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Acelero Learning Colonial Gardens Center

A licensed child care center in Dover, Delaware 19904

1000 Hayes Circle, Dover, Delaware 19904. (302) 219-6424.

Delaware’s own record, on data.delaware.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 4, 2026.

The last 24 months 8 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Every month

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 Sep 30, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

8 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

8 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

8 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Sep 30, 2026: unannounced1 violation

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure the gates in the outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. The two exterior gates in the outdoor play area were observed not self-closing. Repair the gates to ensure they self-close and self-latch.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Oct 2, 2026.

Sep 1, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs administration of medication training and/or certification and OCCL’s Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure all areas are clean. Clean the vent located on the lower wall just outside the bathroom in Classroom 1.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 18, 2026.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure the outdoor play area is hazard free. Remove the plastic trash bag with trash inside located on the ground and the trash/debris from the outdoor play area.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 18, 2026.

Feb 17, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations

  • Staff Attendance

    “Ensure staff attendance includes exact hours worked in each classroom. Staff #1 was present in classroom 2; but was not signed into the classroom. This was discussed and corrected when the staff member signed into the classroom.”

    Rule 36U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 17, 2026.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Five children need screen time permission.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 20, 2026.

Dec 10, 2025: 60-Day Visit2 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Four staff members need annual review of abuse and neglect, an application or resume, job description, two references, employee declaration, drug/alcohol statement, receipt from fingerprinting, eligibility letter from CHU, adult abuse registry check, adult health appraisal with TB results, and release of employment history. One staff member needs an eligibility letter from CHU. One staff member needs service letters.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 6, 2026.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal, immunization record, and blood lead screening results. One child needs an updated health appraisal. Three children need parents right to know acknowledgement. Seven children need the hours and days they attend and screen time permission.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 23, 2025.

All 4 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 30, 2026Unannounced1 violation cited
Sep 1, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations cited
Feb 17, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations cited
Dec 10, 202560-Day Visit2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child Care Center.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 3 years through 5 years.
  • Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed).
  • Licence number 1674081.
  • Capacity: 51 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

13 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Acelero Learning Colonial Gardens Center This child care providerNot given
Miracles of Life Child CareNot given
Dover’s Childrens Village TooNot given
Greater Dover Boys and Girls ClubNot given
Mattie Rena DuffieNot given
Lakeisheia BookerNot given
Tyra CeoNot given
De Colores Home Learning CenterNot given
Tilithia AllenNot given
Janet M. DentonNot given
Rivers of Learning Academy, LLCNot given
Little Kid’s Swagg Learning Center, LLC TooNot given
Sunshine Home Childcare, LLCNot 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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing. Delaware’s own record is on data.delaware.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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