Montessori Academy of La Puente
Montessori Academy of La Puente is a licensed child care center in La Puente, CA, licensed for up to 138 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2007. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, both of them substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #45 of 48 centers in La Puente and has more citations per inspection than 84% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on interviews with children and staff that meals are being thrown out before children have an opportunity to be finished. This poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Reporting Requirements (d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d) (1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and LPA had a consultation with the Director and went over reporting requirements. Reporting 24 hours by telephone, email or fax. during its normal business hours... This requirement was not met as evidence by record review. The facility sent the report via email on 1/26/2024 and the incident occurred on 1/23/2024, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
101223 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... 1 Director conducted discussion with each staff member on 1/24/2024 on the Licensing Regulations of Children’s Personal Rights and the Hands-off Policy of the school. LPA were send Director additional training videos on Personal Rights. This requirement was not met as evidence by interviews. Staff memebr grabbed a child by the arm in a forceful way, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
Based on interviews and record review the facility did not give parents 30 days notice when making changes to admission agreement which poses a potential Personal Rights risk to children in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, LPAs observed spider webs in the corner of the classrooms, spider webs on outdoor play equipment and dead mosquitos on classroom window seals which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility staff are interfering with children's eating by removing their food before they are finished eating
Parents are not being given 30 days
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About this center
Common questions
Does Montessori Academy of La Puente take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Montessori Academy of La Puente had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 14, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Montessori Academy of La Puente?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Montessori Academy of La Puente compare with other daycares in La Puente?
It is #45 of 48 centers in La Puente by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 84% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Montessori Academy of La Puente last inspected?
May 1, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Montessori Academy of La Puente cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Montessori Academy of La Puente for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes La Puente, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Montessori Academy of La Puente?
The licensee is Montessori Academy Of West Covina, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Megha Sahni.
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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 198013166 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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