No violations were cited in California licensing visits since 2022.
What parents say online, cameras, food and extra costs, tuition, teacher turnover, your drop-off and pick-up traffic, plus the full record — researched, reviewed by a person, delivered by email.
| Visits | Count | Type A | Type B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing inspections | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Other (follow-up, case management) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Type A: an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or rights. Type B: a potential risk if not corrected. California publishes these as totals, not per citation.
| Closed | Substantiated | Inconclusive | Unfounded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Counts are allegations per complaint, as published by CCLD. The complaint text is on the state’s report pages.
| Date | Inspection | Result | Findings | Open | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | Licensing inspection |
9 answers need research — reviews, parent groups, the program’s website and traffic data. The report finds them for Montessori School of Novato.
Unlock — $12“Public record” rows come from state datasets. Missing information never means there is no issue.
Distilled into recurring themes, with dates and sources.
Unlock in the reportHistorical traffic at opening and closing, from every direction.
Unlock in the report| No citations |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Verified |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Licensing inspection | No citations | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Licensing inspection | No citations | 0 | 0 | Verified |
| May 27, 2022 | Complaint investigation visit | No citations | 0 | 0 | Verified |
Facilities are grouped under one operator when their published legal names match exactly after normalization (exact normalized legal name). Parent company: not verified.
| Facility | Type | Operator | Capacity | Inspection findings | Last insp. | Dist. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Kids Academy LLC Novato, 94947 | Child care center | — | 29 | No records | — | 0.1 km |
| Alpha Kids Academy LLC Infant - Novato Novato, 94947 | Child care center | — | 20 | No records | — | 0.1 km |
| Novato Parents Nursery School, INC Novato, 94947 | Child care center | — | 26 | No records | — | 0.2 km |
| Noah's Ark Preschool Novato, 94947 | Child care center | — | 100 | No records | — | 0.7 km |
| C.a.m. (Cfs) Marin Head Start Lynwood (PS) Novato, 94949 | Child care center | — | 40 | No records | — | 0.8 km |
| Quality Care for Kids-Lynwood Novato, 94945 | School-age program | — | 72 | No records | — | 0.9 km |
| Source | Record | Facts | Evidence | Effective | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA CCLD Child Care Centers CA | 213000400 | name, type, status, capacity, address, phone, licensee, visits, citations, complaints From the CCLD statewide child care center download, read 2026-11-06. Search facility #213000400 on the CCLD Care Facility Search to verify. | Verified | — | Nov 6, 2026 |
| CDSS CCL Facility Map CA | 213000400 | location Coordinates published by CDSS for this facility number. | Verified | — | Nov 6, 2026 |
| CA CCLD Child Care Centers | 213000400 | From the CCLD statewide child care center download, read 2026-11-06. Search facility #213000400 on the CCLD Care Facility Search to verify. | Verified | Sep 24, 2026 | Nov 6, 2026 |
| CA CCLD Child Care Centers | 213000400 | From the CCLD statewide child care center download, read 2026-11-06. Search facility #213000400 on the CCLD Care Facility Search to verify. | Verified | Jul 8, 2024 | Nov 6, 2026 |
| CA CCLD Child Care Centers | 213000400 | From the CCLD statewide child care center download, read 2026-11-06. Search facility #213000400 on the CCLD Care Facility Search to verify. | Verified | Jul 6, 2023 | Nov 6, 2026 |
| CA CCLD Child Care Centers | 213000400 | From the CCLD statewide child care center download, read 2026-11-06. Search facility #213000400 on the CCLD Care Facility Search to verify. | Verified | May 27, 2022 | Nov 6, 2026 |
Sources: CA CCLD Child Care Centers, CDSS CCL Facility Map. Missing data never means no issue exists. Report a correction.