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Splash Bay Shore Day School

36773 Millsboro Hwy, Millsboro, DE 19966 · Sussex County (302) 238-7457 License #491839
4
inspections on file
14
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Jan 13, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

Records held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.

Inspection history for Splash Bay Shore Day School
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Jan 13, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jul 17, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 regulations cited6Agency record
Jul 3, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 regulations cited3Agency record
Jul 11, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 regulations cited5Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Jul 17, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 6 deficiencies cited
Not classified
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.”

Corrected Jul 17, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
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.”

Corrected Jul 31, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Three children need blood lead screening results.”

Corrected Jul 23, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
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.”

Corrected Jul 23, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
50U — Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Ensure all freezers are 0 degrees or colder. The thermometer in kitchen freezer read 10 degrees F.”

Corrected Jul 23, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
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.”

Corrected Jul 23, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jul 3, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 deficiencies cited
Not classified
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.”

Corrected Aug 22, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Complete file is needed for Child #3. Child #3 needs blood lead test result.”

Corrected Aug 22, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
53U — Outdoor Area

“Ensure the gates are self-closing. Repair or replace the self- latches on the outdoor playground gates.”

Corrected Jul 19, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jul 11, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 deficiencies cited
Not classified
28U — General Qualifications

“An updated comprehensive background check is needed for the applicant”

Corrected Jul 25, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
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”

Corrected Jul 24, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
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.”

Corrected Jul 20, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Complete files are needed for five children. Updated feeding schedules are needed for five infants.”

Corrected Jul 24, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
74U — Lesson Plans

“Update lesson plans to include the weekly specials for the classrooms.”

Corrected Jul 24, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed

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