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Foulk Preschool (Carpenter Station Road)

Child care center

2711 Carpenter Station Road
Wilmington, DE 19810

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Nov 1, 2026
Report ID
VR-DE-550348-2611
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Provider Category
Childcare
Location
Wilmington, DE
Record Period
2022–2025
Source Documents
8
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 7 licensing visits from November 2022 to November 2025, OCCL cited 20 regulations at Foulk Preschool (Carpenter Station Road); 20 have a recorded correction.

Visits
7
2022–2025, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
20
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
20
Of 20 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
3
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

Citations by Year

  • Citations
2021: 0 citations across 0 visits020210 visits2022: 1 citation across 1 visit120221 visit2023: 4 citations across 1 visit420231 visit2024: 7 citations across 3 visits720243 visits2025: 8 citations across 2 visits820252 visits2026: 0 citations across 0 visits02026*0 visits2021: 0 citations across 0 visits020210 visits2022: 1 citation across 1 visit120221 visit2023: 4 citations across 1 visit420231 visit2024: 7 citations across 3 visits720243 visits2025: 8 citations across 2 visits820252 visits2026: 0 citations across 0 visits02026*0 visits

* Partial year, through November 1, 2026.

Citations by year
YearVisitsCitations
202100
202211
202314
202437
202528
202600

What the Record Shows

  • 20 of 20 citations have a recorded correction date.
  • OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
  • 3 visits in this window included a complaint investigation. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.
  • The latest full compliance review, November 7, 2025, recorded 8 citations.
02

Chronology

Inspection History

Every visit in the record window, newest first. A citation is a licensing regulation Delaware found was not met. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.

  1. 2025

    Unannounced full compliance review

    8 citations

    • 26UStaffingCitedCorrected Dec 16, 2025
    • 28UGeneral QualificationsCitedCorrected Jan 9, 2026
    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Jan 9, 2026
    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2025
    • 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2025
    • 51UToilet FacilitiesCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2025
    • 53UOutdoor AreaCitedCorrected Dec 19, 2025
    • 57UEquipmentCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2025

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  2. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  3. 2024

    Unannounced full compliance review

    7 citations

    • 26UStaffingCitedCorrected Dec 13, 2024
    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Dec 13, 2024
    • 38UParents Right to KnowCitedCorrected Dec 6, 2024
    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 13, 2024
    • 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Dec 13, 2024
    • 51UToilet FacilitiesCitedCorrected Dec 13, 2024
    • 57UEquipmentCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2024

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  4. 2024

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  5. 2024

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  6. 2023

    Unannounced full compliance review

    4 citations

    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Dec 18, 2023
    • 33UAnnual TrainingCitedCorrected Dec 18, 2023
    • 66UEmergency PlanningCitedCorrected Dec 18, 2023
    • 74ULesson PlansCitedCorrected Dec 19, 2023

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  7. 2022

    Unannounced full compliance review

    1 citation

    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Dec 15, 2022

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

Delaware’s Office of Child Care Licensing publishes each regulation it cites, not a risk level for it.

03

Context

Patterns Worth Examining

A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.

  1. 1

    Personnel Files, Cited in Three Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 30U in November 2023, November 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Personnel Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    2223242424252530U across all 7 visits, oldest to newest
  2. 2

    Child Files, Cited in Three Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 40U in November 2022, November 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Child Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    2223242424252540U across all 7 visits, oldest to newest
  3. 3

    Staffing, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 26U in November 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Staffing. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    2223242424252526U across all 7 visits, oldest to newest
  4. 4

    Indoor Space, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 49U in November 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Indoor Space. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    2223242424252549U across all 7 visits, oldest to newest
  5. 5

    Toilet Facilities, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 51U in November 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Toilet Facilities. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    2223242424252551U across all 7 visits, oldest to newest
  6. 6

    Equipment, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 57U in November 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Equipment. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.

    2223242424252557U across all 7 visits, oldest to newest
04

For Your Next Visit

Questions to Ask on Your Visit

Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.

  1. 01

    What changed after 30U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Personnel Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.

  2. 02

    What changed after 40U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Child Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.

  3. 03

    What changed after 26U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Staffing: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.

  4. 04

    What changed after 49U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Indoor Space: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.

  5. 05

    What changed after 51U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Toilet Facilities: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.

  6. 06

    What changed after 57U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Equipment: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.

  7. 07

    What is the ratio in the room my child would join, and how is every child accounted for at nap time, pickup and on the playground?

    Ratios change through the day, so they are worth counting yourself on a visit.

  8. 08

    Has the center ever been on probation or had its license suspended, and what changed afterward?

    OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.

05

The Evidence

Sources and Coverage

Program details, the regulations cited at compliance reviews and the results of complaint investigations are published by Delaware's Office of Child Care Licensing in its daily files on data.delaware.gov.

  • Child care providers (data.delaware.gov)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing · 550348

    Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Nov 16, 2022 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

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  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Nov 9, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Aug 27, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Oct 17, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Nov 4, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Jan 10, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗
  • Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

    Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

    Visit Nov 7, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026

    View Dataset ↗

Coverage

Record windowNovember 1, 2021 – November 1, 2026

  • This record is OCCL's list of licensed providers as of November 2026, with the compliance reviews and investigations in OCCL's files, which run from November 2021.
  • OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which it cited a regulation; a visit with nothing cited is not in it, so a program may have had more visits than this record shows.
  • OCCL's notes on each citation and its written conclusion for each investigation are left out because they can describe children and staff; the regulation cited, the correction date and each investigation's result are kept.
  • Special conditions OCCL records on a license (a variance, or that a home is also a foster home) are left out, and license-exempt care is not in OCCL's list.

What This Report Cannot Tell You

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.

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

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