- License Type
- Child care center
- Licensed Capacity
- 169 children
- Ages Served
- 3 years through 5 years
- Hours
- 7 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
- Injuries Reported
- 2023: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported. 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- Latest Compliance Review
- Mar 19, 2025
The Public Record
What the Public Record Shows
Across 5 licensing visits from March 2022 to March 2025, OCCL cited 12 regulations at Wilmington Head Start, Inc. - Leslie Johnson Center; 12 have a recorded correction.
- Visits
- 5
- 2022–2025, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
- Citations
- 12
- Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
- Corrected
- 12
- Of 12 citations, with a recorded correction date
- Complaint investigations
- 1
- Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report
Recent Visits
Latest 4 of 5, newest first. The full history is in the report.
- Unannounced full compliance reviewAll corrected
3 citations
- Complaint investigationNo citations
No citations
- Unannounced full compliance reviewAll corrected
2 citations
- Unannounced full compliance reviewAll corrected
4 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