Acelero Learning Smyrna Center
A licensed child care center in Smyrna, Delaware 19977
4272 Brenford Road, Smyrna, Delaware 19977. (302) 653-5499.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 29, 2026.
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Oct 6, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
7 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
7 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
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Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each violation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 6, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Indoor Space
“Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Repair the holes in the wall in the dramatic play area located in Classroom 3.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure pacifier clips are removed from the pacifier prior to an infant being placed in a crib to sleep. An infant was observed asleep in a crib with the pacifier clip still attached to her pacifier. This was discussed and corrected when the clip was removed from the pacifier.”
Mar 20, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Changes Affecting a License
“Submit a plan review and receive approval before making additions or renovations to the outdoor areas of the center. On March 20, 2026, the director of monitoring and compliance contacted this licensing specialist via email to notify OCCL of the installation of the outdoor play equipment and synthetic turf for an infant/toddler outdoor play area. A plan review was not submitted, and approval was not received prior to completing the installation.”
Feb 25, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs screen time permission. One child needs an updated health appraisal and blood lead screening results.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
The inspectors’ words, 107 words
“Ensure rest equipment is cleaned and sanitized daily, when stored touching. The nap mats in Classroom 1 were observed stored stacked on top of one another. When asked, staff stated the nap mats are cleaned every other day. This was discussed and corrected when staff agreed to clean the mats daily. Ensure bottom nap mat covers are not stored touching. The children’s fitted sheets were observed on the stored, folded nap mats. The nap mats were observed stacked on top of one another with the fitted sheets still on them in Classroom 1 and Classroom 2. This was discussed and corrected when the fitted sheets were removed.”
Jan 13, 2026: 60-Day Visit2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members need service letters or two documented attempts.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs blood lead screening results.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 60-Day Visit | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 5 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed).
- Licence number 1674079.
- Capacity: 55 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Delaware’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a count can’t tell a clean record from one never visited.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 29, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Acelero Learning Smyrna Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Gift of Love Early Learning Center | Not given |
| Little Kid’s Swagg Learning Center, LLC | Not given |
| Patrice Battaglia | Not given |
| Elizabeth E. Walls | Not given |
| Iris Coleman-Buckner DBA Mini Miracles Playschool, LLC | Not given |
| Cadence Academy Preschool-Smyrna | Not given |
| Children & Families First Head Start Smyrna | Not given |
| Rainbow Xpress Learning Academy, LLC. | Not given |
| Georgina Ruiz | Not given |
| C4d Kidz Nursery | Not given |
| Kirsten Swift | Not given |
| Brightpath Smyrna | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Delaware doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
- Delaware’s open data lists a visit only when a violation was cited there, so visits that found nothing aren’t shown.
- Delaware publishes five years of reviews and complaints; this page shows the last three.
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a provider with none listed may not have been visited at all: no count of violations is used to headline, filter or compare its providers.
Sources
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities (iuzd-3dbt).
Released Oct 29, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Oct 29, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 29, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.
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