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SPLASH BAY SHORE DAY SCHOOL

Child care center · 36773 MILLSBORO HWY, Millsboro, DE 19966 · License 491839

0Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 132. Infant through School-Age

Violation history (17)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
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.
Yes
?Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
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.
Yes
?Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
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.
Yes
?Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Three children need blood lead screening results.
Yes
?Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
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.
Yes
?Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation
Ensure all freezers are 0 degrees or colder. The thermometer in kitchen freezer read 10 degrees F.
Yes
?Wed Jul 03 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure the gates are self-closing. Repair or replace the self- latches on the outdoor playground gates.
Yes
?Wed Jul 03 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 needs a comprehensive background check with eligibility determined. Staff #2 needs administration of medication certification.
Yes
?Wed Jul 03 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Complete file is needed for Child #3. Child #3 needs blood lead test result.
Yes
?Tue Jul 11 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 28U - General Qualifications
An updated comprehensive background check is needed for the applicant
Yes
?Tue Jul 11 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
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
Yes
?Tue Jul 11 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 36U - Staff Attendance
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.
Yes
?Tue Jul 11 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Complete files are needed for five children. Updated feeding schedules are needed for five infants.
Yes
?Tue Jul 11 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Update lesson plans to include the weekly specials for the classrooms.
Yes
?Mon Jul 11 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
A complete fie is needed for one staff member. A health appraisal is needed for one staff member.
Yes
?Mon Jul 11 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
A complete file is needed for two children. Lead blood screening results are needed for two children.
Yes
?Mon Jul 11 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure all fall zones have protected area. Add additional pea gravel to the fall zones. Send pictures to OCCL.
Yes

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

Inspections (4)

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

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