Delaware records · New Castle County · Wilmington
SHARON TEMPLE CHILD CARE LEARNING CENTER
Licensed Child Care Center · Wilmington, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 281260
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 2001 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET, Wilmington, DE 19802
- Licensed capacity
- 103
- Ages served, as listed
- 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- State programs listed
- Nonprofit;Purchase of Care
Licensing notices on the state's current record
- Enforcement action
- Warning of Probation Extension
- Recorded intent
- Intent to Place on Warning of Probation Extension
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 | 10 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 51 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 51 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | September 7, 2023 – September 24, 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 | 6 | 20 |
| 2025 | 2 | 18 |
| 2024 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete. Submit blood lead screening results for Child #8.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 30, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 15, 2026
3 regulations cited at this visit.
One School-Aged child was observed in the closed one year old classroom alone. LS Hackett explained that all children must be assigned to an age appropriate classroom and must be supervised at all times. This child was originally assigned to the infant classroom with her mother, who is the staff member in the infant classroom. This was corrected when one child was moved to the School-Age room.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 12, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due August 12, 2026
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs their updated CPR/FA. Staff #2, 3, and 4 needs their OCCL Health/Safety training.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 24, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due September 7, 2026
Label all bottles in the infant classroom and send a picture to OCCL. Child #1 did not have a labeled bottle.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 14, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due September 7, 2026
6 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff have an eligibility letter in their file before beginning employment. This was corrected when 1 staff member was sent home in the two year old room. This staff has their fingerprinting receipt and is awaiting determination from CHU. The two year old room had 9 children signed in, which left the other staff member out of ratio. Ensure staff-to-child ratio is maintained. The 1 and 2 year old combined room had 13 children after combining when 1 staff member was sent home. This was corrected when one child was moved to the infant classroom (1 year old). Ensure children are supervised at all times. 1 staff was observed leaving the school-age room. Ensure staff are DEEDS qualified to supervise children. The cook cannot supervise unless a DEEDS certificate is received. This was corrected with the Administrator signed in the classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected May 28, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due May 28, 2026
Ensure staff have an eligibility letter in their file before beginning employment. This was corrected when 1 staff member was sent home. This staff has their fingerprinting receipt and is awaiting determination from CHU. The two year old room had 9 children signed in.
Correction status: Completed · corrected May 28, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due May 28, 2026
Ensure staff files are complete: Staff #1 needs their CPR/FA, health and safety training, 2 more references, release of employment history. Staff #2 needs their orientation form, health/safety training, 4 references, adult abuse registry, release of employment, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts. Staff #3 needs their CPR/FA, health and safety training, orientation form, and administration of medication. Due by 6/12/2026.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 28, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due June 12, 2026
Ensure staff sign-in and out when entering or leaving a classroom. This was corrected when the one year old teacher signed in.
Correction status: Completed · corrected May 28, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due May 28, 2026
Ensure child files are complete. Submit blood lead screenings for Children #2 and 9. Submit developmental plan for Child #8. Due by 6/12/2026.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due June 12, 2026
If children do not sleep, provide a quiet activity for them on their cots. Do not force children to sleep. 1 staff was observed repeatedly telling 1 child to go to sleep. This was corrected when 1 child was provided a quiet activity.
Correction status: Completed · corrected May 28, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due May 28, 2026
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs an orientation form, health/safety training, 4 references, release of employment history. Staff #1 will be considered an aide for 2026, but needs to apply for a DEEDS certificate. Staff #2 needs an orientation form, health/safety training, and a returned service letter. Send staff file items by 5/28/2026.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due May 28, 2026
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs: orientation form, health/safety training, 2 reference letters, a returned service letter or 4 reference letters and 2 documented attempts.
Correction status: Completed · corrected April 30, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 20, 2026
Ensure child files are complete. Submit infant feeding schedules for all infants to OCCL. Lead screening results for Child #1.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 13, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due March 13, 2026
Repair ceiling in the school-age and infant room and send a picture to OCCL. Please contact OCCL before the school-age room opens, so OCCL can approve it for use. Ensure OCCL is contacted in the future.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 13, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due April 14, 2026
6 regulations cited at this visit.
