Delaware records · Kent County · Dover
ABC KIDS ACADEMY III
Licensed Child Care Center · Dover, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 1475636
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 1012 S GOVERNORS AVE, Dover, DE 19904
- Licensed capacity
- 56
- Ages served, as listed
- 1 year through 12 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- State programs listed
- Purchase of Care
Licensing notices on the state's current record
- Recorded intent
- Intent to Place on Warning of Probation
These are the state's own current words for this license, republished as recorded. What each action involves is set out in Delaware's child care licensing regulations.
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 4 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 11 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 11 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | April 4, 2022 – September 21, 2022 |
How to read this record
A compliance visit is a licensing visit by an OCCL specialist. When the specialist finds a regulation has not been met, the visit record carries a citation: the regulation's code and short description, the specialist's corrective-action note describing what was found, and the correction record — the date correction was due, whether the state has marked it completed, the date it was corrected, and how. A complaint investigation begins with a complaint; its record carries the state's result and the investigator's written conclusion. Delaware does not grade citations by risk or severity, so no grade is shown — the specialist's note is the substance of the record. One visit can produce several citations. A citation the state later records as corrected stays in the history; that is what a licensing record is.
Visits and investigations, newest first
5 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. Five children need blood lead screening results. One child needs an updated health appraisal. Six children need development plans.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 28, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 7, 2022
Ensure fans and cords are inaccessible to children. A fan was observed in children's reach on a low shelf in the main classroom. This was discussed and corrected when the fan was removed.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 21, 2022 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due September 21, 2022
Ensure food is stored to prevent spoilage and labeled with contents and date of preparation or expiration. An opened package of cookie dough was observed in the freezer.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 21, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 7, 2022
Replenish the mulch with nine inches of mulch to protect the fall zone areas. Move the rocking toys to the fall zone area.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 22, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 7, 2022
Purchase roll gauze for the first aid kit.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 21, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 7, 2022
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Repair the gate to the outdoor play area to ensure it self-latches.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 14, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 19, 2022
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Discontinue the use of the portable wading pool.
Correction status: Completed · corrected June 21, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due June 24, 2022
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure direct supervision is provided at all times. A school-age child was observed re-entering the Dragonfly classroom after using the bathroom in the unused school-age classroom. This was discussed with the staff member. A second school-age child was then observed using the bathroom in the school-age classroom while the staff member stood in between the Dragonfly classroom and the school-age classroom. This was again discussed with the staff member and a second staff member was asked to assist with bathroom breaks. Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times. A 17-year-old aide was observed alone with a group of five school-age children. This was corrected when a staff member qualified as an ECAT entered the classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected June 15, 2022 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due June 15, 2022
Ensure staff members schedule a fingerprinting appointment with Delaware State Police and are fingerprinted for a Delaware SBI and FBI check before the start of employment and receive eligibility determination prior to being left alone with children. A 17-year-old staff member was observed alone with a group of five school-age children. A second staff member, who was previously deactivated from the center, entered the classroom. This was corrected when a third eligible staff member entered the classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected June 21, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due June 22, 2022
Ensure staff attendance is documented to show the exact hours the staff worked in each classroom. One staff member was not signed into the one and two-year-old classroom, but present. Two staff members were signed into the one and two-year-old classroom, but not present. One staff was not signed into the school-age classroom. This was corrected when the staff members were signed in or out.
Correction status: Completed · corrected June 15, 2022 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due June 15, 2022
Ensure child attendance is documented to show the child s exact arrival and departure times. 11 children were present in the one and two-year-old classroom, but 10 were signed in. Eight children were present in the three to five-year-old classroom, but seven were signed in. This was corrected when the children were signed into their classrooms.
Correction status: Completed · corrected June 15, 2022 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due June 15, 2022
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
OCCL received a complaint on March 22, 2022, regarding not following the parent handbook and not allowing parents into the building, not completely changing soiled clothing, not having an understanding for the children s needs, improper behavior management, and lack of care and interactions. On March 24, 2022 and March 25, 2022, two additional complaints were received and not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). On March 24, 2022 and March 25, 2022, the complaints were sent to OCCL and accepted for investigation regarding lack of supervision and administering medication without written permission from the child s parent/guardian. An investigation was conducted on March 28, 2022. The complaint is substantiated with additional concerns. Staff admitted to sending an infant home without pants and stated the center does not have extra clothes available. Staff do not have an understanding for the children s needs because two staff were heard yelling at children instead of consoling them on a voice recording. Staff do not follow proper behavior management because two staff were heard yelling at a crying infant, making negative comments about a child s looks and family, and cussing in front of the children. There is a lack of care and interactions because two staff were not heard talking with the infants during play, feeding, and routine care and are not heard responding to infants actions, sounds, and beginning language on a voice recording. At the visit, a four-year-old child and school-age child were observed leaving the caterpillar classroom, unattended. An additional concern noted on the voice recording is infants not being held while feeding because a staff member repeatedly told an infant she would not hold his bottle for him. Additional concerns noted at the visit were two safe sleep violations, a staff member using her cell phone for personal reasons, and children under the age of two-years-old participating in screen time activiti es. There is no evidence to substantiate for not following the parent handbook, not allowing parents into the building, and administering medication without written permission from the child s parent/guardian because staff denied the allegations and no melatonin was observed in the building.
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