The Quality “Learing” Center in Minneapolis looked like it had something to prove Monday.
After a viral video blasted the purported day care as a potential fraud front, The New York Post staked out the site — and suddenly, it wasn’t so quiet.
A local resident called what happened next “highly unusual.
“We’ve never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed,” the person said.
The neighbor’s description painted the center as a regular ghost town — the kind of place that looks shut down even when it’s supposedly open.
But Monday? Different story.
The parking lot was busy, and roughly 20 kids streamed in and out — a sharp contrast to YouTuber Nick Shirley’s footage showing what appeared to be a facility not in use.
“You do realize there’s supposed to be 99 children here in this building, and there’s no one here?” Shirley asked the person answering the door to the site in his clip, which was posted online Friday.
No children appeared to be at the center at the time.
The facility says its hours are Monday to Thursday, 2 to 10 p.m.
Ibrahim Ali — the son of the owner, who said he was the manager — told The Post on Monday that Shirley showed up before they opened.
“Do you go to a coffee shop at 11 p.m. and say, ‘Hey, they’re not working’?” Ali argued to The Post.
Ali also pointed to the now-infamous typo on the exterior sign, blaming a graphic designer.
“What I understand is [the owners] dealt with a graphic designer. He did it incorrectly. I guess they didn’t think it was a big issue,” said Ali, 26, who claimed he helps out with homework and paperwork at the facility.
“That’s gonna be fixed,” he said of the sign.
It wasn’t immediately clear how long the misspelled sign had been up.
Ali said there were about 16 kids inside on Monday afternoon.
Shirley released his video amid a massive scandal involving Minnesota’s taxpayer-funded social services, including daycares.
The up to $9 billion alleged scam purportedly involved businesses lying about providing services for needy people — and raking in millions in government funding.
When the money’s public and the cameras are rolling, even a “ghost town” can get real busy — real fast.
More over at The New York Post:
“Misspelled Minnesota day care Quality ‘Learing’ trucks in children after viral fraud video: ‘Never seen kids go in there until today’” https://t.co/gRu0jAkA8Q
— Jason Miller (@JasonMiller) December 30, 2025
