Montessori House of Children · Preschool, San Francisco

1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 · San Francisco County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of May 6, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Montessori House of Children was a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 110 children. Its license closed around May 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times, investigated 1 complaint (0 substantiated) and issued 2 citations, none of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

2 Type B citations

3 Inspections

0 of 1 Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 1

Caregiver conduct 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Nov 1, 2023 Case management visit (incident) Supervision

Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)

Based on interviews, facility did not ensure to provide supervision at all times, which poses a potential Health, Safety, and Personal Rights risk to persons in care. 8 Proof of training with staff involved signatures will be submitted to LPA with due date by end of November 2023.

Plan of correction due Nov 1, 2023

Type B Jan 20, 2023 Case management visit (incident) Caregiver conduct

Personal rights §101223(a)

Based on the LPA's interview conducted with the director, a staff violated a child's personal rights by repeatedly yelling and threatened to withhold food. Which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Feb 20, 2023

Complaint investigations

Not substantiated Jan 20, 2023 Complaint investigation received Oct 25, 2022

The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.

About this center

Licensed capacity 110 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Aug 12, 1976

Closed May 6, 2025

Licensee Montessori School Of San Francisco, INC.

Last administrator Sarai Baca

State facility # 380501318

Other licenses at this address

Montessori House of Children
Child care center (single license, multiple age groups) · Closed Too few inspections to compare

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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 380501318 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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