Splash Bay Shore Day School
A licensed child care center in Millsboro, Delaware 19966
36773 Millsboro Hwy, Millsboro, Delaware 19966. (302) 238-7457.
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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?
2 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jul 17, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
9 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
9 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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.
Jul 17, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
The inspectors’ words, 146 words
“Ensure proper staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times. When the licensing specialist entered the Dolphins classroom, she observed one staff member with 17 four and five year olds. Shortly after, a second staff member entered the classroom. When asked, she stated she left the classroom to grab something from the classroom next door. This was discussed with the staff member and corrected when she agreed to comply in the future. Ensure proper supervision is provided at all times. According to a conversation with a staff member, preschool-age and school-age children are permitted to leave their classrooms to use the bathroom located in the hallway directly next to their classrooms without proper staff supervision. According to staff, a staff member stands in the classroom doorway to supervise children in the bathroom. This was discussed with staff and corrected when they agreed to comply in the future.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal. One staff member needs to complete an in-person skills demonstration for CPR.”
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Three children need blood lead screening results.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. Several paint cans were observed in an unlocked cabinet in the school-age Orcas classroom. Remove the paint cans or lock the cabinets.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure all freezers are 0 degrees or colder. The thermometer in kitchen freezer read 10 degrees F.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure the gates in the outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. One gate in the Pacific playground and one gate in the Atlantic playground are no longer self-closing and self-latching.”
Jul 3, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 needs a comprehensive background check with eligibility determined. Staff #2 needs administration of medication certification.”
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Child Files
“Complete file is needed for Child #3. Child #3 needs blood lead test result.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure the gates are self-closing. Repair or replace the self- latches on the outdoor playground gates.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Licence number 491839.
- Capacity: 132 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: No Evidence to Substantiate (1).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On December 22, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision and not following the center s termination policy. An investigation was conducted January 7, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate for lack of supervision and not following the center s termination policy because staff denied the allegations and the center s termination policy was followed. |
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?
- 2024: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 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 |
|---|---|
| Splash Bay Shore Day School This child care provider | Not given |
| Children’s Place Child Development Center | Not given |
| Little Einstein’s Preschool - Millsboro | Not given |
| Gigglebugs Early Learning Center, LLC | Not given |
| Boys & Girls of Oak Orchard - the Growing Tree | Not given |
| Rosa Custis | Not given |
| Natasha Kinsler | Not given |
| Tammy Marie Johnson | Not given |
| Care A Lot Child Development Center, LLC | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/Long Neck Elementary | Not given |
| Care A Lot Child Development Center | Not given |
| Cadence Academy Preschool-Millsboro | Not given |
| YMCA of Delaware/East Millsboro | 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.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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