- License Type
- Child care center
- Licensed Capacity
- 84 children
- Ages Served
- 8 weeks through 12 years
- Hours
- 6:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
- Injuries Reported
- 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- Latest Compliance Review
- Sep 2, 2025
The Public Record
What the Public Record Shows
Across 22 licensing visits from December 2021 to May 2026, OCCL cited 52 regulations at Shell's Early Learning Center - Dover; 52 have a recorded correction.
- Visits
- 22
- 2021–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
- Citations
- 52
- Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
- Corrected
- 52
- Of 52 citations, with a recorded correction date
- Complaint investigations
- 15
- Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report
Recent Visits
Latest 4 of 22, newest first. The full history is in the report.
- UnannouncedAll corrected
1 citation
- Complaint investigationNo citations
No citations
- UnannouncedAll corrected
1 citation
- Unannounced full compliance reviewAll corrected
15 citations
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.
The Vardell Report
The Record, With Context.
A report should give you evidence to examine—not a promise or a one-number verdict.
See the report format