Submit the name of the staff member with the associates degree to help with curriculum- needed to approve the variance request.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 19, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 16, 2026
Ensure staff have their DEEDS certificate before being alone with children. Staff #4 stepped out the classroom and left Staff #1 alone with 8 children, aged one and two, without a DEEDS certificate. DEEDS certificate for Staff #1 is pending as of 12/18/2025.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 18, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 16, 2026
Ensure staff have their DEEDS certificate before being alone with children, ensure ratio is maintained. Staff #4 stepped out of the classroom and left Staff #1 alone with 8 children, aged one and two, without a DEEDS certificate. DEEDS certificate for Staff #1 is pending as of 12/18/2025. This was corrected when Staff #4 was asked to remain in the classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 22, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due February 16, 2026
Ensure staff files are complete: Staff #1: CPR/ FA, Administration of Medication, Health/Safety training, 4 reference letters, adult abuse registry, adult health appraisal with TB, returned service letter or 2 documented attempts from Kindercare, returned DEEDS certificate.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 6, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 5, 2026
Submit current health appraisals with lead results for Children #1 and 2.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 6, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 16, 2026
Submit infant feeding schedules for all infants by 1/30/2026.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 22, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 30, 2026
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
On September 18, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint alleging concerns of improper discipline and failure to report an injury requiring medical attention to OCCL. An investigation was conducted on September 24, 2025. The complaint is substantiated for failure to report an injury requiring medical care, as Staff #1 admitted she did not notify OCCL, despite intending to do so. There is insufficient evidence to substantiate the allegation of improper discipline. Staff #1 and Staff #2 both reported Child #1 dropped to the ground while transitioning from the playground to the classroom in protest of the transition from the playground. During the visit, additional non-compliances were observed. One infant was asleep in a boppy pillow. Two Early Childhood Interns were in the infant room, leaving it staffed with unqualified personnel and out of ratio. Additionally, attendance records in the one- and two-year-old classrooms were inaccurate, as staff and children were not properly signed in.
18 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff are qualified when alone with children. Staff #5 was observed alone with an infant as Staff #8 was helping around the center. Staff #5 does not have a DEEDS certificate. Have Staff #5 apply for a DEEDS certificate and send certificate to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 16, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Have a qualified staff member trained in day-to-day operations.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 17, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Ensure staff files are complete. Please see handout given at visit. There were no complete staff files observed at this visit.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 16, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Send attendance for the Administrator to OCCL. (Staff #4)- Staff #4 will no longer be the administrator as of 1/21/2025. OCCL is waiting for variance approval for the administrator.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 24, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Ensure child files are complete. Date of enrollment/hours and days of attendance for Child #5, Health appraisals for Children #3-8 and 10, immunization record for Child #5, blood lead screening results for Children #5, 8, and 10, screentime permissions for Children #2, 4, 5, 9, and 10. Developmental plans for Children # 4, 9, and 10. Transportation and medical permission for Child #5. Infant feeding statement for Child #9.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 23, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Ensure children are signed in upon arrival. One child was not signed in, in the infant room. This was corrected at the visit.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 4, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due September 4, 2025
Place a lock on the cabinet and fix the door door (that leads to the back room) in the two year old classroom and send a picture or invoice of the lock and services to OCCL.- door is fixed as of 10/31/2025. Fix cabinet in the main eating area by the sink and send a picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 8, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due October 3, 2025
Remove floor fans (diffusers) from all classrooms and send a picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 8, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due October 3, 2025
Place an outlet cover in the infant room and send a picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 23, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 4, 2025
Fix ventilation fan in the main bathroom and send to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 23, 2025 · how corrected: Telephone · correction was due October 3, 2025
Ensure outdoor gates are self closing/able to close easily. Outdoor gate requires a hard manual push to open/close. Send a picture of invoice/receipt of gate repairs to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 6, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Label infant crib in the infant room and send a picture to OCCL. This was corrected at the visit. Ensure cribs are 18 inches apart and send a picture to OCCL. Corrected. Ensure children sleep in a crib or pack & play. 2 infants were observed sleep, but not in their assigned cribs. One infant was not placed on her back. Review infant safe sleep with the infant room staff and send a signed acknowledgment to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected November 6, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due September 19, 2025
Place additional building materials in the one year old room.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 18, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Send fire drill for October and September to OCCL. Place emergency water in the kitchen and send a picture to OCCL.- corrected.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 23, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Post food menu and send a picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 8, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due October 3, 2025
Send infant feeding schedules for all infants. Label all bottles and send a picture to OCCL- corrected.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 30, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due September 19, 2025
Update lesson plan in the two year old and school age classroom and send to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 30, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
Place additional building materials in the one year old room.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 18, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 3, 2025
7 regulations cited at this visit.
