Mountain View · Licensed center
Learning Nest Montessori Preschool
- Small center, licensed for 28 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 2 licensing inspections since July 2024.
Of the 34 Bay Area centers with 2 licensing inspections, 59% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 6% had rules cited at both.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 29, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2024 — both cited nothing · 3 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- Type A —
To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, C1 had their ear pulled by S1 which posed an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
· March 20, 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.
Jan 2025 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · January 17, 2025
Substantiated · CCR 101223(a)(3) · Type A
To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, C1 had their ear pulled by S1 which posed an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.
Request Denied
Nov 2024 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · November 25, 2024
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): -Staff did not provide adequate supervision to the daycare children INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) M.O. arrived to the facility unannounced to conclude investigation into the above allegation. LPA was met by Director, M.D. Also present during today's visit was an additional staff member and 12 preschool aged children. During the course of the investigation LPA conducted observations, made record reviews and conducted interviews. Based on interviews conducted, 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. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Appeal Rights were given and discussed. An exit interview was conducted with Director, M.D. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
A day here
- Hours
- 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Details
- Website
- hobbledehoy.org
- Address
- 2321 Jane Lane
- License
- 435700768, active
Run Learning Nest Montessori Preschool? Correct or add anything here, free.
Add what is missingSources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 3 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 2 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=1, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=1, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=1, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.
A day here
- Hours — Checked July 2026 hobbledehoy.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 hobbledehoy.org
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.