Coast Redwoods Montessori · Preschool, Scotts Valley
Coast Redwoods Montessori was a licensed child care center in Scotts Valley, CA, licensed for up to 63 children. Its license closed around July 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 11 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two out of five staff files reviewed, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two out of five staff members, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in for two out of five staff files reviewed, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for three medications for one child that were still in possession by the center, but no longer in use for the child, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for two prescription medications for one child which were not in original packaging and did not have a physicians note, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
The employee is no longer employed by the facility, POC has been met. LPA advised monitoring clearances for all new staff members and correctly completing Livescan form. The Licensee allowed a former employee to work at the facility without criminal record clearances, which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as last fire drill was conducted on 3/2/2020, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 2 out of 5 staff present, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 2 out of 5 staff members present, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for 2 out of 5 staff members present, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for new Site Director present at the facility, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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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 444403546 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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