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Pine Top Montessori School

6526 Pony Express Trail, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 · El Dorado County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Mar 27, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Pine Top Montessori School was a licensed child care center in Pollock Pines, CA, licensed for up to 30 children. Its license closed around March 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 2 substantiated, and issued 7 citations, 1 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

1Type A citations
6Type B citations
3Inspections
2 of 2Complaints substantiated

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Oct 18, 2024 · Inspection · no citationSep 27, 2023 · Report/investigation · citation foundSep 27, 2023 · Inspection · no citationJun 8, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citationOct 13, 2022 · Inspection · citation foundNov 8, 2021 · Report/investigation · citation found
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Health & medication3
Building & playground safety3
Records & paperwork1

Citations, newest first

Type BSep 27, 2023Complaint investigationRecords & paperwork
Admission policies §101218(a)(5)
Facility Representative stated they will update their admission policies, have parents re-sign the agreement, and submit to LPA Marx by
Plan of correction due Oct 11, 2023
Type BSep 27, 2023Complaint investigationHealth & medication
Health-related services §101226(c)(1)(A)
Facility Representative stated they will update their red binder which goes on field trips to include childrens medical consent forms and will create a field trip check list and submit to LPA Marx by
Plan of correction due Oct 11, 2023
Type AOct 13, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(c)
LPA's Manabat and Marx observed play equipment that poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care as evidenced by playground equipment missing several bolts which are used to connect the structure's play tunnnel to the main play structure component. LPA Manabat and Marx have documented the tunnel's ability to be separated from the main structure, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 14, 2022
Type BOct 13, 2022InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Outdoor activity space §101238.2(e)
Based on LPAs observation and record review, LPAs found that there is not enough substrates under swings, slides, and climbling structures to absorb a fall. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 27, 2022
Type BOct 13, 2022InspectionHealth & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on record review, two of the three staff members present have not obtained records of immunization within their employee records. The licensee did not comply with the section cited above in two out of three persons, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 27, 2022
Type BOct 13, 2022InspectionHealth & medication
Children's immunizations §101220.1(g)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as evidcenced by three out of the five files reviewed do not contain proof of immunizations for children within the facility which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 27, 2022
Type BNov 8, 2021Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. 1 Director stated that the chicken coop will be removed and the work order for the fence replacement has been placed. This requirement is not met as evidenced: There is a hole with protruding wiring in the chicken coop where a child could potentially get hurt. The outdoor chain link fence is hanging down and a large portion is missing due to recent fire. This is potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8
Plan of correction due Nov 22, 2021

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedSep 27, 2023Complaint investigationreceived Aug 18, 2023
At least one allegation was substantiated. The state’s report lists which.
2 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
SubstantiatedNov 8, 2021Complaint investigationreceived Nov 4, 2021
Substantiated allegations:
Masks are not required.
There are yard hazards.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity30 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceNov 13, 2007
ClosedMar 27, 2025
LicenseeJill Kime
Last administratorJill Kime
State facility #093614550

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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 093614550 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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