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Dana Point Montessori · 33501 Del Obispo Street, Preschool, Dana Point

33501 Del Obispo Street, Dana Point, CA 92629 · Orange County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Apr 3, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Dana Point Montessori was a licensed child care center in Dana Point, CA, licensed for up to 66 children. Its license closed around April 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 3 complaints, 0 substantiated, and issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
3Type B citations
2Inspections
0 of 3Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Nov 14, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationNov 14, 2024 · Inspection · no citationJun 23, 2022 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 20, 2022 · Inspection · citation foundFeb 10, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation foundNov 22, 2021 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety1
Training & qualifications1
Staff ratios1

Citations, newest first

Type BMay 20, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Disaster and emergency plan §101174(d)
Based on observation and record review at 1:00 pm today, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety risk to persons in care. The last fire drill was conducted in October 2021.
Plan of correction due May 24, 2022
Type BMay 20, 2022InspectionTraining & qualifications
Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)
Based on observation and record review at 1:15 pm today, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 files out of 6 staff files which poses a potential health, safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 31, 2022
Type BFeb 10, 2022Complaint investigationStaff ratios
Capacity limits §101161(a)
Based on interviews conducted it was revealed subject child who is an infant under 2 years old was being taken care of under the preschool license with children ages 2 and up which poses a potential risk to the health and safety of the children in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 18, 2022

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedNov 14, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Sep 16, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedJun 23, 2022Complaint investigationreceived May 19, 2022
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedFeb 10, 2022Complaint investigationreceived Nov 5, 2021
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity66 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceApr 5, 2019
ClosedApr 3, 2025
LicenseeLena Swinson
Last administratorLena Swinson
State facility #304371258

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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 304371258 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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