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Montessori House of Children · Artesia

18523 South Arline Ave., Artesia, CA 90701 · Los Angeles County
Closed Child care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 13, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Montessori House of Children was a licensed child care center in Artesia, CA, licensed for up to 80 children. Its license closed around March 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it once and issued 4 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations
4 Type B citations
1 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Jan 9, 2023 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 2
Building & playground safety 1
Health & medication 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Jan 9, 2023 Inspection Building & playground safety
Disaster and emergency plan §101174(d)
Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the Assistant Director, Keesha Perera Glover confirmed that the facility did not have verification of disaster and/or fire drills available for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 9, 2023
Type B Jan 9, 2023 Inspection Health & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as all staff present did not have the immunization record for measles available for review, and Staff (S2) did not have the immunization record for pertussis available for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 9, 2023
Type B Jan 9, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications
Director qualifications and duties §101215.1(m)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the Director, Beverly Perera did not have the Preventative Health and Safety Practices (EMSA-approved) certificate of completion available for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 9, 2023
Type B Jan 9, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 5 personnel records (Assistant Director, S1, and S3) did not have a Health Screening Report (LIC 503) available for review which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 9, 2023

About this center

Licensed capacity 80 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Closed
Licensed since Aug 19, 1993
Closed Mar 13, 2025
Licensee De Visser, Iris Yvonne & Perera, Beverly
Last administrator Iris Y. De Visser
State facility # 191500492

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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 191500492 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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