Sharon Temple Child Care Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware 19802
2001 North Washington Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19802. (302) 652-7275.
- Enforcement: Warning of Probation Extension (Delaware)
- Intent to Place on Warning of Probation Extension (Delaware)
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 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?
8 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Sep 24, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
45 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
45 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 24, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Submit blood lead screening results for Child #8.”
Aug 12, 2026: enforcement Visit3 violations
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“One School-Aged child was observed in the closed one year old classroom alone. LS Hackett explained that all children must be assigned to an age appropriate classroom and must be supervised at all times. This child was originally assigned to the infant classroom with her mother, who is the staff member in the infant classroom. This was corrected when one child was moved to the School-Age room.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs their updated CPR/FA. Staff #2, 3, and 4 needs their OCCL Health/Safety training.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Label all bottles in the infant classroom and send a picture to OCCL. Child #1 did not have a labeled bottle.”
May 28, 2026: enforcement Visit6 violations
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
The inspectors’ words, 142 words
“Ensure staff have an eligibility letter in their file before beginning employment. This was corrected when 1 staff member was sent home in the two year old room. This staff has their fingerprinting receipt and is awaiting determination from CHU. The two year old room had 9 children signed in, which left the other staff member out of ratio. Ensure staff-to-child ratio is maintained. The 1 and 2 year old combined room had 13 children after combining when 1 staff member was sent home. This was corrected when one child was moved to the infant classroom (1 year old). Ensure children are supervised at all times. 1 staff was observed leaving the school-age room. Ensure staff are DEEDS qualified to supervise children. The cook cannot supervise unless a DEEDS certificate is received. This was corrected with the Administrator signed in the classroom.”
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General Qualifications
“Ensure staff have an eligibility letter in their file before beginning employment. This was corrected when 1 staff member was sent home. This staff has their fingerprinting receipt and is awaiting determination from CHU. The two year old room had 9 children signed in.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete: Staff #1 needs their CPR/FA, health and safety training, 2 more references, release of employment history. Staff #2 needs their orientation form, health/safety training, 4 references, adult abuse registry, release of employment, and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts. Staff #3 needs their CPR/FA, health and safety training, orientation form, and administration of medication. Due by 6/12/2026.”
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Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff sign-in and out when entering or leaving a classroom. This was corrected when the one year old teacher signed in.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Submit blood lead screenings for Children #2 and 9. Submit developmental plan for Child #8. Due by 6/12/2026.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“If children do not sleep, provide a quiet activity for them on their cots. Do not force children to sleep. 1 staff was observed repeatedly telling 1 child to go to sleep. This was corrected when 1 child was provided a quiet activity.”
Apr 30, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs an orientation form, health/safety training, 4 references, release of employment history. Staff #1 will be considered an aide for 2026, but needs to apply for a DEEDS certificate. Staff #2 needs an orientation form, health/safety training, and a returned service letter. Send staff file items by 5/28/2026.”
Mar 4, 2026: enforcement Visit3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs: orientation form, health/safety training, 2 reference letters, a returned service letter or 4 reference letters and 2 documented attempts.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Submit infant feeding schedules for all infants to OCCL. Lead screening results for Child #1.”
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Indoor Space
“Repair ceiling in the school-age and infant room and send a picture to OCCL. Please contact OCCL before the school-age room opens, so OCCL can approve it for use. Ensure OCCL is contacted in the future.”
Jan 22, 2026: enforcement Visit6 violations
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Variance
“Submit the name of the staff member with the associates degree to help with curriculum- needed to approve the variance request.”
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Staff Qualifications
“Ensure staff have their DEEDS certificate before being alone with children. Staff #4 stepped out the classroom and left Staff #1 alone with 8 children, aged one and two, without a DEEDS certificate. DEEDS certificate for Staff #1 is pending as of 12/18/2025.”
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure staff have their DEEDS certificate before being alone with children, ensure ratio is maintained. Staff #4 stepped out of the classroom and left Staff #1 alone with 8 children, aged one and two, without a DEEDS certificate. DEEDS certificate for Staff #1 is pending as of 12/18/2025. This was corrected when Staff #4 was asked to remain in the classroom.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete: Staff #1: CPR/ FA, Administration of Medication, Health/Safety training, 4 reference letters, adult abuse registry, adult health appraisal with TB, returned service letter or 2 documented attempts from Kindercare, returned DEEDS certificate.”
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Child Files
“Submit current health appraisals with lead results for Children #1 and 2.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Submit infant feeding schedules for all infants by 1/30/2026.”
Sep 4, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review18 violations
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Staff Qualifications
“Ensure staff are qualified when alone with children. Staff #5 was observed alone with an infant as Staff #8 was helping around the center. Staff #5 does not have a DEEDS certificate. Have Staff #5 apply for a DEEDS certificate and send certificate to OCCL.”
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Staffing
“Have a qualified staff member trained in day-to-day operations.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Please see handout given at visit. There were no complete staff files observed at this visit.”
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Staff Attendance
“Send attendance for the Administrator to OCCL. (Staff #4)- Staff #4 will no longer be the administrator as of 1/21/2025. OCCL is waiting for variance approval for the administrator.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Date of enrollment/hours and days of attendance for Child #5, Health appraisals for Children #3-8 and 10, immunization record for Child #5, blood lead screening results for Children #5, 8, and 10, screentime permissions for Children #2, 4, 5, 9, and 10. Developmental plans for Children # 4, 9, and 10. Transportation and medical permission for Child #5. Infant feeding statement for Child #9.”
