Kiddie Academy of Glenview

"I love kiddie academy for my children. My four year old does amazing work, and the teachers are really creative about how they teach the whole class. My toddler also loves to come here and he has been super expressive since starting in January. This is the best choice I could have made for my children academically. Also the director, assistant director, an education coordinator are extremely helpful, sweet, and supportive in anyway they can."

"I trusted KA Glenview with my children until spring of 2023 when I was heartbroken to learn of a teacher mistreating children in my child's classroom. When I escalated to both the director and the owner, their response was unacceptable. No immediate action was taken, despite the evidence before their eyes, until I escalated it further by calling DCFS and a formal investigation was opened. (Update as of Feb 2: The KA owner reached out and asked me to clarify here that they did cooperate with DCFS by removing this teacher from the classroom, conducting an investigation and later terminated this teacher.) That said, I do not feel the leadership team can be trusted as it seemed their main priority was protecting their business, not the safety and wellbeing of the children. Not a day goes by where I don't feel sick to my stomach for what my children were exposed to while there. My child's behavior also drastically improved once they moved to a different school - their anger outbursts stopped completely (which I now know was modeling their teacher's abhorrent behavior.) I will refrain from sharing more details in order to protect the privacy of my family but I hope you never experience what we did at Kiddie Academy Glenview. Furthermore, I sincerely hope the owner has learned from this situation and has made leadership and organizational changes to ensure this doesn't happen again. It is also important to note that this review is not reflective of all individual teachers at KA. There were also some really wonderful teachers there when my children attended and I am grateful for those teachers who did properly care for the children."

"Terrible daycare, director lies and says they will hire on new teachers, make them sign all the paperwork, then decides to switch decisions and take away job opportunities. 1/10 would never take my kid here if they can't even stick to decisions."

"Edit: This is no longer an issue, and these are wonderful people from all that I've heard and read and seen by living next door. My original concern was solely the alarm, and I have now been informed that my review was the first time they had heard complaints. Plus, their quick response and improvement to their process in eliminating the alarm sound almost seconds after it occurs shows great ability to pivot to emerging needs and ensure harmony across their customers, staff, and community. Excerpt from Original (NO LONGER TRUE): I live next door. Every single day, at least 3-4 times per day, a VERY loud alarm goes off due to one of the children mistakenly using a door that they shouldn't. This alarm is definitely over 80dB and goes on for at least 2-5 minutes until one of the teachers can free themselves up in order to remedy the cause."

"My child has been going there for the past year, and the KA- Glenview location has surpassed all of our expectations. The teachers are incredible. They are informative, kind, experienced, and go above and beyond to ensure each child feels loved, and all parents feel assured that their child is safe and cared for. We did a lot of research on different childcare centers in the area and are so grateful we landed here. We have nothing but positive things to say! If there ever were any concerns or issues, it was handled promptly and professionally. All of the teachers and staff made it a wonderful place to drop off our child every day. My child was eager to go to school each day, and that is thanks to the excellent teachers and staff!"