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Child care center · Newark, DE
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE LAB PRESCHOOL
A licensed child care center in Newark, 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: 459 WYOMING RD, Newark, DE 19716
Phone: (302) 831-2304
Ages served: 2 years through Kindergarten.
Age group: Toddler through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 102 children
OCCL license number: 1042367
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: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2023: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
View the official record on Delaware's child care search (search for the program's name).
Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 2 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 5 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 7 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.
November 13, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by December 12, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, November 21, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff sign in/out or classrooms daily.
November 6, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Positive Behavior Management
Regulation code 20U · Correct by December 6, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, November 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure Positive Behavior Statement is posted.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by December 6, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, November 18, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Blood lead screening results needed for child #5, #12
Sanitation
Regulation code 58U · Correct by December 6, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, November 18, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure soap & water and sanitizer is available and labeled. Ensure all classrooms have labeled bottles.
Emergency Planning
Regulation code 66U · Correct by December 6, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, November 18, 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).
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
November 2, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by December 15, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, November 27, 2023 · 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 three children.
November 14, 2022 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by December 14, 2022 · Correction status: Completed, December 12, 2022 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All staff files must be complete. Send the DEEDS Early Learning certificate for two staff members. Send the application or resume for one staff member. Send the job description for two staff members. Send the signed declaration for two staff members. Send the signed drug/alcohol statement for two staff members. Send the completed release of employment history for two staff members. Send the service letter for two staff members.
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.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed May 20, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
A complaint was received on April 22, 2022, regarding the allegations that the center was not providing a safe environment for the children. An unannounced visit was conducted on May 4, 2022, to investigate the complaint. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint because both the center and Parent #1 provided documentation that the center was documenting all interactions between Child #1 and Child #2 and the staff were working with both families to try to accommodate all requests made by the parents and still meet both child's needs.
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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.