Palo Alto · Licensed center
Bowman School Children's House
A Montessori center in Palo Alto, licensed for 60 children. The state cited something at 0 of 5 routine visits (Bay Area centers: about 1 in 4).
Medium center. Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.
How they teach
Montessori
“we embrace the challenge of equipping the next generation through an individualized, integrated, hands-on approach based on proven Montessori methods of learning and development”In their words. bowmanschool.org, July 2026
One of 43 Bay Area providers that describe a Montessori approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Four staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
From $4,069 a month
Bay Area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 0 of 5 cited something
Across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 10, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since October 2021 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
A day here
- Hours
- 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, year round
- Schedule
- full-day
Details
- Phone
- (650) 493-4111
- Website
- bowmanschool.org
- Address
- 693 Arastradero
- License
- 435700719, active
- Ages
- 3–6 years
- Established
- 1995
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 · bowmanschool.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff — bowmanschool.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff — bowmanschool.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff — bowmanschool.org
What it costs
- Monthly tuition — Checked July 2026 · bowmanschool.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Hours, Calendar, Schedule — Checked July 2026 · bowmanschool.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · bowmanschool.org
- Ages — Checked July 2026 · bowmanschool.org
- Established — Checked July 2026 · bowmanschool.org