Step By Step Montessori
Step By Step Montessori is a licensed child care center in Concord, CA, licensed for up to 40 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2005. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #28 of 56 centers in Concord and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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What inspectors cited most
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On at least one ocassion a teacher has been observed supervising more than 12 children alone. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
Facility is operating out of ratio.
About this center
Common questions
Does Step By Step Montessori take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Step By Step Montessori had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Oct 11, 2023, for teacher-child ratio. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Step By Step Montessori?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Step By Step Montessori compare with other daycares in Concord?
It is tied for #28 of 56 centers in Concord by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Step By Step Montessori last inspected?
Jul 24, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Step By Step Montessori cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Step By Step Montessori for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Concord, was $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Step By Step Montessori?
The licensee is Marzi Haghighi, and the administrator listed with the state is Rachel Wood.
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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 073404969 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.