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Montessori on the Lake Too

23311 Muirlands, Lake Forest, CA 92630 · Orange County
1 substantiated complaint Child care center (preschool)

Montessori on the Lake Too is a licensed child care center in Lake Forest, CA, licensed for up to 105 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1991. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #11 of 22 centers in Lake Forest and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 60% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. More citations than most
#11 of 22 centers in Lake Forest
0 Type A citations
5 Type B citations
5 Inspections
1 of 1 Complaints substantiated
5 citations from 6 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Dec 16, 2025

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Dec 16, 2025 · Inspection · no citation Jan 31, 2025 · Inspection · citation found Feb 22, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Dec 5, 2022 · Inspection · no citation May 10, 2022 · Report/investigation · citation found Mar 8, 2022 · Inspection · citation found
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Health & medication 2
Records & paperwork 2
Caregiver conduct 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Jan 31, 2025 Inspection Health & medication
Children's medical assessments §101220(a)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that, Child 2 did not have a physician's report on file, which poses potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 14, 2025
Type B Jan 31, 2025 Inspection Health & medication
Children's medical assessments §101220(b)(2)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that, Child 2 and 3 did not have tuberculosis test results on file, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Feb 14, 2025
Type B May 10, 2022 Complaint investigation Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(2)
Based on LPAs observations and interviews conducted, facility did not 1 Per Director, required children to wear masks starting 3/10/22 after Initial inspection was completed. Per CDPH, mask mandate, requiring children ages 2 years and older, to wear face masks, was lifted on 3/11/22 at 11:59 p.m. Masks are no longer required. require children over 2 years old to wear face coverings while inside the facility from 2/25/22 to 3/10/22, as required by the CA Dept. of Public Health Guidance on the use of face coverings on children, and individual mask exemptions did not apply. This poses a potential health and safety and personal rights risk to the children in care.
Plan of correction due May 11, 2022
Type B Mar 8, 2022 Inspection Records & paperwork
Sign-in and sign-out §101229.1(b)
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 8, 2022
Type B Mar 8, 2022 Inspection Records & paperwork
Sign-in and sign-out §101229.1(b)
Based on records review, on 03/08/2022, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which 59 out of 76 parents signed in their child/children which poses a potential safety risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Mar 9, 2022

Complaint investigations

Substantiated May 10, 2022 Complaint investigation received Mar 4, 2022
Substantiated allegation:
Facility is not following mask mandate
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

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About this center

Licensed capacity 105 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Jan 30, 1991
Licensee Environments For Learning, INC.
Administrator Julie Everest
Phone (949) 855-5630
State facility # 300610682
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Common questions

Does Montessori on the Lake Too take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has Montessori on the Lake Too had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021. It has 5 Type B citations, listed above.

Have there been complaints about Montessori on the Lake Too?

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

How does Montessori on the Lake Too compare with other daycares in Lake Forest?

It is #11 of 22 centers in Lake Forest by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was Montessori on the Lake Too last inspected?

Dec 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Montessori on the Lake Too cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Montessori on the Lake Too for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Lake Forest, was $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Montessori on the Lake Too?

The licensee is Environments For Learning, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Julie Everest.

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 300610682 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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