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Colonial Early Education Program

12 Landers Lane, New Castle, DE 19720

Licensed · Active

New Castle
New Castle County, Delaware39.6879° N, 75.5571° W
License Type
Child care center
Licensed Capacity
348 children
Ages Served
2 years through 5 years
Hours
9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Injuries Reported
2025: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2026: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
Latest Compliance Review
Feb 5, 2026

The Public Record

What the Public Record Shows

Across 5 licensing visits from February 2022 to February 2026, OCCL cited 16 regulations at Colonial Early Education Program; 16 have a recorded correction.

Visits
5
2022–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
16
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
16
Of 16 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
0
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

Recent Visits

Latest 4 of 5, newest first. The full history is in the report.

  1. Unannounced full compliance review

    3 citations

    All corrected
  2. Unannounced full compliance review

    4 citations

    All corrected
  3. Unannounced full compliance review

    1 citation

    All corrected
  4. Unannounced full compliance review

    5 citations

    All corrected

What This Record Cannot Tell You

Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.

Visits with nothing cited
OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which a regulation was cited.
Investigation conclusions
Published by OCCL but left out of this record because they can describe children and staff.
Severity of citations
OCCL's files do not grade citations.
Staff qualifications and turnover
Not part of the published licensing record.

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