I got a new job in Naperville and needed to find child care for my children and I really didn't want to send them to a corporate one. I found Bright Start and when I took the tour at first I thought this would be a good fit for mine and my children's needs. Boy was I ever wrong and thak goodness they have cameras. I was able to look in on my kids any time I wanted.I found that the teachers were very nice and compassionate and were up a against a brick wall.They had no supplies and numerous times I heard how the owner/director Michelle Ginley yell, disrespect and treat her staff as if she was better than them. So it wasn't the teachers but the centerr and Michelle is why I pulled my children.When you walk in the center itself smelled of mold and soiled diapers.It was always dusty and dirty.There were always problems with the bathrooms and they were dirty and smelled of urine.My children would tell me that they never had enough food for either lunch or snack.Their were always kids running around, screaming hitting each other.Once I came in early to pick up my children Michelle had a child strapped in a car seat on the office floor, he was yelling and was trying to get out.She was always on the phone with her husband or yelling at her own kids.Once I even seen & heard from the camera she was yelling at her kids in front of the staff and the children.I called DCFS to see if they had ever been investigated and found out they have and still are. Do investigating ask other parents and the teachrs for the truth. I would never recommend them and I hope they lose their liscense, the Ginly's have not business owning or running a child care center.
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