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Spark Summer Camp and After School Program @ Academy of Dover

Child care center

104 Saulsbury Rd
Dover, DE 19904

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Nov 1, 2026
Report ID
VR-DE-1479077-2611
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Provider Category
Childcare
Location
Dover, DE
Record Period
2023–2023
Source Documents
7
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 6 licensing visits from March 2023 to October 2023, OCCL cited 9 regulations at Spark Summer Camp and After School Program @ Academy of Dover; 9 have a recorded correction.

Visits
6
2023–2023, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
9
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
9
Of 9 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
3
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

What the Record Shows

  • 9 of 9 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, August 17, 2023, recorded 4 citations.

What to Ask About

Report at a Glance

Facility
Spark Summer Camp and After School Program @ Academy of Dover
Address
104 Saulsbury Rd, Dover, DE 19904
License Number
DE-1479077
License Type
Child care center
Licensed Capacity
206 children
Ages Served
Kindergarten through 12 years
Hours
3 p.m.–6 p.m.
Injuries Reported
No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
Record Window
November 1, 2021 to November 1, 2026
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. 2023

    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)

  2. 2023

    Unannounced full compliance review

    4 citations

    • 30TPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Sep 28, 2023
    • 36TStaff AttendanceCitedCorrected Sep 25, 2023
    • 40TChild FilesCitedCorrected Sep 25, 2023
    • 43TChildren's AttendanceCitedCorrected Sep 25, 2023

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

  3. 2023

    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)

  4. 2023

    Unannounced

    1 citation

    • 28TGeneral QualificationsCitedCorrected May 31, 2023

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

  5. 2023

    Unannounced

    4 citations

    • 27TRatios, Group Size, and SupervisionCitedCorrected May 24, 2023
    • 28TGeneral QualificationsCitedCorrected May 26, 2023
    • 30TPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Jun 9, 2023
    • 40TChild FilesCitedCorrected May 26, 2023

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

  6. 2023

    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)

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

    General Qualifications, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 28T in May 2023 and May 2023. The agency describes it this way: General Qualifications. 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.

    23232323232328T across all 6 visits, oldest to newest
  2. 2

    Personnel Files, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 30T in May 2023 and August 2023. 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.

    23232323232330T across all 6 visits, oldest to newest
  3. 3

    Child Files, Cited in Two Visits

    OCCL licensing staff cited 40T in May 2023 and August 2023. 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.

    23232323232340T across all 6 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 28T was cited, and how do you check it now?

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

  2. 02

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

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

  3. 03

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

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

  4. 04

    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.

  5. 05

    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 · 1479077

    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 Mar 21, 2023 · 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 May 24, 2023 · 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 May 31, 2023 · 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 Aug 4, 2023 · 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 Aug 17, 2023 · 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 Oct 30, 2023 · 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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