Little Bucs Learning Center Llc
Inspection history
Source: Delaware Office of Child Care LicensingRecords held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.
Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.
| Date | Kind | Outcome as recorded | Violations | Official record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 regulations cited | 6 | Agency record |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 regulations cited | 3 | Agency record |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 regulation cited | 1 | Agency record |
| Aug 12, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 regulations cited | 6 | Agency record |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 5 regulations cited | 5 | Agency record |
| Aug 2, 2023 | OCCL Standards Complaint | No Evidence to Substantiate | 0 | Agency record |
| Jul 24, 2023 | OCCL Standards Complaint | Substantiated | 1 | Agency record |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Complaint Visit | 2 regulations cited | 2 | Agency record |
| Feb 23, 2023 | Enforcement Visit | 1 regulation cited | 1 | Agency record |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Enforcement Visit | 7 regulations cited | 7 | Agency record |
| Aug 31, 2022 | OCCL Standards Complaint | Substantiated | 1 | Agency record |
| Aug 4, 2022 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 regulations cited | 7 | Agency record |
| Jun 30, 2022 | OCCL Standards Complaint | Substantiated | 1 | Agency record |
| Jun 22, 2022 | OCCL Standards Complaint | Substantiated | 1 | Agency record |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Complaint Visit | 1 regulation cited | 1 | Agency record |
| Feb 21, 2022 | OCCL Standards Complaint | No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | 0 | Agency record |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 regulations cited | 3 | Agency record |
| Dec 9, 2021 | 60-Day Visit | 8 regulations cited | 8 | Agency record |
Violations
Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care LicensingNearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.
Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.
“Ensure staff files are complete.”
“Complete radon testing.”
“Ensure the playground is clean and in safe condition. Cut weeds/ vines growing on the playground and fence. Ensure the exits are self closing and self latching.”
“Ensure medication for one child is no longer needed or provide an updated MAR and medication at the center.”
“Post evacuation routes in each classroom.”
“Ensure Styrofoam plates are not used with infant and toddlers.”
“Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1 needs a professional development plan and one hour annual health and safety training Staff #2 needs one hour annual health and safety training Staff #3 needs one hour annual health and safety training and a professional development plan Staff #4 needs one hour annul health and safety training, a professional development plan and annual review of abuse/neglect and annual safe sleep Staff #5 needs CPR/FA, one hour annual health and safety training, orientation, OCCL seven hour training, adult abuse registry check and s service letter Staff #6 needs one hour annual health and safety training and a professional development training”
“Ensure to obtain and distribute mulch on the playground. Specifically under the fall zones.”
“Ensure lesson plans have weekly opportunities for special activities”
“Child files must be complete Child #1 needs days/hours to attend Child #5 needs a health appraisal and permissions Child #9 needs a health appraisal”
“Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1 needs a professional development plan and 1 hour of health and safety training Staff #2 needs a service letter Staff #3 needs a professional development plan staff #4 needs a professional development plan Staff #5 needs orientation OCCL seven hour training, a job description, two references and an adult abuse registry check”
“Ensure child files are complete Child # 1,2,3 and 7 need blood lead test results.”
“Ensure arrival and departure is documented with exact hours of arrival and departure. Send one weeks attendance for the infant room.”
“Medication must be current. An epi pen was out dated. This was corrected when the provider gave the pen back to the parent.”
“Ensure the first aid kit is complete. The kit needs a FA guide, a cold pack, roll gauze, and tweezers”
“Ensure renewal applications are submitted 60 days prior to license expiration. This was corrected when the provider forwarded the application to the specialist”
“Ratios must be maintained at all times. Administrator Judy Diaz was in the infant classroom with five (5) infants. This was corrected when an additional staff member entered the classroom.”
“Personnel files must be complete Staff #1 needs a professional development plan, 1st aid/CPR and 11 additional annual training hours Staff #2 needs a professional development plan and 11 additional training hours. Staff #3 needs annual safe sleep verification Staff #4 needs 1 hour health & safety training, a prelesional development plan and 18 annual trainings hours. Staff #5 needs a professional development plan and annual safe sleep Staff #6 needs heath and safety training, professional development, annual abuse & neglect, jog description, declaration, drug statement, adult abuse statement, release of employment and a service letter Staff #7 needs CPR/1st aid, annual safe sleep and 11 additional training hours.”
