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Child care center · Middletown, DE
BRIGHT STARS CHILDCARE & PRESCHOOL
A licensed child care center in Middletown, 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: 5350 SUMMIT BRIDGE RD, Middletown, DE 19709
Phone: (302) 570-0543
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 103 children
OCCL license number: 838390
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. 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2023: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2022: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2021: 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)
- 3 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 13 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
All 4 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.
July 2, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Staff Qualifications
Regulation code 24U · Correct by August 3, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 31, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure Administrator has Specialized training for School Age. Send documentation to OCCL by August 3, 2026.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by August 3, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 31, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs release of employment and service letters Staff #2 needs Health Appraisal w/TB results Staff #3 needs six training hours Staff #4 cannot return to work until updated eligibility letter is received. Send corrections to OCCL by August 3, 2026.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by August 3, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 31, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #10 and #12 need Developmental Plans. Send documentation to OCCL by August 3, 2026.
Feeding of Infants
Regulation code 72U · Correct by August 3, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 31, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure bottle warmers do not exceed 120 degrees. Infant room crock pot style bottle warmer was reading 130 degrees at the time of the visit. Send pic of adjusted temperature and a plan to keep the warmer 120 degrees or below to OCCL by August 3, 2026.
July 16, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by August 15, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 31, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 and #3 need health appraisal with TB.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by August 15, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 24, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child #2 has an updated health appraisal with immunizations.
July 11, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 7 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by August 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, July 25, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Annual review of safe sleep and Child abuse prevention for Staff # 1 and 4. Health appraisal with TB results for Staff # 5 and 6 One reference is needed for staff #5 Send documentation to OCCL by August 12.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by August 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all areas are clean and in safe condition. Clean vents in all bathrooms. Clean vents in one-year-old and three-year-old classrooms Remove crayon marks on walls and furniture in ones, twos, and three-year-old classrooms. Removed stored cribs near the water heater and replaced the barrier for the hot water heater in the older school-age room. Replace stained ceiling tile in school-age bathroom. Fix the drop ceiling in the boys' bathroom. Secure sinks in the bathrooms. Send documentation or photos to OCCL by August 12.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by August 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the outdoor area has working self-closing gates. And the fence is safe. Replace or fix three of the four self-closing gates on the playground. Replace the broken picket on the left side of the older children's area fence. Send documentation or photos to OCCL by August 12.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by August 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure foot/motion activated diaper pail in infant room is in working order. Fix or replace diaper pail. Send documentation or pictures to OCCL by August 12.
Feeding of Infants
Regulation code 72U · Correct by August 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, July 25, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure parents provide a written feeding statement listing foods and drinks, including specific formula or breast milk, and what the infant eats or drinks. The schedule must be updated monthly as needed. Send updated forms for enrolled infants to OCCL by August 12, 2024. Ensure bottle warmers are 120 degrees or less. We removed the small bottle warm at the visit. Send a picture of the bottle warmer reading 120 degrees or less. Send documentation or pictures to OCCL by August 12.
Lesson Plans
Regulation code 74U · Correct by August 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure current lesson plans are posted for easy reference for parents, guardians, and staff. Review lesson plan regulations and decide how you will best meet these regulations. Send your plan or picture of posted lesson plans to OCCL by August 12, 2024.
Infant and Toddler Care
Regulation code 77U · Correct by August 12, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, August 19, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure a T-shaped safety strap is used for infant seats with trays. Send a picture of the chair with a T-shaped strap or remove the chair for use.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
July 13, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by August 18, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, August 18, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1, 2, and 3 need their Health and Safety training. Staff #5 needs their orientation form, and Staff #1 needs a returned service letter. If no service letter returned, 2 more references and 2 documented attempts of sending the service letter.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by August 18, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, August 18, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all child files are complete. Submit developmental plans for Children #3, 4, and 10. Submit blood lead screening results for Child #14. Submit an updated health appraisal for Child #11. Submit July's infant feeding statement for Child #8.
Complaint investigations
All 2 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published. In the state's summaries, "IA" is the state's Institutional Abuse Unit.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed April 25, 2023 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On December 02, 2022, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. On December 08, 2022, a duplicate complaint was reported via email to the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line, and the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU) did not accept it for investigation. An investigation was conducted on December 08, 2022. There was no evidence to substantiate the complaint because none of the staff who were interviewed reported seeing a staff member roughly handle a child in care, forcefully sit a child down, or swing a child by their arm. The administrator denied observing a staff member swing a child by his arm in video footage of the reported incident on October 24, 2022.
Completion date not published · Result: not published
Type (as published): IA Investigation
The state's file has no summary for this investigation.
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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.