Balas Montessori Development Center

1661 Triangle Dr, Ridgecrest, CA 93555 · Kern County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Dec 10, 2023. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Balas Montessori Development Center was a licensed child care center in Ridgecrest, CA, licensed for up to 36 children. Its license closed around December 2023. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, with no citations. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

1Inspections

0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedJan 6, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Oct 14, 2022

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity36 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceAug 13, 2020

ClosedDec 10, 2023

LicenseeShannon M. Balas

Last administratorCourtney Lefter

State facility #157750002

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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 157750002 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.