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Child care center · Dagsboro, DE

DISCOVERY ISLAND EARLY CARE AND PRESCHOOL

A licensed child care center in Dagsboro, 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: 32352 SMITH DRIVE, Dagsboro, DE 19939

Phone: (302) 732-7529

Ages served: 6 weeks through 6 years.

Age group: Infant through School-Age

Licensed capacity: 31 children

OCCL license number: 1162867

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. No facility injuries reported. 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)

  • 0 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
  • 0 violations cited on these visits
  • 0 complaint investigations completed

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

The 1 visit with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 2 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.

  1. Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)

  2. December 8, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations

    • Outdoor Area

      Regulation code 53U · Correct by January 13, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 8, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

      Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

      Ensure all climbing equipment is protected by a fall zone. Remove or place the train on appropriate fall zones. Ensure children do not have access to hazards outside. Add fencing to the bottom of the stairs to ensure children can not exit the playground into the parking lot.

    • Feeding of Infants

      Regulation code 72U · Correct by January 13, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, January 13, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document

      Licensing specialist's notes (as published)

      Ensure infant feeding schedules are updated monthly.

Complaint investigations

The 1 complaint investigation in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.

  1. Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)

  2. Completed March 7, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern

    Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint

    The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).

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Sources

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.

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