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Little Einstein's Montessori Preschool

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 41 children.
  • Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since December 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • Sep 28, 2026Nothing cited
  • Jul 24, 2025Nothing cited
  • Dec 21, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 568.

How all 568 Bay Area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 568 Bay Area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None51%This center
  • 1 of 334%
  • 2 of 312%
  • All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
September 28, 2026
On file
3 visits since December 2023 — all of them cited nothing · 4 complaint investigations
Most serious
Type B — (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This Evidence was not met by Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility commingled different age components which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · July 16, 2025

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.

Sep 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2026 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · April 30, 2026

ALLEGATION(S): Facility is operating out of ratio. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 05/20/2026, Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) M.K. and Y.R. met with Licensee, M.B. and Director, S.A. for an unannounced follow up complaint investigation. Purpose of today's investigation: deliver investigation findings. LPAs toured indoor and outdoor areas of the facility during today's investigation. During today's investigation, LPAs interviewed Director and Licensee and reviewed staff files for teacher qualifications. LPAs conducted complaint investigation comprising of observations, Licensee interview, Director interview, random staff interviews, random parents interviews, records review and evidence gathered. Based on interviews, observations, records review and evidence gathered during the investigation process, although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED. **Continue on next page** Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Dec 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · December 8, 2025

ALLEGATION(S): Staff do not ensure that classroom temperature is comfortable for infants in care Staff are operating out of ratio INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On December 10, 2025, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) D.B. arrived at the facility to conduct an unannounced complaint investigation. The purpose of the visit was explained to Director S.A., who granted LPA access to the facility. Present during the visit were the Director S.A., Owner M.B., the Owner’s husband Osvaldo Lopez, five staff members, five infants, five toddlers, and six preschoolers.LPA toured the inside and outside areas of the facility. There were two allegations reported for investigation. The first alleged that staff did not ensure that the classroom temperature was comfortable for infants in care. During the visit, LPA entered the infant room and observed that the temperature read 72 degrees, which felt warm and comfortable at the time of the inspection and the temperature of 72 degrees falls within licensing regulations. LPA did not observe any signs that the room was too hot or too cold for the infants. -----CONTINUED NEXT PAGE ----- Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Jul 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2025 Complaint 1 of 2 allegations substantiated

Complaint · June 25, 2025

California decided each allegation separately.

Substantiated

  • Staff are co-mingling children of different age groups in the classroom

Unsubstantiated

  • Facility is operating out of ratio

Substantiated: the state found it more likely than not that it happened. Unsubstantiated: the state could not tell whether it happened.

CCR 101161(a) · Type B

(a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This Evidence was not met by Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility commingled different age components which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report, July 16, 2025

Dec 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(408) 559-1581
Address
2798 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, 95124
License
434417139

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All checked November 2026.

State record

The state’s licensing transparency data reports 4 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 3 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=1, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=4, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=1. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

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.

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