Ross Cottage Nursery School

802 College Avenue, Kentfield, CA 94904 · Marin County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Ross Cottage Nursery School is a licensed child care center in Kentfield, CA, licensed for up to 15 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough history California has not inspected this center since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0 Type A citations

0 Type B citations

0 Inspections

0 Complaints investigated

No citations in 2 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · last inspected —

Every state visit

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

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity 15 children

License type Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License status Licensed

Licensed since Apr 4, 2025

Licensee Michelle Zoila Shaffer

Administrator June Friedman

Phone (415) 785-3926

State facility # 214005718

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Common questions

Has Ross Cottage Nursery School had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Ross Cottage Nursery School cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Ross Cottage Nursery School for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Marin County, which includes Kentfield, was $2,051 a month for infants (about $2,590 today), $1,683 a month for preschoolers (about $2,120 today) and $777 a month for school-age children (about $980 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Ross Cottage Nursery School?

The licensee is Michelle Zoila Shaffer, and the administrator listed with the state is June Friedman.

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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 214005718 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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