Glenview · Licensed center
Poko Loko Day Nursery School
A center in Glenview, licensed for 164 children. The state cited something at 12 of 13 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 12 of 13 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 22, 2026
- On file
- 13 visits since June 2010 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 21, 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.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · July 22, 2026
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation substantiated
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 24, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 11, 2023
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · July 8, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (e)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(5)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(b) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(l) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 8, 2021
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 9, 2020
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 16, 2019
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · June 14, 2018
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2) · Violation corrected on site
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 21, 2017
Napping and Sleeping
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a) through (d)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a) · 407.350(d)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 11, 2014
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 15, 2012
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2010 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 18, 2010
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 016464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8477294433
- Address
- 300 Waukegan Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "POKO LOKO DAY NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60025 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 016464).