A 49-year-old deal between a San Francisco church and the Montessori House of Children abruptly ended Thursday, when the First Unitarian Universalist Society evicted the preschool after bills went unpaid for almost a year.
The for-profit preschool “almost totally stopped paying rent, utilities, and property taxes” after a new lease took effect in July 2024, according to a statement on the church’s website.
The church allowed the school at Geary and Franklin to remain through June 30. A new school year started the following day, and the school requested one final stay of eviction from the court, which was denied…