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Shirley Smith

449 Pigeon View Lane, New Castle, DE 19720 · New Castle County (302) 832-9638 License #600338
3
inspections on file
6
recorded violations
—
severity not classified by the state
Jun 3, 2025
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 Shirley Smith
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Jun 3, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 regulations cited4Agency record
Jun 5, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 regulation cited1Agency record
Feb 13, 2024OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency 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.

Jun 3, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 deficiencies cited
Not classified
21P — Parents Right to Know Act

“Submit parents right to know log to OCCL.”

Corrected Jun 13, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
22P — Children's Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Submit mat permission for Children #1 and 2. Submit health appraisal with immunizations and infant feeding schedule for Child #3.”

Corrected Jun 30, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
30P — Fire Safety

“Submit fire drill for the month of June to OCCL.”

Corrected Jun 13, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
8P — License Renewal

“Submit notarized renewal application. This was corrected when the provider stated she submitted the renewal application on June 1, 2025.”

Corrected Jun 1, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jun 5, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
22P — Children's Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Submit health appraisal for Child #3.”

Corrected Jun 27, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Feb 13, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“On January 15, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of improper discipline, not meeting the meal pattern requirements, and the menu not matching the food served. This complaint is Substantiated for not meeting the meal pattern requirements and the menu not matching the food served, as [name withheld] admitted to serving Child #1 snacks, instead of serving the meal prepared for the rest of the children without written parental permission or a list of foods to substitute. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline as [name withheld] denied all allegations and stated she would never curse at or hit a child. The children present at this visit were not old enough to be interviewed.”

Correction date not recorded

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