Misspelled Daycare Center Exposed By Nick Shirley Suddenly Sees Burst Of Activity

After independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a viral video on Friday showing a Minnesota daycare center with a banner reading “Quality Learing Center” empty, the center appeared active on Monday, the New York Post reported.

Photos by LP Media for the Post showed adults and children walking into the daycare center, along with a packed parking lot. A local resident told the outlet that the activity and surge of children on Monday was “highly unusual” for the daycare center.

“We’ve never seen kids go in there until today,” the resident told the Post. “That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed.”

The daycare center states its hours are 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., according to the Post. Ibrahim Ali, the owner’s son who asserted he was the center’s manager, told the outlet that Shirley arrived before its operating hours.

“Do you go to a coffee shop at 11 p.m. and say, ‘Hey, they’re not working’?” Ali asked the outlet.

He also said a graphic designer was responsible for the misspelled banner, which would “be fixed,” and that roughly 16 children were present on Monday afternoon.

Furthermore, a woman opening the center on Monday at 2 p.m. refuted Shirley’s allegations, according to the NYP, saying, “We don’t have fraud. That’s a lie.”

A staffer at the center also snapped at an NYP reporter on Monday.

“What’s your response to the allegations? Is there fraud going on here?” the reporter asked.