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Cantera Montessori School
- Medium Montessori center, licensed for 108 children.
What the state has found
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State record — Texas HHSC
- Last visit
- June 20, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2021 — all of them cited findings · 2 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- High —
A parents vehicle that is used to transport children to field trips does not have a fire extinguisher. This parent will not be transporting after todays field trip and will no longer be enrolled into the program.
· June 20, 2025
Texas HHSC describes each deficiency in writing and weights the standard behind it from high to low by the risk a violation presents to children. It publishes no inspection document.
Jun 2025 Licensing visit 4 findings
Licensing visit · June 20, 2025
746.5617(a)(5) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher · High
A parents vehicle that is used to transport children to field trips does not have a fire extinguisher. This parent will not be transporting after todays field trip and will no longer be enrolled into the program.
746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection · Medium High
The operations last sanitation inspection was completed 3/18/2024 and was past due by 3 months.
746.1301(a)(7)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training · Medium High
The person who transported the children and the caregiver on the field trip did not have transportation training.
746.301(7) - Notification of Additional Services Offered · High
The operation is now transporting children for field trips. The service of transportation was added to the operation.
Oct 2024 Complaint
Complaint · October 17, 2024
Reported to the state by the program
Self-report is Texas HHSC’s own field on its complaint investigation record.
746.1301(a)(3)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing · Medium High
It was found during an investigation that a caregiver who administered first aid did not have current training in first aid.
Mar 2024 Complaint
Complaint · March 25, 2024
746.1315(a) - Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking. · Medium High
During a DPFS investigation, it was found that two caregivers did not have current first aid training.
Dec 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · December 7, 2023
746.2419(1) - Requirements for Feeding Infants-Hold through 6-months · Medium High
A caregiver was sitting beside a 4 month old infant holding the infants bottle to their mouth. I explained to the caregiver that infants birth through 6 months must be held to feed. The infant was picked up.
Jul 2022 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · July 19, 2022
746.3407(12) - Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children · High
Observed cleaning chemicals in a closet in the hallway that the lock was broken and was unable to be locked.
746.4901(a) - Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing · Medium High
Observed a climbing structure on the toddler playground that did not have any loose fill under it. This was discussed with the director and corrected when the equipment was removed.
Sep 2021 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 15, 2021
746.605(6) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact · Medium High · No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
3 out of 7 children files did not have an emergency contact address listed.
Jul 2021 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 28, 2021
746.4309 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space -Gates Locked · Medium High · No longer on the state’s site as of August 27, 2026
Outdoor space missing gates.
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How they teach
Montessori
“In 1906 an Italian physician named Maria Montessori conceived and developed a system of educating young children based on her observations and conclusions about how children learn. This system is commonly known as the Montessori Philosophy or just as often, the Montessori Method.”
What it costs
$1,730 a month for an infant
Higher than 96% of the 25 that publish a price.
Higher than 92% of the 26 that publish a price.
Higher than 90% of the 30 that publish a price.
Cantera Montessori SchoolMost Austin-area prices (middle 80%)
- Half day
- $1,440 to $1,560 a month
- Application fee
- $200
- Siblings
- 10% off the highest single tuition if all children are attending full time
A day here
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Meals
- Infant room: all food/snacks/milk/formula provided by the parent daily. Pre-Primary/Primary: school-provided morning snack (organic multigrain cereal + organic 2% milk) plus AM/PM snacks; lunch is either parent-packed or an optional catered Hot Lunch Program.
- Outdoors
- Outdoor play twice daily, duration varies by age: Nido as tolerated, Pre-Primary 30 min x2, Primary 45 min x2, Kinder 45 min x2 plus 30 min once.
- Sleep
- Scheduled rest time daily 12:30–2:30; children who stay awake may get up for quiet work/activities instead of sleeping.
- Screens
- Screen-free during school hours at all times.
- Schedule
- Full Day (7:00 am–6:00 pm) and School Day (8:00 am–3:30 pm)
- Closed
- 9 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Staff Development/Labor Day, Veteran's Day/Thanksgiving, Winter Break (Christmas–New Year's), MLK Day, President's Day, Spring Break (full week), Memorial Day, Independence Day, plus additional staff development days
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Exclude for fever ≥100.1°F, vomiting/diarrhea 3x/hour, or other contagious symptoms; child may return after 24 hours symptom-free.
- Biting
- Structured biting-crisis protocol: staff document every bite/attempted bite (location, time, participants), meet daily with the Head of School, analyze patterns, shadow the biting child, and adjust room environment/grouping.
- Special needs
- Non-discrimination on basis of special needs; reasonable accommodations made, but school does not fund one-to-one staffing (family would cover a one-to-one aide if needed).
Details
- Website
- msosv.com
- Address
- 4400 W State Highway 29
- License
- 1723380, active
- Ages they serve
- 6 weeks through age 6 (Kindergarten)
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All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach msosv.com
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Second price, Application fee msosv.com
- Sibling discount msosv.com/…/2023-24-TEXAS-PARENT-HANDBOOK-REV-09_24.pdf
State record
From Texas HHSC’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Screens, Hours, Calendar, Closed msosv.com/…/2023-24-TEXAS-PARENT-HANDBOOK-REV-09_24.pdf
- Schedule msosv.com
Policies
- When a child is sick, Biting, Special needs msosv.com/…/2023-24-TEXAS-PARENT-HANDBOOK-REV-09_24.pdf
Details
- Phone, Address, License childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Website msosv.com
- Ages they serve msosv.com
Medium means the middle half of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 62 to 153 children. Small is 12 to 61; large is 154 to 731.