Bright Angel Montessori Academy · Preschool, Menlo Park

687 Bay Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 · San Mateo County

ClosedChild care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Oct 13, 2022. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Bright Angel Montessori Academy was a licensed child care center in Menlo Park, CA, licensed for up to 42 children. Its license closed around October 2022. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 0 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations

1Type B citations

0Inspections

1 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

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

What inspectors cited most

Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type BApr 27, 2022Complaint investigationRecords & paperwork

Admission agreements §101219(b)(7)

Based on observation and review, LPA observed that the admissions agreement did not have any conditions in which agreement can be terminated. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.

Plan of correction due May 4, 2022

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedApr 27, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Apr 27, 2022

Substantiated allegation:

Facility did not follow admissions agreement and termination policy.

1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

Not substantiatedApr 27, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Apr 27, 2022

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

About this center

Licensed capacity42 children

License typeChild care center (preschool)

License statusClosed

Licensed sinceSep 2, 2016

ClosedOct 13, 2022

LicenseeBright Angel Educational Center, LLC

Last administratorMei-ling Huang

State facility #414004246

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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 414004246 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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