed in the toddler component, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Teacher Aide Qualifications and Duties — Based on observation, interview, and record review, LPA determined that there was a 10 minute period during today's visit in which an aide was left alone with 5 toddlers while the teacher went on break. This poses and immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Teacher Aide Qualifications and Duties — Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to incidents in which two different aides were left alone providing care to children. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Staff-Infant Ratio — Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to separate incidents in which two different aides were left alone with children without the presence of a qualified teacher. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Type B(2)
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants — Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above due to staff not keeping documented 15 minute sleep checks of napping infants. This poses a potential potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Infant Care Food Service — Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the case of two children's food brought from home not being labeled, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons 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 #313624805).