Cottonwood Montessori · Riverside,
Cottonwood Montessori was a licensed child care center in Riverside,, CA, licensed for up to 60 children. Its license closed around October 2024. Since February 2021, the state inspected it twice and issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
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Based on observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the LPA observed the classroom 2 countertop to be deteriorating where the children’s handwashing sink and faucet are mounted, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation licensee did not comply with the section cited above in LPA observed the blacktop throughout the outdoor area to be cracked and raised, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
101700.3 (b)(1): A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Facility will implement corrective action pursuant to section CCR 101704 for immediate cessation of outlets C, D and H, testing with action level exceedance until it is replaced and retested pursuant to section CCR 101705 and returns a result at or below the Acton level. Based on records review of required lead testing conducted on 12/15/2022, the facility had lead values of 5.5 or above reported on 01/05/2023 for water outlets C-5.6 ppb, D-8.3 ppb and H 31.0 ppb. This is a potential health and safety risk to persons in care. 8 Facility will notify CDSS with completion within 30 days.
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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 330910342 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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