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Shell's Early Learning Dover Center
Child care center
868 South State Street
Dover, DE 19904

TheVardellReport
Child care center
868 South State Street
Dover, DE 19904
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The Essentials
In the one licensing visit in this record, in October 2026, OCCL cited 3 regulations at Shell's Early Learning Dover Center; 0 have a recorded correction and 3 have none recorded.
Chronology
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.
3 citations
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
A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.
30U was cited in October 2026. The agency describes it this way: Personnel Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The October 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.
40U was cited in October 2026. The agency describes it this way: Child Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The October 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.
45U was cited in October 2026. The agency describes it this way: Hazardous Materials. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The October 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.
For Your Next Visit
Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.
What changed after 30U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Personnel Files: cited in one visits, with no risk level published. The October 6, 2026 citation has no recorded correction date.
What changed after 40U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Child Files: cited in one visits, with no risk level published. The October 6, 2026 citation has no recorded correction date.
What changed after 45U was cited, and how do you check it now?
Hazardous Materials: cited in one visits, with no risk level published. The October 6, 2026 citation has no recorded correction date.
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.
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
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.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing · 1700706
Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 6, 2026 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
Record windowNovember 1, 2021 – November 1, 2026
Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.
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