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Cottonwood Montessori · Riverside,

4302 Pedley Rd., Riverside,, CA 92509 · Riverside County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Oct 31, 2024. Its state inspection history is shown below.

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.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations
3 Type B citations
2 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Mar 14, 2024 · Inspection · citation found Mar 14, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Sep 22, 2022 · Inspection · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety 3

Citations, newest first

Type B Mar 14, 2024 Inspection Building & playground safety
Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(n)
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.
Plan of correction due Apr 15, 2024
Type B Mar 14, 2024 Inspection Building & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(d)(2)
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.
Plan of correction due Apr 15, 2024
Type B Mar 14, 2024 Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance) Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3(b)(1)
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.
Plan of correction due Apr 15, 2024

About this center

Licensed capacity 60 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Feb 1, 1991
Closed Oct 31, 2024
Licensee Siriwardena, R & A / Perera, A & J
Last administrator Anoma Perera
State facility # 330910342

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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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