Chicago · Licensed center

Wonder Montessori School

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since February 2013.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 40% had rules cited at all 7, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Feb 27, 20261 citation

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Jan 18, 20233 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Mar 2, 20221 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Mar 17, 20165 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

1 more from this inspection

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

Jan 26, 20152 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

Mar 3, 20143 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

Feb 25, 20135 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

1 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 27, 2026
On file
7 visits since February 2013 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 29, 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 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2026

Personnel Records

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

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Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 18, 2023

Personnel Records

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

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509946 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2022

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2) · Violation corrected

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Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 17, 2016

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · Violation corrected on site

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected

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Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 26, 2015

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

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Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2014

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509946 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 25, 2013

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509946 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

7735091296

Address
5636 N Pulaski Rd
License
license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

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.