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Children’s Attendance
“Ensure children are signed in upon arrival. One child was not signed in, in the infant room. This was corrected at the visit.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Place a lock on the cabinet and fix the door door (that leads to the back room) in the two year old classroom and send a picture or invoice of the lock and services to OCCL.- door is fixed as of 10/31/2025. Fix cabinet in the main eating area by the sink and send a picture to OCCL.”
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Heating and Cooling
“Remove floor fans (diffusers) from all classrooms and send a picture to OCCL.”
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Indoor Space
“Place an outlet cover in the infant room and send a picture to OCCL.”
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Toilet Facilities
“Fix ventilation fan in the main bathroom and send to OCCL.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure outdoor gates are self closing/able to close easily. Outdoor gate requires a hard manual push to open/close. Send a picture of invoice/receipt of gate repairs to OCCL.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Label infant crib in the infant room and send a picture to OCCL. This was corrected at the visit. Ensure cribs are 18 inches apart and send a picture to OCCL. Corrected. Ensure children sleep in a crib or pack & play. 2 infants were observed sleep, but not in their assigned cribs. One infant was not placed on her back. Review infant safe sleep with the infant room staff and send a signed acknowledgment to OCCL.”
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Equipment
“Place additional building materials in the one year old room.”
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Emergency Planning
“Send fire drill for October and September to OCCL. Place emergency water in the kitchen and send a picture to OCCL.- corrected.”
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Meals and Snacks
“Post food menu and send a picture to OCCL.”
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Feeding of Infants
“Send infant feeding schedules for all infants. Label all bottles and send a picture to OCCL- corrected.”
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Lesson Plans
“Update lesson plan in the two year old and school age classroom and send to OCCL.”
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Activity Areas
“Place additional building materials in the one year old room.”
Sep 12, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
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Staffing
“Submit updated Administrator certificate with infant/toddler specialized training by 10/11/2024.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Submit service letter for Staff #8, adult health appraisal for Staff #5, 4 references for Staff #7-9, job description for Staff #9, OCCL Health/Safety training for Staff #5, 7-9, orientation form for Staff #8, professional development plan for Staff #4-7, Administration of Medication training for Staff #5 and 7, CPR/FA for Staff #5 and 6, and a DEEDS certificate for Staff #3, 5, and 8. Please note: staff cannot be left alone without a DEEDS certificate- no exceptions.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #3 needs a developmental plan. Children #3,4,8, and 9 need blood lead screening results, Children #3,4, 8, and 9 need a health appraisal with immunizations, and Child #3 needs permission to sleep on a mat.”
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Indoor Space
“Replace ceiling tile in the two-year old classroom and send a picture to OCCL.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Replace freezer and send a picture of purchase receipt to OCCL.”
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Lesson Plans
“Send lesson plan for the infant room to OCCL. This was corrected at the visit.”
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Infant and Toddler Care
“Send 1 week of daily logs for all infants to OCCL. Replace infant safety gate and send a picture to OCCL.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Sep 24, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Enforcement Visit | 3 violations cited |
| May 28, 2026 | Enforcement Visit | 6 violations cited |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Enforcement Visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Enforcement Visit | 6 violations cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 18 violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
- Licence number 281260.
- Capacity: 103 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 1 complaint investigation in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (1).
- Delaware lists this licence’s current enforcement status as: Warning of Probation Extension.
- Delaware has given notice: Intent to Place on Warning of Probation Extension.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| Intent to Place on Warning of Probation Extension | Delaware has given notice: Intent to Place on Warning of Probation Extension. | |
| Warning of Probation Extension | Delaware lists this licence’s current enforcement status as: Warning of Probation Extension. | |
| Oct 16, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On September 18, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint alleging concerns of improper discipline and failure to report an injury requiring medical attention to OCCL. An investigation was conducted on September 24, 2025. The complaint is substantiated for failure to report an injury requiring medical care, as Staff #1 admitted she did not notify OCCL, despite intending to do so. There is insufficient evidence to substantiate the allegation of improper discipline. Staff #1 and Staff #2 both reported Child #1 dropped to the ground while transitioning from the playground to the classroom in protest of the transition from the playground. During the visit, additional non-compliances were observed. One infant was asleep in a boppy pillow. Two Early Childhood Interns were in the infant room, leaving it staffed with unqualified personnel and out of ratio. Additionally, attendance records in the one- and two-year-old classrooms were inaccurate, as staff and children were not properly signed in. |
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?
- 2026: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 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 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Sharon Temple Child Care Learning Center This child care provider | Not given |
| Kool Kids Learning Center | Not given |
| Chosen Children Child Care, LLC | Not given |
| Donna Nichols | Not given |
| Carter’s Child Care and Learning Center | Not given |
| Shining Stars Childcare Inc. | Not given |
| My Children Childcare Center, LLC | Not given |
| Lily Dollard | Not given |
| Little Hearts Childcare, LLC | Not given |
| Little Legends Learning & Family Development Center | Not given |
| Boys & Girls Club @ Warner Elementary | Not given |
| Brandy Moore | Not given |
| The Choir School of Delaware | 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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.
This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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