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LA PETITE ACADEMY (LIMESTONE)

Child care center · 5986 LIMESTONE ROAD, Hockessin, DE 19707 · License 27726

64Compliance score
Fair

Capacity 123. Infant through School-Age Accepts subsidy

Violation history (6)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Wed Aug 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure Staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs two references and service letters returned.
Yes
?Fri Mar 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
On March 14, 2025, Child #1 was left unsupervised for four minutes on the playground. Staff #1 and Staff #2 were retrained on name-to-face policy regarding supervision.
Yes
?Wed Aug 02 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 7 training hours. Staff #2 needs Health Appraisal w/TB Staff #3 needs OCCL 7 hour Health & Safety Training Staff #4 needs current CPR (her last day is August 18, 2023)
Yes
?Tue Aug 30 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs a health appraisal with TB. Staff #2, #3, #4, and #5 need a documented 2nd attempt for Service Letters.
Yes
?Tue Aug 30 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure all child files are complete. Blood lead screening results are needed for Child #3 and #8. A development plan is needed for Child #6. An infant feeding schedule is needed for Child #7 and six other children under 12 months old in infant B.
Yes
?Tue Sep 07 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Ensure only qualified staff are supervising children. An unqualified staff member was alone left alone with eight in the preschool classroom and one unqualified staff was left alone in the Pre-K classroom with ten children. Staff #1 and Staff #2 need a DEEDS certificate or proof documents have been submitted to DEEDS and a plan must be developed to ensure qualified staff are directly supervising children at all times.
Yes

Severity 5 = most serious. Source: official state record.

Inspections (5)

5 inspection record(s) on file from DE-OCCL.

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