Mission Montessori (Inf)
Mission Montessori (Inf) is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 64 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 5 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #291 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers.
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1596.8595(a)(1)The licensing report provided by the department shall be posted immediately upon receipt, adjacent to the postings required pursuant to Section 1596.817 and on, or immediately adjacent to, the interior side of the main door to the facility and shall remain posted for 30 consecutive days. This requirement is not met by: 1 The director will be posted immediately. Based on LPA observation and interview with the director, the facility did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to person in care. 8
Revocation or Suspension of License (1) Health and Safety Code Section 1596.885 provides:(c)Conduct which is inimical to the health, morals, welfare, or safety of either an individual in or receiving services from the facility or the people of this state. This requirement is not met by: 1 The employee is terminated on 10/18/2024 Based on the record review, and the interview, the employee came to the center with the smell of alcohol in his breath several times which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to the children in care. 8
Complaint investigations
Facility did not post notice of Type A citation for required 30 days.
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Common questions
Does Mission Montessori (Inf) take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Mission Montessori (Inf) had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 25, 2024, for revocation or suspension of license. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Mission Montessori (Inf)?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Mission Montessori (Inf) compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #291 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 70% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Mission Montessori (Inf) last inspected?
Jul 15, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mission Montessori (Inf) cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mission Montessori (Inf) for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $2,084 a month for infants (about $2,630 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mission Montessori (Inf)?
The licensee is Es Cal, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Lisa McKee.
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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 384004588 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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