Montessori on the Lake Too
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
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Complaint investigations
Facility is not following mask mandate
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About this center
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.
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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 300610682 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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