Submit updated Administrator certificate with infant/toddler specialized training by 10/11/2024.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 24, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 11, 2024
Ensure staff files are complete. Submit service letter for Staff #8, adult health appraisal for Staff #5, 4 references for Staff #7-9, job description for Staff #9, OCCL Health/Safety training for Staff #5, 7-9, orientation form for Staff #8, professional development plan for Staff #4-7, Administration of Medication training for Staff #5 and 7, CPR/FA for Staff #5 and 6, and a DEEDS certificate for Staff #3, 5, and 8. Please note: staff cannot be left alone without a DEEDS certificate- no exceptions.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 30, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 11, 2024
Ensure child files are complete. Child #3 needs a developmental plan. Children #3,4,8, and 9 need blood lead screening results, Children #3,4, 8, and 9 need a health appraisal with immunizations, and Child #3 needs permission to sleep on a mat.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 3, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 11, 2024
Replace ceiling tile in the two-year old classroom and send a picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 17, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 11, 2024
Replace freezer and send a picture of purchase receipt to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 10, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 11, 2024
Send lesson plan for the infant room to OCCL. This was corrected at the visit.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 12, 2024 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due October 11, 2024
Send 1 week of daily logs for all infants to OCCL. Replace infant safety gate and send a picture to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 26, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due October 11, 2024
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure training hours are completed 30 days before license expiration. Training hours were submitted on 10/2/2023.
Correction status: Completed · corrected October 3, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due September 30, 2023
5 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff to child ratios are maintained. Staff #4 is not certified in DEEDS and was present with Staff #7, who is certified. Staff #4 does not count towards staff to child ratios, and there were 5 infants present. Have staff #4 submit an application on DEEDS and sent receipt of application to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due October 6, 2023
Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs a professional development plan, annual reviews of safe sleep, and health and safety training. Staff #2 needs a professional development plan and health and safety training. Staff #3 needs an orientation form, references, adult abuse registry check, adult health appraisal, release of employment, and a returned service letter or 4 references and 2 documented attempts. Staff #4 needs a professional development plan, a DEEDS certificate, and fingerprinting eligibility. Staff #5 needs a DEEDS cert, administration of medication, health and safety training, and professional development plan. Staff #5 must never be alone and cannot count in staff to child ratio. Staff #6 needs their annual safe sleep and child abuse and neglect signature forms, health and safety training, and fingerprinting eligibility. Staff #7 needs their annual safe sleep and child abuse and neglect signature forms, and health and safety training. Staff #8 needs a professional development plan and health and safety training.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due October 6, 2023
Ensure all child files are complete. Children #1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, and 12 need updated health appraisals with immunizations. Children #2, 5, 6, 8, and 12 need blood lead results. Child #9 needs screen time permission. Send to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due October 6, 2023
Ensure refrigerator temperature is below 40 degrees. The infant room thermometer reads 49 degrees. Send a picture of infant room thermometer reading 40 degrees or below. This was corrected at the visit.
Correction status: Completed · corrected September 7, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due October 6, 2023
Ensure soap and water and bleach and water labeled bottles are available and used to clean in each classroom. Prepare labeled bottles for preschool classroom and send to OCCL.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due October 6, 2023
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