Atlantic City Day Nursery
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📞 (609) 345-3569Reviews
This school should come with a warning sign -- and DYFS should be doing random visits to actually witness the mistreatment of certain students. Abusive and absolutely not appropriate for children -- our doctor has everything documented as do we -- I have no problem sharing our horror story from here with anyone who asks...doubt anyone from the school will as they KNOW they don't deserve to be open and should be prosecuted for their bullying of our child.
We were initially impressed with the curriculum offered by this daycare. We had no idea the staff was cruel or that the school employed so many bigots. The way they terrorized our child is despicable and alarming. No one should ever have to endure what our child, or we, were forced to experience. We couldn't wait to find a new place -- the school and its staff are extremely unwelcoming and closed-minded. BEWARE!
Clearly the staff is ill-equipped to handle normal childhood behavior. The outrageous demands and inquisitions we endured because of normal childhood behavior (why does your child blink every time we clap loudly in their face?!?!) was mind-boggling. Our pediatrician called DYFS on the school for their harassment and belligerent intolerance towards us which was disruptive to our child's emotional and psychological well-being and then begged us to get our child out of this school ASAP for fear of continued harassment, retaliation and torment of our child.
The staff members are prejudicial and ignorant at the same time -- a dangerous combination. They substitute their "web-searching" knowledge for that of actual doctors and lawyers. It's amazing this school doesn't have more complaints -- then again, looking at the makeup of the school and based on our experience, it is no wonder that the school utterly lacks diversity, including in its staff, who post racist messages on their Facebook accounts (we have the screenshots to prove it).
Ac nursery is an excellent daycare. I was so pleased with the staff. They actually cared for my son in a manner that let me know my son was safe and had no need to worry. They play with the children and also teach them and you can be sure your child is in safe hands. This school will be a true blessing in your life. Simply because you can't find too many daycares that actually care for the children. Ms Erin will work with you to get everything planned out she's an excellent supervisor. If you choose ac day nursery your making a great choice.
Ever since Erin Brown come in our life has been so crazy. Erin Brown, the Director and Ms. Shawnesa, a long time teacher here, accused my son of hurting other children and teachers. When I asked to see video of it they told me there was nothing for me to see and that they don't have to show my anything. They say one thing but yet treat others differently. I use to be satisfied with this day care but if your not 100 % black they are so racist towards to and very unprofessional. One day Ms. Shawnesa showed up with a hickie on her neck. I donated a brand new laptop to Ms. Shawnesa's class for the school, never saw it once she took it home and it never came back again.
I have taken my son there for a little over a year now and i couldnt be happier in this school. its clean and healthy, in just one month my son had advanced in his speech and other activities. I am truelly blessed my son is a part of this school and wouldnt change my decision ever!
I took my son to this place expecting to have a good experience for my son and i. It turn into a nightmare for my son and i. They are very unprofessional and have now creatated issues for my son with other good and worthy providers as he expects that all providers are as the ones in this regretful place. There only intrest is to get through the day by bulling these children. I truelly regret it and my mistake to send my son here now has a price of mistrust.
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About the Provider
The Atlantic City Day Nursery exists to provide a safe, developmentally appropriate environment for children ages 0-6, that promotes each child’s social, emotional and cognitive development and supports the child’s desire to be a life-long learner.
Hours of Operation
- Monday07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
- Tuesday07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
- Wednesday07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
- Thursday07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
- Friday07:30 AM - 05:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-14 | Monitoring,Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-16 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-07-10 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-09 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-25 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-10-01 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-08-20 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-14 | Complaint | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-08-07 | Life Safety Modification | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-18 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-15 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-03-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-12-05 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-10-10 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-18 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-20 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-20 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-07-20 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(b)(1) | Ensure all components on accident/injury reports are completed as required by OOL. - The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: the name of the injured child. |
| 2023-06-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-13 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-08 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-08 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-5.4(a)(3) | Provide screens on all doors and windows used for ventilation, in crawl spaces and in attic spaces. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, crawl spaces, attic spaces, and all doors and windows used for natural ventilation shall be provided with insect screening. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) | Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. - The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) | Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for bottles, each child's bottle(s) shall be labeled with the child's name and dated. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(i) | Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. - Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) | Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal. - The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(i) | Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before preparing or serving food. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(vi) | Ensure that staff wash their hands after assisting a child blowing their nose. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for the children that indicate the children's arrival and departure times. - The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of children's daily attendance records, including the daily time of arrival and departure. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-3.4(a) | Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file. - The sponsor or sponsor representative shall secure comprehensive general liability insurance coverage for the center and shall maintain on file a copy of the insurance policy or documentation of current insurance coverage. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-4.9(a) | Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required. - The sponsor, sponsor representative, director, or any staff member shall verbally notify the State Central Registry Hotline (1-877 NJ ABUSE/1-877-652-2873) immediately whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect by a staff member, or any other adult, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.9, 8.10, 8.13 and 8.14. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) | Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline. A named staff yelled at the children. - The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(d)(1)(i)(1) | Based on information, ensure that children are clean thoroughly during diaper changes at all times. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: diapering requirements for centers serving children who are not toilet trained are as follows, staff members shall ensure that staff members shall ensure that each child's diaper is changed when wet or soiled. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's discipline policy, 2. The center's diapering policies and procedures, and 3. Appropriate classroom programming structure. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(8) | Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. - The center shall obtain a Life Hazard Use Registration certificate applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq. The center shall post this document in a prominent location within the center. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(10) | Ensure that aerosol sprays are not used when children are present. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all corrosive agents, insecticides, bleaches, detergents, polishes, any products under pressure in an aerosol spray can, and any toxic substance shall be stored in a locked cabinet or in an enclosure located in an area not accessible to the children. |
| 2023-05-08 | Violation | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) | Ensure that sleeping equipment is free of items accessible to the children while in the crib. At the time of the inspection, designs were secured with contact paper inside the child's crib. - The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that sleeping equipment shall be free of pillows and soft bedding, including, but not limited to bumper pads, when occupied by a sleeping child. |
| 2022-06-29 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-05-27 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-27 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-05-27 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) | Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for all centers, the head teacher or consulting head teacher shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the seven options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c) for education and experience. |
| 2022-04-12 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-04-12 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-04-12 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) | Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal. - The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal. |
| 2022-04-12 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(ii) | Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after using the toilet or having diapers changed. |
| 2022-04-12 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. Pertains to 1 staff. - As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| 2022-04-12 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required. - The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1). |
| 2022-04-12 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(10) | Ensure that all toxic substances are labeled and inaccessible to the children. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all corrosive agents, insecticides, bleaches, detergents, polishes, any products under pressure in an aerosol spray can, and any toxic substance shall be stored in a locked cabinet or in an enclosure located in an area not accessible to the children. |
| 2021-07-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2021-06-24 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-03-10 | No Selection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-30 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
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