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Dandy Lion Montessori School · Preschool, Grover Beach

1089 Baden Ave., Grover Beach, CA 93433 · San Luis Obispo County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 25, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Dandy Lion Montessori School was a licensed child care center in Grover Beach, CA, licensed for up to 50 children. Its license closed around March 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 1 time and investigated 1 complaint, 0 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
1Inspections
0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Apr 17, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationApr 17, 2023 · Inspection · no citationApr 17, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type BApr 17, 2023Case management visit (deficiencies)Records & paperwork
Admission procedures and parents' rights §101218.1(b)(5)
CCC Adminstator to provided CCLD in write a protocal on disenrolling children in care from the CCC. The aforementioned needs to be forwarded to CCLD (elvin.baddley @dss.ca.gov or Regional Office address via USPS) no later than 5/1/23 at 5:00 PM. C1 and C2 were disenrolled from the CCC, without cause, following a complaint received by CCLD on 1/23/23. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 1, 2023

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedApr 17, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Jan 23, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity50 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceMar 13, 1998
ClosedMar 25, 2025
LicenseeMontessori Enterprises
Last administratorAnn Balasuriya
State facility #406204107

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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 406204107 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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