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Montessori Cottage

675 Escuela Ave, Mountain View, CA 94040 · Santa Clara County
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Montessori Cottage is a licensed child care center in Mountain View, CA, licensed for up to 30 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2026. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 0 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
0Type A citations
1Type B citations
0Inspections
0 of 1Complaints substantiated
1 citation from 2 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 1 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Jul 9, 2026 · Report/investigation · citation foundApr 23, 2026 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications1

Citations, newest first

Type BJul 9, 2026Complaint investigationTraining & qualifications
Teacher aide qualifications §101216.2(e)
The director will create a written statement which details the understanding, requirement, and how to properly and accurately evaluate all transcripts for staff members when considering their qualifications to be a teacher or an aide. The director will also specify the understanding for properly One staff member was considered a fully qualified teacher and was supervising children alone. LPA Uribe reviewed qualifications and found that this staff member's foreign transcripts were translated but not officially evaluated. This staff cannot be considered a fully qualified teacher. 8 considering and evaluating foreign transcripts. The director will email this signed written statement to LPA Uribe at christina.uribe@dss.ca.gov no later than the due date of 08/07/2026.
Plan of correction due Aug 7, 2026

Complaint investigations

Not substantiatedJul 9, 2026Complaint investigationreceived May 1, 2026
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity30 children
License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceMay 1, 2026
LicenseeSarada Nandaka Weerasinghe
AdministratorYuen Kei (Nicole) Tsui
Phone(650) 318-5934
State facility #435700802

Common questions

Has Montessori Cottage had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.

Have there been complaints about Montessori Cottage?

California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How much does Montessori Cottage cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Montessori Cottage for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Mountain View, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today), $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) and $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Montessori Cottage?

The licensee is Sarada Nandaka Weerasinghe, and the administrator listed with the state is Yuen Kei (Nicole) Tsui.

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 435700802 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.