Delaware records · Sussex County · Millsboro
SPLASH BAY SHORE DAY SCHOOL
Licensed Child Care Center · Millsboro, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 491839
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 36773 MILLSBORO HWY, Millsboro, DE 19966
- Licensed capacity
- 132
- Ages served, as listed
- 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 3 |
| Complaint investigations | 1 |
| Citations recorded | 14 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 14 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | July 11, 2023 – January 13, 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 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
On December 22, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision and not following the center s termination policy. An investigation was conducted January 7, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate for lack of supervision and not following the center s termination policy because staff denied the allegations and the center s termination policy was followed.
6 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure proper staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times. When the licensing specialist entered the Dolphins classroom, she observed one staff member with 17 four and five year olds. Shortly after, a second staff member entered the classroom. When asked, she stated she left the classroom to grab something from the classroom next door. This was discussed with the staff member and corrected when she agreed to comply in the future. Ensure proper supervision is provided at all times. According to a conversation with a staff member, preschool-age and school-age children are permitted to leave their classrooms to use the bathroom located in the hallway directly next to their classrooms without proper staff supervision. According to staff, a staff member stands in the classroom doorway to supervise children in the bathroom. This was discussed with staff and corrected when they agreed to comply in the future.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 17, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due July 17, 2025
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal. One staff member needs to complete an in-person skills demonstration for CPR.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 31, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 7, 2025
Ensure child files are complete. Three children need blood lead screening results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 23, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due August 7, 2025
Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. Several paint cans were observed in an unlocked cabinet in the school-age Orcas classroom. Remove the paint cans or lock the cabinets.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 23, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 24, 2025
Ensure all freezers are 0 degrees or colder. The thermometer in kitchen freezer read 10 degrees F.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 23, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 24, 2025
Ensure the gates in the outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. One gate in the Pacific playground and one gate in the Atlantic playground are no longer self-closing and self-latching.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 23, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 7, 2025
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 needs a comprehensive background check with eligibility determined. Staff #2 needs administration of medication certification.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 22, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 26, 2024
Complete file is needed for Child #3. Child #3 needs blood lead test result.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 22, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 26, 2024
Ensure the gates are self-closing. Repair or replace the self- latches on the outdoor playground gates.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 19, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 26, 2024
5 regulations cited at this visit.
An updated comprehensive background check is needed for the applicant
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 25, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 2, 2023
Complete files are needed for the following staff members : Staff #1 needs nine additional training hours, and OCCL health and safety training, Staff #2 needs OCCL health and safety training, Staff #3 and Staff #4 needs a job descriptions, Staff #5 needs a job description and one reference letter, Staff #6 needs a service letter, Staff #7 needs CPR/ FA certification and a service letter and Staff #8 needs a job description, one reference letter, a release of employment and a service letter
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 2, 2023
Ensure staff members document their exact hours they work in the classroom. Staff members did not sign in and out the classrooms. Provide staff members attendance for each classroom from 7-12-2023 to 7-19-2023.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 20, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 2, 2023
Complete files are needed for five children. Updated feeding schedules are needed for five infants.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 2, 2023
Update lesson plans to include the weekly specials for the classrooms.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due August 2, 2023
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