Wilson daycare shuts doors with nearly no notice to parents and staff
FROM ANY APP STORE. JUST BE
SURE TO TURN ON PUSH
NOTIFICATIONS. SO YOU GET THOSE
ALERTS RIGHT TO YOUR PHONE.
PARENTS AND STAFF ARE DEMANDING
ANSWERS AND THEIR MONEY.
>> AFTER THEY SAY WILSON
DAYCARE CLOSED LAST WEEK WITH
NEARLY NO NOTICE KIDS CITY USA
CLOSED ITS STORES ON FRIDAY AND
NOW FAMILIES WHO DEPENDED ON
THAT CHILD CARE.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS
MEET AS THE COMPANY AND THE
CEO FACES A MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR BILL WRAL'S. ERIC MILLER
HAS THE STORY.
>> MOMS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
ALL THE ANSWERS TO WHAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEK. THIS WILL
SOME DAY CARE IS LEFT IN
THOMPSON DATA LOSS, BUT IT CAN
WHAT IT TEACHES THAT AGAIN AND
FOR ME, I'M BOTH. SO WHAT AM
I GONNA DO? THOMPSON FOUND OUT
THURSDAY SHE WAS OUT OF A JOB
HERE WITHOUT EXPLANATION.
THE SUDDEN CLOSURE HAS LEFT ARE
SCRAMBLING TO FIND CHILDCARE
FOR HER 4 MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER
OF THE ON A NEW WAY TO PAY THE
BILLS FOR THEM. BOTH.
>> OF MEALS BILLS. DON'T CHANGE
JUST BECAUSE THE JOB IS
THOMPSON IS FAR FROM ALONE.
>> EMPLOYEES AND PARENTS OF
KIDS, CITY USA DEALT WRAL.
THEY BELIEVE THIS CLOSURE.
IS IT ROUGHLY 20 WORKERS AND
75 CHILDREN HARD ATTEMPTS TO
CALL OR EMAIL THE COMPANY OR
ITS CEO ANDRIY BRUNER HAVE GONE
UNANSWERED. NO REPLY, NO
RESPONSE. NO, NOTHING. THOMPSON
AND MULTIPLE OTHER EMPLOYEES
TELL WRAL THEY'RE OWED 3 WEEKS
PAY AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY
WORD ON IF OR WHEN THAT MONEY
IS COMING. PARENTS HAD ALSO
PREPAID TUITION AND HAVEN'T
RECEIVED NOTICE ABOUT ANY
POSSIBLE REFUNDS. WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT
HIS FACE. HONESTLY, ACCORDING
TO THEIR WEBSITE, SHOULD CITY
USA HAS WON 100 LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE U.S. WITH NEARLY A
DOZEN ALONE HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA. AND ACCORDING TO
RECORDS OBTAINED BY WRAL, THE
COMPANY HAS HAD BIG TROUBLE
WITH UNPAID BILLS EARLIER THIS
YEAR. THE IRS FILED TO TAX
LIENS AGAINST KIDS. CITY CEO
AND THE COMPANY WITH 2 POINT 0
5 MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S NOT
CLEAR IF EITHER OF THOSE LIENS
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS
CLOSURE. THAT'S OUR AGE.
IS THIS WOW, FOR HER PART TO
NEDA THOMPSON SAYS SHE DOESN'T
NEED TO KNOW WHY THE DAYCARE
SHUTDOWN IN WILSON, BUT SHE
DOES WANT SHOULD CITY USA TO
MAKE THIS RIGHT STOP DOING THIS
TO PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S COLD
HEARTED. IT'S COLD HARD TO
BELIEVE THIS. MANY PEOPLE
WITHOUT ANSWERS IN WILSON, ERIC
MILLER, WRAL A TOUGH SITUATION.
THAT WAS A CUTE BABY. WASN'T
SO WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH KIDS