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California · Merced · 95340

Merced Montessori School · 436 West 21st Street, Merced

436 West 21st Street, Merced, CA 95340 · Merced County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Feb 27, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Merced Montessori School was a licensed child care center in Merced, CA, licensed for up to 21 children. Its license closed around February 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 4 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 substantiated, and issued 2 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0Type A citations
2Type B citations
4Inspections
0 of 1Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 21, 2024 · Inspection · no citationDec 4, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationDec 4, 2023 · Inspection · no citationFeb 16, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundDec 5, 2022 · Inspection · no citationNov 8, 2021 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety2

Citations, newest first

Type BFeb 16, 2023Case management visit (lead testing/exceedance)Building & playground safety
Lead in drinking water §101700.3
Based on record review provided by Licensee indicating (ALE of 9.9 ppb in Outlet B Bathroom Fountain). These results indicate over (ALE) 5.5 ppb, which is out of compliance. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 16, 2023
Type BNov 8, 2021InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(f)(1)
Based on observation, LPA did not observe a waste container for food that had a tightfitting cover on it. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Nov 22, 2021

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedDec 4, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Sep 28, 2023
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity21 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceFeb 25, 1988
ClosedFeb 27, 2025
LicenseeAnn Macdonald
Last administratorVineyard, K/Santo, M
State facility #240402754

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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 240402754 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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