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Shell's Early Learning Center - Camden
Child care center
2116 South Dupont Highway
Camden Wyoming, DE 19934
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- Provider Category
- Childcare
- Location
- Camden Wyoming, DE
- Record Period
- 2022–2026
- Source Documents
- 18
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The Essentials
Summary
Across 17 licensing visits from May 2022 to February 2026, OCCL cited 31 regulations at Shell's Early Learning Center - Camden; 30 have a recorded correction and 1 has none recorded.
- Visits
- 17
- 2022–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
- Citations
- 31
- Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
- Corrected
- 30
- Of 31 citations, with a recorded correction date
- Complaint investigations
- 10
- Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report
Citations by Year
- Citations
* Partial year, through November 1, 2026.
| Year | Visits | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 11 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 7 |
What the Record Shows
- 30 of 31 citations have a recorded correction date.
- OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
- 10 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, February 3, 2026, recorded 7 citations.
What to Ask About
Report at a Glance
- Facility
- Shell's Early Learning Center - Camden
- Address
- 2116 South Dupont Highway, Camden Wyoming, DE 19934
- License Number
- DE-1198497
- License Type
- Child care center
- Licensed Capacity
- 102 children
- Ages Served
- 8 weeks through 12 years
- Hours
- 6:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
- Injuries Reported
- 2024: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2025: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- Record Window
- November 1, 2021 to November 1, 2026
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.
- 2026
Unannounced full compliance review
7 citations
- 16UInsurance CoverageCitedCorrected Feb 18, 2026
- 43UChildren's AttendanceCitedCorrected Feb 3, 2026
- 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Feb 25, 2026
- 56USleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep EnvironmentsCitedCorrected Feb 3, 2026
- 61UDiapering and Soiled ClothingCitedCorrected Feb 25, 2026
- 65UFirst Aid KitsCitedCorrected Feb 25, 2026
- 8ULicense RenewalCitedMarked corrected; no correction date recorded
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2025
Unannounced
1 citation
- 15UGoverning BodyCitedCorrected Aug 6, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2025
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)
- 2025
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)
- 2025
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 2025
Unannounced full compliance review
9 citations
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Feb 19, 2025
- 36UStaff AttendanceCitedCorrected Feb 4, 2025
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Feb 11, 2025
- 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Feb 4, 2025
- 50UKitchen and Food PreparationCitedCorrected Feb 6, 2025
- 53UOutdoor AreaCitedCorrected Mar 7, 2025
- 61UDiapering and Soiled ClothingCitedCorrected Feb 17, 2025
- 74ULesson PlansCitedCorrected Feb 11, 2025
- 8ULicense RenewalCitedCorrected Mar 14, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 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)
- 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)
- 2024
Unannounced full compliance review
3 citations
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Mar 21, 2024
- 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Mar 21, 2024
- 8ULicense RenewalCitedCorrected Feb 21, 2024
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2023
Complaint investigation
No citations
Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Unsubstantiated.
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2023
Unannounced
1 citation
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Feb 27, 2023
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2023
Unannounced
1 citation
- 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected Feb 22, 2023
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2023
Unannounced full compliance review
9 citations
- 24UStaff QualificationsCitedCorrected Mar 10, 2023
- 27URatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected Feb 14, 2023
- 28UGeneral QualificationsCitedCorrected Feb 16, 2023
- 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Mar 14, 2023
- 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Mar 7, 2023
- 49UIndoor SpaceCitedCorrected Feb 14, 2023
- 53UOutdoor AreaCitedCorrected Mar 7, 2023
- 61UDiapering and Soiled ClothingCitedCorrected Mar 14, 2023
- 8ULicense RenewalCitedCorrected Feb 14, 2023
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
- 2022
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)
- 2022
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)
Delaware’s Office of Child Care Licensing publishes each regulation it cites, not a risk level for it.
Context
Patterns Worth Examining
A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.
- 1
Indoor Space, Cited in Four Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 49U in February 2023, February 2024, February 2025 and February 2026. 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.
222223232323242424252525252525252649U across all 17 visits, oldest to newest - 2
Personnel Files, Cited in Three Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 30U in February 2023, February 2023 and February 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.
222223232323242424252525252525252630U across all 17 visits, oldest to newest - 3
Child Files, Cited in Three Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 40U in February 2023, February 2024 and February 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.
222223232323242424252525252525252640U across all 17 visits, oldest to newest - 4
Diapering and Soiled Clothing, Cited in Three Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 61U in February 2023, February 2025 and February 2026. The agency describes it this way: Diapering and Soiled Clothing. 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.
222223232323242424252525252525252661U across all 17 visits, oldest to newest - 5
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 27U in February 2023 and February 2023. The agency describes it this way: Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision. 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.
222223232323242424252525252525252627U across all 17 visits, oldest to newest - 6
Outdoor Area, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 53U in February 2023 and February 2025. The agency describes it this way: Outdoor Area. 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.
222223232323242424252525252525252653U across all 17 visits, oldest to newest - 7
License Renewal, No Recorded Correction
8U was cited in February 2023, February 2024, February 2025 and February 2026. The agency describes it this way: License Renewal. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The February 2026 citation has no recorded correction date; its status reads “Marked corrected; no correction date recorded.” The record does not show whether the problem was fixed.
22222323232324242425252525252525268U across all 17 visits, oldest to newest
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.
- 01
What changed after 49U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Indoor Space: cited in four visits, with no risk level published.
- 02
What changed after 30U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Personnel Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.
- 03
What changed after 40U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Child Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.
- 04
What changed after 61U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Diapering and Soiled Clothing: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.
- 05
What changed after 27U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
- 06
What changed after 53U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Outdoor Area: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
- 07
What changed after 8U was cited, and how do you check it now?
License Renewal: cited in four visits, with no risk level published. The February 3, 2026 citation has no recorded correction date.
- 08
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.
- 09
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.
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)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing · 1198497
Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit May 11, 2022 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Nov 15, 2022 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Feb 14, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Feb 22, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Feb 27, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Dec 18, 2023 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Feb 21, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Jul 29, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Nov 7, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Feb 4, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Feb 18, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Mar 11, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Jul 1, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Aug 13, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Sep 2, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Sep 5, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
- Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)View Dataset ↗
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Feb 3, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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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