Palo Alto · Licensed center
Bowman School Children's House
- Medium Montessori center, licensed for 60 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections since October 2021.
Of the 98 Bay Area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 20% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did.
Licensing inspections
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.
Openings, child care subsidies, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
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”
What it costs
From $4,069 a month
Bay Area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
A day here
- Hours
- 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, year round
- Schedule
- full-day
Details
- Website
- bowmanschool.org
- Address
- 693 Arastradero
- License
- 435700719, active
- Ages they serve
- 3–6 years
- Established
- 1995
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All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach bowmanschool.org
What it costs
- Monthly tuition bowmanschool.org
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Hours, Calendar, Schedule bowmanschool.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website bowmanschool.org
- Ages they serve bowmanschool.org
- Established bowmanschool.org
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.