“Child files must be complete Child #1, 4, and 5 need blood lead test results Child #2 and Child #6 need updated infant feeding schedules.”
“Adequate lighting is required. Both the hall bathroom and the room where the chidden eat have no lights. Correct and send photo to OCCL.”
“Infant feeding schedules are required. No feeding schedules were available at time of visit. Send schedules to OCCL”
“The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on June 13, 2023, regarding staff-to-child ratio, not changing soiled clothing, not meeting the needs of the child, and not following proper health exclusions. An investigation was conducted on June 22, 2023. This complaint is substantiated for staff-to-child ratio because an intern was observed alone with infants. Also, according to attendance records, [name withheld] was signed out of the infant classroom before all of infants left on June 6, 2023, June 9, 2023, June 13, 2023, June 15, 2023, and June 20, 2023, and no other staff were signed in. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegations of not changing soiled clothing, not meeting the needs of the child, and not following proper health exclusions because staff denied these allegations, and this was not observed at the time of this visit. An additional concern noted during the visit was staff attendance was not accurate.”
“Ensure interns are not alone with infants upon arrival,. [name withheld] opened the door and went to her office with the Licensing Supervisor. They then walked into the infant classroom where [name withheld] (an intern) was alone with three infants. This was discussed and corrected when [name withheld] entered the classroom. Ensure interns are not alone with infants. Staff #1 was observed alone with three infants. This was discussed and corrected when [name withheld] entered the classroom. Also, according to attendance records, [name withheld] was signed out of the infant classroom before all infants left on June 6, 2023, June 9, 2023, June 13, 2023, June 15, 2023, and June 20, 2023, and no other staff were signed in.”
“Ensure staff arfe signed in. No staff were signed into the infant classroom duirng the visit. Submit attendance records for the week of June 26th for all classrooms by July 3rd. Ensure staff are signed into the attendance record. During the visit, no staff were signed into the infant classroom. On June 14, 2023, no staff were signed into the infant classroom, but three infants were present. Submit attendance records for all classrooms for the week of June 26, 2023, by July 3, 2023.”
“Ensure a parents right to know log is competed by each parent and forwarded to OCCL”
“A centerr is required to have sufficient staffing. Ensure a teaher or assistant teachier is hired . There are interns with one teacher and one ECA on staff.”
“Designate and train the teacher for day=to=day operations when the admintrator is not present”
“Staff to child ratio must be maintained at all times. Specialist observed two interns alone with six infants. This was corrected when Administrator Judy Diaz substituted herself for one of the interns.”
“Staff files must be complete Staff #1 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #2 need CPR/1st aid, OCCL 7 hour training, job description, references and a service letter Staff #3 need OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #4 needs OCCl 7 hur health and safety training Staff #5 needs OCCL 7 hour health and safety training Staff #6 neess medicatation certification, annual training hours a professional development plan, OCCL 7 hour health and safety training and a health appraisal w/TB Staff #7 needs trainings, 7 hour health and safety traing and a health appraisaw/TB”
“Staff must sign in/out with exact hours of arrival and departure. This was corrected at the visit when the staff member signed into her classroom.”
“Chid files must be complete Child #3 needs a health appaisal w/immunizations and blood eadt test resultsChild #4 needs date of enrollment, days and hours to attend and blood lead test resultss Child #5 nbeed days and hours to attend, health appraisal w/immunizations and blood lead test results”
“Update, create and post lesson plans for each classroom.”
