Lombard · Licensed center

The Gardner School Of Yorktown

Large center, licensed for 186 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

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: 8 of 8 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine 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: December 18, 2025
On file: 8 visits since December 2020 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was January 9, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · December 18, 2025

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Repeat violation

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Repeat violation

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Repeat violation

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Repeat violation

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · October 3, 2024

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 13, 2024

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · November 8, 2023

Health Requirements for Children

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Rule cited again

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Rule cited again

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5) · Violation corrected

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · November 21, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (f) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(3)

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m) through (p)(1) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m) · 407.330(p)(1)

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Rule cited again

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(3) · Rule cited again

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2021 Monitoring visit 20 findings

Monitoring visit · November 23, 2021

Personnel Records

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) through (2)(e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · 407.250(i)(2)(b) · 407.250(i)(2)(e)

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) through (j)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · 407.330(j)(3) · 407.330(j)(5)

Organization and Administration

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

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(3)

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 22, 2021

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)

Medications

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) through (c)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · 407.360(c)(3)

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 23, 2020

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 594159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

6305196760

Address: 98 Yorktown Shopping Ctr
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

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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 "THE GARDNER SCHOOL OF YORKTOWN" under Provider Name and 60148 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 594159).