Delaware records · Sussex County · Seaford
LITTLE SCHOLARS EARLY LEARNING CENTER
Licensed Child Care Center · Seaford, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 791886
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 315 HIGH STREET, Seaford, DE 19973
- Licensed capacity
- 32
- Ages served, as listed
- 2 years through Kindergarten.
- Hours, as listed
- 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- State programs listed
- Purchase of Care
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 5 |
| Complaint investigations | 0 |
| Citations recorded | 20 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 20 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | November 19, 2025 – August 1, 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 | 4 | 17 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure an annual renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to the license expiration.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due August 21, 2026
1 regulation cited at this visit.
A licensee shall ensure that supervision and direct observation of children are provided at all times. This supervision occurs through the assignment of qualified staff members who are physically present and working with children. While maintaining the staff-to-child ratio, the maximum group size may be exceeded when there are 12 or fewer children in the center. During the first 90 minutes, toddlers may be cared for with older children. Upon arrival at 9:29 a.m., the door was answered by a staff member, who left the Pre-K classroom with one qualified staff member and 13 children, ages 2 to 5 years old. This was corrected when the toddlers were moved to another classroom with a qualified staff member.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 6, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due July 6, 2026
7 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure direct supervision is maintained at all times. During the visit, a child entered the two-year-old classroom. The class and the staff member were in the hallway at the bathrooms around the corner, approximately 35 feet away.
Correction status: Completed · corrected July 8, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due July 9, 2026
Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members need CPR/First Aid certification. Three staff members need to complete the orientation. Three staff members need reference letters. Two staff members need the adult abuse registry check results. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal on OCCL's form. One staff member needs a request-for-service letter completed.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 4, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 17, 2026
Ensure child files are complete. Two children need immunizations and blood lead screenings on file.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 4, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 17, 2026
Ensure surfaces are clean, bottles are labeled with contents, and air fresheners are not in use. The tables in the two-year-old and three-year-old classrooms have tape residue with debris, the three-year-old classroom bottles need to be labeled with contents, and all three classrooms had spray air freshener in them.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 4, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 17, 2026
Ensure gates are self-closing. Currently, the mechanism is not closing on its own.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 4, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 17, 2026
Ensure the dipaer only can be foot-operated. The foot lever for the diaper only can is inoperable.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 4, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 17, 2026
Ensure lesson plans have the required social-emotional component. All three classrooms need a social-emotional component for lesson plans.
Correction status: Completed · corrected August 4, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due July 17, 2026
8 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure that the day-to-day staff members' training is documented.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 12, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 30, 2026
Ensure supervision is provided at all times. A toddler in the classroom left through a hallway door to enter another room.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 8, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 8, 2026
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs documentation of being trained in day-to-day operations, one staff member needs an annual review and initial abuse and neglect signature pages, orientation, OCCL health and safety training for childcare professionals, a job description, 3 references, employee declaration, and drug and alcohol statements signed, adult abuse registry check, release of employment with service letter attempts. One staff member needs OCL health and safety training for childcare professionals and a health appraisal with TB results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 18, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 30, 2026
Ensure child files are complete. Two children require physical examinations, immunizations, and blood lead screening results. All children need developmental plans.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 9, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 30, 2026
Ensure fall zones are adequate at the bottom of the slides and extend out six feet from the fall point. Provide mulch to the depth and circumference of the fall area.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 20, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 13, 2026
Replace torn mats in the pre-school classroom
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 9, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 13, 2026
Ensure the toddler classroom has science and music equipment for the children.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 9, 2026 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 13, 2026
Ensure the child's and staff's hands are washed after diapering. After diapering A, a one-year-old, it was observed that the child's hands were not washed before returning to play.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 8, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 8, 2026
3 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure child files are complete Child #1 needs a child health appraisal, immunizations shot records, and blood lead test results. Child #2 needs a health appraisal ad blood lead test results Child #3 needs blood lead test results Child 34 needs date of enrollment, hours to attend, a health appraisal, immunizations shot records and blood lead test results. Child #5 needs a health appraisal, immunization shot records and blood lead test results. Child #6 needs a health appraisal, immunizations shot records and blood lead test results
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 8, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due December 15, 2025
Ensure staff files are coplete Staff #1 needs a professional development plan, OCCL Health and Safety training, adult abuse registry check, and release of employment Staff #2 needs OCCL Health and safety training, three references, and service letters for Corporate Kids and Bright path
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 8, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due December 15, 2025
Ensure to complete the Parents Right to Know form. Provide OCCL a copy
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 8, 2026 · how corrected: Facility Visit
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