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Lamorinda Montessori LLC · 1450 Moraga Road, Moraga

1450 Moraga Road, Moraga, CA 94556 · Contra Costa County
Child care center (preschool)

Lamorinda Montessori LLC is a licensed child care center in Moraga, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2018. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 5 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for staff ratios (2 of 5). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #8 of 11 centers in Moraga and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 88%of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. Among the most cited
#8 of 11 centers in Moraga
2Type A citations
3Type B citations
3Inspections
0 of 0Complaints substantiated
5 citations from 6 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Dec 3, 2025

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Dec 3, 2025 · Inspection · no citationAug 15, 2024 · Inspection · no citationOct 6, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationSep 19, 2023 · Inspection · citation foundSep 19, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundMar 14, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Staff ratios2
Background checks1
Health & medication1
Other standards1

Citations, newest first

Type ASep 19, 2023InspectionBackground checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have eligible fingerprint clearance prior to working in the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Sep 20, 2023
Type BSep 19, 2023InspectionHealth & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have proof of immunity for measles and pertussis in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 19, 2023
Type BSep 19, 2023InspectionStaff ratios
Capacity limits §101161(a)
Based on [(observation) the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring infants under the age of 18 months are not in the Infant/Toddler class,vwhich poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed 1 infant (DOB 06/15/2022) in the Infant/Toddler class. The director was advised commingling is not acceptable.
Plan of correction due Sep 29, 2023
Type BSep 19, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Other standards
Rule §1696.16(a)(1)
(1) A licensed child day care center... constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. 1 By 10/19/2023 the licensee will schedule an appointment with a certified water sampler to test the water supply for lead. Please send proof of appointment to LPA. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interview and record review the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the day care center water was tested for lead. 8 Once testing is completed, please submit the lead test packet to LPA, which includes lead test results, facility sketch, LIC 9275 form, and LIC 9276 form.
Plan of correction due Oct 19, 2023
Type AMar 14, 2023Case management visit (other)Staff ratios
Capacity limits §101161(a)
101161 Limitations on Capacity (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 The site administrator indicated he mailed an increase of capacity application in November 2022 but did not hear back from Licensing. The site administrator also stated the check submitted with the application was not cashed The facility is providing care for children in areas not approved on the license, which poses an immediate risk to the health safety, and personal rights of children in care. 8 By 03/15/2023 the facility will resubmit a new application and pay required fees in person or will provide a copy of certified mail receipt to LPA.
Plan of correction due Mar 15, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity70 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceJun 4, 2018
LicenseeLamorinda Montessori LLC
AdministratorMicaela Olivares-manning
Phone(925) 377-0407
State facility #073408252

Common questions

Does Lamorinda Montessori LLC take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Lamorinda Montessori LLC had any serious violations?

California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 19, 2023, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.

How does Lamorinda Montessori LLC compare with other daycares in Moraga?

It is #8 of 11 centers in Moraga by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 88% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Lamorinda Montessori LLC last inspected?

Dec 3, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Lamorinda Montessori LLC cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Lamorinda Montessori LLC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Moraga, was $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Lamorinda Montessori LLC?

The licensee is Lamorinda Montessori LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Micaela Olivares-manning.

Licensed centers nearby

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 073408252 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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