Delaware records · Kent County · Dover
WESLEY PRESCHOOL AND PLAY CARE
Licensed Child Care Center · Dover, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 28077
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 209 SOUTH STATE STREET, Dover, DE 19901
- Licensed capacity
- 132
- Ages served, as listed
- 1 year through 5 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- State programs listed
- Nonprofit
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 5 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 15 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 15 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | February 14, 2022 – February 25, 2026 |
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.
Record by year
| Year | Visits & investigations | Citations recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs a service letter request for a previous employer.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 6, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 20, 2026
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated health appraisal on file.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 6, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 20, 2026
Ensure medications are stored with a name on the box and the item in the box. Expired medications need to be returned and replaced. Medications for children no longer in use must be disposed of. Three medications were observed to not have a name on the box or the item. One medication had expired. One medication the child was no longer in care.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 6, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 20, 2026
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1 need updated fingerprints and eligibility prior to returning to work.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 28, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 7, 2025
Ensure top/bottom covers are available for each napping child. Two children in the Ducklings classroom did not have top/bottom coverings.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 17, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 14, 2025
MAR's are required for each child receiving mediation. Expired medication must be returned to the family. Provide OCCL with a MAR for one child in the Ducklings Classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 17, 2025 · how corrected: Telephone · correction was due February 14, 2025
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on December 3, 2024, regarding temperatures in the building being too cold. An investigation was conducted on December 4, 2024. This complaint is substantiated because when the complaint was investigated Administrator #1 admitted the heater had been broken but repaired. However, a few of the classroom temperatures were below the required 68 degrees at the time of the visit.
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure personnel files are complete Staff #1 needs CPR/FA certification., health and safety hours and three additional training hours.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 21, 2024 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due February 21, 2024
Ensure staff sign in/out with exact hours of arrival and departure.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 1, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 15, 2025
Ensure staff attendance is documented with the children's exact hours of arrival/departure. Send one weeks attendance to OCCL
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 1, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 15, 2024
Applying lip balm to child is not permitted without an MAR. Provide OCCL w/ an MAR for the Chipmunks Classroom
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 1, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 15, 2024
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Staff files must be complete Staff #1 needs OCCL s7 hour health and safety training Staff #2 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff # 3 needs a professional development plan and OCCL 7 hour heath and safety training Staff #6 needs a professional development plan Staff #7 needs a professional development plan Staff #8 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #10 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #12 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #13 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #14 needs updated annual abuse and neglect documentation. Staff #16 needs a professional development plan and OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #17 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #18 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #20 needs date of hire and OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #21 needs annual review of abuse and neglect Staff #22 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 9, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 1, 2023
4 regulations cited at this visit.
Ratios must be maintained at all times. One child took one child to the restroom leaving the classroom out of staff to child ratio. This was corrected at the visit after having a conversation with staff.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 14, 2022 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due March 11, 2022
Staff files must be complete. Staff #7 needs four references. Provide OCCL a service letter for Staff #9 Proviide OCCL with a corrected or new health appraisal for Staff #12 Staff #16 needs one additional reference Provide OCCL with a medication training certificate for Staff #19
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 8, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 11, 2022
Attendance for children and staff need to refelct who is present in the classroom at all times. Attendance was not being accurately documented before the classroom split. Provide OCCL with one weeks clasroom attendance for the Ducklings classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 28, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 11, 2022
Child files must be complete. Child #2 needs immunization or medical exemption Child #8 needs innumizations and blood lead results Child #9 needs immunizations
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 8, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 11, 2022
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