ABC KIDS ACADEMY III

License #1475636 · DOVER, DE · Capacity 56

Lifetime deficiency profile

24 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

24 citations across this facility's inspection history. Top 10 below — click any rule to read the plain-English summary, evidence inspectors look for, and how to fix.

RuleTimes citedSample narrative
30U 3 Personnel Files — Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs an administration of medication certificate, complete orientation, two references, fingerprinting receipt and eligibility letter, adult health app…
50U 3 Kitchen and Food Preparation — Purchase a thermometer for the refrigerator to ensure the temperature is 40 degrees F or colder.
53U 3 Outdoor Area — Ensure the gate to the outdoor play area can self-close and self-latch. Replenish the wood mulch under the fall zones.
40U 3 Child Files — Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a development plan. Two children need an update infant feeding schedule. One child needs medication permission.
27U 2 Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision — Ensure direct supervision is provided at all times. A school-age child was observed re-entering the Dragonfly classroom after using the bathroom in the unused school-age classroom. T…
54U 2 Pools and Swimming — Discontinue the use of the portable wading pools.
36U 1 Staff Attendance — Ensure staff attendance is documented to show the exact hours the staff worked in each classroom. One staff member was not signed into the one and two-year-old classroom, but present. Two staff members…
43U 1 Children's Attendance — Ensure child attendance is documented to show the child s exact arrival and departure times. 11 children were present in the one and two-year-old classroom, but 10 were signed in. Eight children w…
28U 1 General Qualifications — Ensure staff members schedule a fingerprinting appointment with Delaware State Police and are fingerprinted for a Delaware SBI and FBI check before the start of employment and receive eligibility…
66U 1 Emergency Planning — Document monthly evacuation drills and fire prevention checks and post the most recent.

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Source data as of May 11, 2026 · Retrieved by AccreditReady May 11, 2026 · Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing