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LJ'S PLAYPEN ACADEMY

Child care center · 2601 CARTER STREET, Wilmington, DE 19802 · License 641907

0Compliance score
Poor

Capacity 115. Infant through School-Age Accepts subsidy

Violation history (30)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 77U - Infant and Toddler Care
Ensure all infants have a daily log documenting sleep checks, feeding, and diapering. Ensure there is adult seating in the infant room.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 43U - Children's Attendance
Ensure accurate attendance is being maintained. The infant room did not have a sign-in/out sheet. There were 4 children signed in the ones room, but only 2 children were present. One child was removed and not signed out. The two's room had 7 children signed in and 6 children were present. The fours room had 6 children signed in and 5 children present. Send 2 weeks attendance for all classrooms to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 45U - Hazardous Materials
Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. The ones/infant classroom had ant/mice poison traps in the cabinet, which was not locked. There was bug spray in the hallway of the ones classroom. Take a picture of hazards stored and locked away to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 48U - Heating and Cooling
Ensure the heating system is properly installed. The movie room downstairs reads 59 degrees, and the library/fours room reads 62 degrees. Send a picture of thermometer showing appropriate temperature to OCCL. Ensure there are no floor heaters available. There was one floor heater in the fours room. Send a picture of heater removed from the classroom to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Replace ceiling tiles and wooden table in the library and send a picture to OCCL. Place lid on trashcan in the library and send to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation
Ensure all open foods are labeled. The mixed fruit in the kitchen was open and not labeled. Send a picture of labeled fruit to OCCL. Ensure food/milk is not expired. The kitchen had a couple of expired cans of fruit and milk. Send picture of food/milk with up to date expirations.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 51U - Toilet Facilities
Fix faucet in the children's bathroom and send a video of running water to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 53U - Outdoor Area
Ensure there are no hazards outside. Remove all broken equipment on both sides of the playground, fix cracked slide, and remove all standing water. Send a picture of outdoor area to OCCL with corrections.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 57U - Equipment
Ensure there are science and music materials in the infant and ones room. Send a picture of materials to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Ensure diaper changing mat is not ripped. The mat in the one year old room is ripped. Replace mats and send a picture to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 72U - Feeding of Infants
Ensure all infant bottles are labeled. Ensure all infants have an infant feeding schedule.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 74U - Lesson Plans
Ensure school-age room has a calendar of activities or a lesson plan. Send a picture of calendar to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 24U - Staff Qualifications
The one's teacher does not have a DEEDS certificate and was alone with 2 children. the two's and three's teachers do not have a DEEDS certificate and had 6 children. Have Staff #1, 2, and 3 apply for their DEEDS certificates and send a picture of application submission to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 26U - Staffing
Ensure there is one staff member trained in day to day operations and send documentation to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Ensure proper ratio's and supervision are maintained. The one's teacher does not have a DEEDS certificate and was alone with 2 children. The two's and three's teachers do not have a DEEDS certificate and had 6 children. Have Staff #1, 2, and 3 apply for their DEEDS certificates and send a picture of application submission to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 28U - General Qualifications
Ensure staff are fingerprinted and determined eligible before start of employment. Staff #7 and 8 started employment without being determined eligible by the Criminal History Unit. Review regulation 28 and send a signed acknowledgement of this regulation to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs annual review of safe sleep and OCCL's Health and Safety Training. Staff #3 needs a professional development plan, orientation form, and 4 references and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts at sending the service letter. Staff #4 and 5 need a professional development plan. Staff #6 needs a professional development plan, review of safe sleep, OCCL Health and Safety training, job description, release of employment and service letter or 2 documented attempts. Staff #7 needs an attempted service letter or 2 documented attempts.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 36U - Staff Attendance
Ensure staff sign in/out is accurately documented in each classroom. Staff do not sign in/out for each classroom as there is only a building attendance sheet. Submit documentation showing staff signing in and out of each classroom to OCCL.
Yes
?Tue Feb 20 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Submit date of enrollment/hours and days of attendance for Children #2, 3, 4, 5, and 7. Submit health appraisal for Child #3, along with immunizations and their blood lead screening. Submit blood lead screening for Child #7. Submit infant feeding schedule for Children #2, 4, and 5. Submit developmental plans for Children 1-7.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 28U - General Qualifications
Ensure staff have eligibility determination or a provisional eligibility notification on file. This was corrected at the visit when Staff #12 s ineligibility letter was placed in the file.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 30U - Personnel Files
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #3, 9 and 4 need a copy of their fingerprinting receipt in file. Staff #10 need their health and safety training. Staff #11 and 12 need 2 documented attempts at sending service letters. Ensure Staff #1, 5, 7, 8, and 13 are re-fingerprinted as soon as possible. Fingerprnts will expire before license expiration. Send Out-Of-State background check for Staff #6 to CHU.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 38U - Parents Right to Know
Submit parents right-to-know log. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 40U - Child Files
Ensure child files are complete. Children #1,3,4,9, and 11 need developmental plans. Children #4, 9, and 11 need blood lead results. Child #3 needs an infant feeding schedule, Child #11 needs transportation and screen time permissions, Children #5 and 9 need an undated immunization record and health appraisal. Child #11 needs emergency card information, days/hours of attendance, and date of enrollment.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 48U - Heating and Cooling
Ensure there are no space heaters. One space heater was observed in the infant room. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 49U - Indoor Space
Ensure all ceilings are in good repair in the theater, infant, ones', and twos' rooms. This was corrected at the visit. Ensure the kitchen ceiling is repaired.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Ensure all rest equipment is labeled in the infant, ones, twos, and three's room. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Ensure all diaper changing mats are non-porous. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 72U - Feeding of Infants
Ensure all bottles are labeled. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 77U - Infant and Toddler Care
Ensure the walkers in use do not have wheels. This was corrected at the visit.
Yes
?Tue Feb 14 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Ensure staff/child ratios are being maintained. Staff #12 did not have an eligibility letter on file and was alone with children. This was corrected a the visit when Administrator Mathis placed a copy of Staff #12 s ineligibility letter in the file, and LS Hackett reminded Administrator Mathis that Staff #12 cannot be alone with children.
Yes

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

Inspections (2)

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

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