“OCCL received a complaint on August 4, 2022, regarding failing to follow accident and injury procedures, not serving milk with lunch, not following their handbook for health exclusions, lack of supervision, not having enough equipment, not following screen time requirements, and having people in the building who should not be there. An investigation was conducted on August 17, 2022. This complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision because a picture was submitted showing Staff #2 asleep in the classroom and [name withheld] stated she probably sleeps in the classroom, but she has never observed it. It is substantiated for not serving milk with lunch because when Specialist Rasin-Benn checked the fridge after lunch, there was not any milk and [name withheld] stated they ran out in the morning. It is substantiated for not following screen time requirements because [name withheld] stated two children bring their video games from home and play them during naptime instead of sleeping. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegations of not following accident and injury procedures, not following their handbook for health exclusions, not having enough equipment, and having people in the building who should not be there because [name withheld] denied these allegations and Specialist Rasin-Benn observed adequate equipment in the classrooms. An additional concern noted was attendance records were not correct because a staff member had not signed in.”
“Ensure positive behavior support policies are posted. Post the policy.”
“disregard”
“Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1 needs a job description, references, release of employment and a service letter Staff #3 needs CPR & references Staff #6 needs references and an adult abuse registry Staff #7 needs CPR/1st aid”
“Staff must sign in/out with exact hours in each classroom.”
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #4 and Child #5 need blood lead test results Child #7 needs parents right to know Child #8 needs an infant feeding schedule”
“Ensure shelter in place materials are purchased. Purchase water for the center.”
“Provide OCCL with an infant feeding schedule”
“OCCL received a complaint on June 1, 2022, regarding improper staff-to-child ratios, failure to use security procedures, and the air conditioner not working. An investigation was conducted on June 2, 2022. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratios and failure to use security procedures because there was an unqualified staff supervising two separate classrooms, the front door was unlocked, and there was not a staff member monitoring the front door to ensure security procedures were followed. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of the air conditioner not working because staff denied this and the temperature was under the maximum allowed temperature. Additional concerns noted were staff attendance records were not accurate, children were missing top or bottom coverings for naps, and an infant was observed awake in a crib with a bottle.”
“OCCL received a complaint on June 9, 2022, regarding the owner showing up late to open the building, the owner s daughter running things when the owner is unavailable, and a staff member having her grandson at the center chilling in the classroom. An investigation was conducted on June 12, 2022. This complaint is substantiated because [name withheld] stated she does show up late to the center in the morning. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegations of the owner s daughter running things or a staff member having her grandson at the center chilling in the classroom. Both of these events did happen, but after the investigation it was determined these are not regulation violations.”
“Staff attendance must be accurate. One staff member was not signed into the classroom. This was corrected at the visit.”
“Post the postivie behavior managment policies.”
“Staff files must be complete. Provide OCCL with orientation for Staff #5”
“Child #5 meeds dates of enrollment and blood lead test results. Child #6 needs a health appraisal with immunization shot record. Child #7 needs blood lead test immunization results”
“Ensure ratios are maintained at all times. Staff #1, who is an aide, was observed alone in the classroom with four infants. This was corrected when a qualified teacher entered the classroom.”
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #4 and #6 needs a review of safe sleep, review of child abuse, orientation, job description, two references, employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, adult abuse check, health appraisal with TB results, First Aid and CPR certification, administration of medication training, and a completed service letter or two documented attempts. Staff #5 needs an annual review of child abuse, orientation, job description, two references, adult abuse check, health appraisal with TB results, a service letter or two attempts documented. Staff # 2 needs annual review of safe sleep, a service letter or two documented attempts, and administration of medication training,”
“Ensure staff are signed in and out correctly. Staff were not signing in and out correctly.”
“ensure child files are complete. Child #3 needs a developmental plan. Child #4 and #5 need a developmental plan, and permission for emergency transportation.”
“Ensure children's attendance is recorded with accurate arrival and departure times. There was no attendance recorded for children between 12/1/21-12/9/21.”
“Ensure all staff are practicing safe sleep procedures. LS Smith observed one infant sleep in the crib with a bib around its neck.”
“Ensure all infants have an updated feeding schedule completed by the guardian monthly. Ensure bottles are labeled and stored properly. Ensure breast milk and formula is stored correctly in the fridge at the proper temperature. Mixing prepared formula or breast milk in a bottle with anything else requires written permission from an infant s health care provider. LS Smith observed cereal in an infants bottle.”
“Ensure lesson plans a re posted and have all the required components. Infant room did not have a lesson plan. Pre-school room's lesson plan did not have all the required components.”
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