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Child care center · Bear, DE
DELAWARE LEARNING ACADEMY
A licensed child care center in Bear, Delaware, with its state inspection and complaint history from the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL).
Program details
Program type: Licensed child care center
Address: 3843 WRANGLE HILL ROAD, Bear, DE 19701
Phone: (302) 834-8992
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 77 children
OCCL license number: 1432075
Current enforcement action (as published): none listed in the state's file
Injuries reported to the state (as published): the state's file lists injuries in the last 5 years that needed medical or dental treatment. 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
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Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 4 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 10 violations cited on these visits
- 5 complaint investigations completed (No Evidence to Substantiate: 2; No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern: 2; Substantiated: 1)
A violation means a licensing specialist found that a Delaware licensing rule wasn't met. The state gives the program a date to correct each one and records when it was corrected. Complaint results use the state's own terms, as published. Read the official record for details.
Visits with violations
All 6 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 15 violations in all. The state's file lists only visits where a rule was cited, so visits where nothing was cited are not shown. Each violation shows the state's short title for the rule, its regulation code, the date the state set for the fix and the correction status as published.
June 8, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 10, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, June 12, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs blood lead results.
June 4, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 4, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 21, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs OCCL health and safety training, references, adult abuse, ROE, and service letters.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by July 4, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, June 19, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Send photos of repaired fence.
June 4, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 6 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 11, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, July 5, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 needs OCCL health and safety training. Staff #2 needs an updated health appraisal.
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by July 11, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 4, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 11, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 20, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children's files are completed. Child #13 needs blood lead screening results.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by July 11, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 17, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure fall zone requirements are met on the playground. Remove broken toys from the playground.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by July 11, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 10, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all cots are rip-free. Replace torn mats in the one-year-old classroom. Label all cribs in the infant classroom. -Labels must be in front of the crib.
Emergency Planning
Regulation code 66U · Correct by June 4, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 4, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure evacuation plans are posted. No evacuation plans were posted in the one-year-old, three-year-old, and four-year-old rooms.
January 11, 2024 · Unannounced · 1 violation
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by January 11, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, January 15, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
A child walked out of the building when another child was leaving at pick-up time. The child was immediately returned to the classroom by the child's parent. Transition procedures were reviewed with all staff members.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
December 12, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by January 6, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, January 6, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All staff files must be completed. Send the completed Administration of Medication certificate for one staff member.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by January 6, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, December 21, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All child files must be complete. Send the documentation of the completed blood lead screening for two children.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by January 6, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, January 6, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Secure the self-closing latch on the gate for the back playground. Clean the leaf debris from both teacup equipment on the back playground. Send pictures of both when completed.
October 3, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by October 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, October 3, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
The center must maintain the correct staff-to-child ratios at all times. Staff #2 stepped out of the classroom to take a phone call leaving Staff #1 alone with 8 children. This was corrected when the administrator entered the classroom until Staff #2 returned.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by November 3, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, October 12, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All staff files must be complete. Send one reference, health appraisal with TB, and service letter for one staff member. Send the service letter for one staff member.
Complaint investigations
All 5 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Completed October 23, 2026 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
: On September 22, 2026, LS #1 received a self-report from Administrator #1 regarding a confrontation between parents that had occurred at the center on September 21, 2026. On September 23, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of a lack of building security procedures, failing to follow procedures for handling parents' complaints, disrespectful communication by staff, incorrect staff-to-child ratios, and inappropriate behavior support. An investigation began on September 23, 2026, and ended on September 29, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of security procedures because Administrator #1 and both staff interviewed stated children are not allowed to open doors for parents. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to follow procedures for handling parents' complaints, disrespectful communication by staff, or inappropriate behavior supports. Administrator #1 and both staff interviewed stated Staff #1 was never disrespectful to Child #1 or any other child, and Staff #1 never used inappropriate behavior supports with Child #1 or any other child. All staff interviewed denied Parent #1 complaining about situations that were not addressed by staff. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for incorrect staff-to-child ratios as attendance records reviewed documented all classrooms to be in correct staff-to-child ratio. A concern noted at the visit was Staff #2 stepped out of the classroom to take Child #1 to Parent #1 during a confrontation between parents in the hallway, leaving the classroom unsupervised.
Completed September 10, 2026 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On August 24, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding allegations of a lack of supervision and staff using a cellphone while responsible for caring for children. An investigation was conducted on August 28, 2026. After speaking with the administrator and the staff who were on the trip, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision or staff using a cellphone while responsible for caring for children. Administrator #1 stated they used the cell phone to call the center to have Staff #1 come and assist. Staff #1 stated they arrived at the park to assist, the children had access to water, and they checked in on Child #1 who was resting. Administrator #1 said Child #1 was resting, not actually sleeping and refused to move into the shade when asked to do so and stated Child #1 had access to water. An additional concern noted was inaccurate documentation of staff attendance. Staff #1 was documented as having been with the group the entire time, although they had remained at the center and only came to the park after being requested to do so by Administrator #1.
Completed May 28, 2025 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On May 9, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding incorrect staff-to-child ratios. An investigation was conducted on May 14, 2025. Based on interviews and a review of attendance records, this complaint is substantiated for incorrect staff-to-child ratios. At the time of the investigation visit a classroom was observed to not be in correct staff-to-child ratio. In addition, a review of attendance records showed the two-year-old classroom having an incorrect staff-to-child ratio on May 9, 2025. Additional concerns were noted during this investigation. LS #1 observed an infant sleeping in a swing while wrapped in a fleece blanket. A staff member was working at the center without having been determine eligible or provisionally eligible by the Criminal History Unit, and both staff and child attendance had not been documented accurately.
Completed August 7, 2024 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on July 22, 2024, regarding concerns of incorrect staff-to-child ratio and failing to complete an incident report and notify parents of an incident in the required time frame. An investigation was conducted on July 26, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for concerns of incorrect staff-to-child ratio based on attendance and video footage observed. The attendance records and video footage showed there were eight school-age children present with one qualified staff member. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to complete an incident report and notify parents in the required time frame based on interviews conducted and documentation collected. Staff interviewed stated parents were notified of Child #1's behaviors and there was a written statement regarding Child #1 behaviors.
Completed March 15, 2024 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on February 16, 2024, regarding concerns of improper discipline and not following the facility's suspension policy. An investigation was conducted on February 21, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline based on staff interviews conducted. Staff members stated files fell on Child #1's head when she was crawling on the floor in the office. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for a violation of the center's suspension policy based on interviews conducted and documentation. Staff stated Child #1 was suspended from the facility, and they followed the facility's suspension policy and incident reports viewed.
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Sources
- Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities: program details, enforcement action and injuries report.
- Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information: visits, violations, corrections and specialist notes.
- Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews: complaint investigations, results and summaries.
All three are published by the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on data.delaware.gov as Public Domain and cover about the last five years. State files updated November 12, 2026. We show the state's text as published. Program details last checked October 21, 2026.