Mission Montessori (Ps)
Mission Montessori (Ps) is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 120 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 7 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for health & medication (1 of 3). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #298 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.
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1596.8595(c)(2)A licensed child day care facility shall provide to the parents or guardians of each child receiving services in the facility copies of any licensing report that documents any Type A citation that represents an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care(2)Upon enrollment of a new child in a facility, the licensee shall provide to the parents or legal guardians of the newly enrolling child copies of any licensing report that the licensee has received during the prior 12-month period that documents any Type A citation that represents an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care. This requirement is not met by: 1 The director informed and provided a copy of the LIC9224 form to all parents for them to sign. The director will make sure she provides a LIC 9224 form to all and newly enrolling parents when they have a Type A violation. Based on record review, and interviews Type A citation information and document has not been provided during enrollment and the above allegation is found to be SUBSTANTIATED. 8
101223 Personal Rights (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement is not met by: 1 The staff was terminated from working at the facility. Staff member reminded of Personal Rights. Based on interviews, obtained information, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8
the interview and facility incident report. The staff failed to provide adequate supervision, which allowed C1 to leave the group without the staff's knowledge. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care. 8 A follow-up Informal Meeting is to be scheduled for a later date.
Complaint investigations
Type A violation cited in 09/26/2023 was not provided at enrollment.
-Staff do not properly supervise day care children
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Common questions
Does Mission Montessori (Ps) take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Mission Montessori (Ps) had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Sep 26, 2023, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Mission Montessori (Ps)?
California investigated 7 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Mission Montessori (Ps) compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #298 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Mission Montessori (Ps) last inspected?
Jul 15, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Mission Montessori (Ps) cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Mission Montessori (Ps) for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Mission Montessori (Ps)?
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 384004587 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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