Established in June, 1982, as The Children’s School, in classroom space of the First Presbyterian Church on Berkeley Dr. , Lompoc, for children ages 2 to 6 years, the program quickly grew and achieved AMI certification status in 1984 and was renamed Children’s Montessori School (CMS). In the fall of 1988 CMS was reorganized as a non-profit corporation【501(C)(3) status】and began the elementary program for children from age 6-12 years.

Outgrowing the space in the church, the school relocated to classrooms leased from the Lompoc Unified School District at their Maple High facility (for a brief five months) and then the La Mesa facility in Vandenberg Village in the spring of 1989. Along with the La Mesa classrooms space at the Valley of the Flowers Church accommodated our elementary class for a period of two years.

During this time at the request of several families who did not want to move their 12 years old children into middle school classrooms, we extended our program to include the years up to 15. Then in the fall of 1992 we moved into classrooms at La Mesa where we would remain until the summer of 2007. Then during the following 18 months the school had to be moved three times while awaiting the renovation of the building at 3910 Constellation Rd. into which we moved at Christmas 2008.

Located on the corner of Constellation Rd and Burton Mesa Blvd in a specious 3200 sq. ft. building and 6000 sq. ft. outside playground/garden area especially designed as a Montessori environment, our new facility fulfills years of wishing and provides a physical site that will allow for the continued development of quality in our program.

In January 2000, CMS opened a half day, part time day care program in classroom at First Southern Baptist Church on Pine Ave. to satisfy families who were looking for a less than five day week program. This program is not AMI certified, the teacher is not AMI trained, nor is the classroom equipped with Montessori apparatus but the basic principles of encouraging independence, responsible choices, development of practical life skills and vocabulary enrichment, numbers and counting along with cultural experiences are preparing these children to move to the program on Constellation Rd.