Forest Park · Licensed center

Oak Park Montessori School-Forest Park

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since January 2016.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Feb 3, 20263 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Jan 29, 20252 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Jan 9, 20244 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

Jan 25, 20234 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

Oct 28, 20222 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)

Jan 25, 20166 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)

2 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 3, 2026
On file
6 visits since January 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 3, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 3, 2026

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Rule cited again

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538319 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 29, 2025

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538319 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 9, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538319 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 25, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538319 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 28, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538319 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 25, 2016

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(6)

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538319 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

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Address
16 Lathrop Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "OAK PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL-FOREST PARK" under Provider Name and 60130 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 538319).

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.