The Brief
- Katie Voigt, formerly a teacher at Lil’ Explorers in Plymouth, was sentenced in October 2025 for the malicious punishment of a child after a video taken by another employee showed her pushing and yelling at children enrolled at the child care center.
- The child care center said she was fired within hours of the videos being posted online, while releasing a statement condoning the actions that said, “We do not tolerate behavior of this kind.”
- A total of 21 parents have since banded together to file a lawsuit against the day care’s parent company, arguing that in part they did not receive the safe, appropriate, kind, empathetic and respectful care” they had paid for.
PLYMOUTH, Minn. (FOX 9) – Parents of the Lil’ Explorers Childcare Center of Plymouth, whose former teacher was caught on video yelling at a child, have banded together to file a lawsuit against both the center’s parent company and the former employee, arguing for damages in its aftermath.
Lil’ Explorers lawsuit
What we know:
Parents representing 21 minor children filed the lawsuit in Hennepin County on March 4, 2026, against Cadence Education, LLC, and former employee Katie Voigt.
The lawsuit alleges that, “Plaintiffs’ worst nightmares came true when they learned that, instead of growing and learning in the environment promised [by Cadence Education, LLC], their children were “daily exposed to abusive behavior from the staff members [including Defendant Katie Ann Voigt].”…