Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton
Daycare center in Smyrna, DE. 240 East Commerce Street, Smyrna, DE 19977
About the program
Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton is a licensed daycare center in Smyrna, Delaware. It is licensed for 125 children and serves school age ages.
It accepts child care subsidy.
Tuition and capacity
Tuition: not listed. Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton does not publish a fee schedule. Programs in the area that publish full-time tuition have a median starting price of $607 a month.
Licensing and safety
Open the state record →Most violations are record-keeping, training or maintenance items, and nearly every program has some. Read what each one was and how fast it was fixed. Delaware records each regulation found out of compliance at a review, with the corrective action required and the date it was corrected. The state does not assign a risk level.
Staff Attendance (regulation 36U)
Ensure staff attendance includes exact hours worked in each classroom or area. Staff #1 in Room #1 and Staff #2 in Room #5 prefilled their departure time on the attendance records. This was discussed with staff and corrected when staff agreed to comply in the future.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure child attendance is recorded to include exact arrival and departure times. Room #2 had 15 children present, but 17 children were signed in. Room #4 had 15 children present, but only 14 were signed in. Room #5 had 15 children present, but only 14 were signed in. This was discussed and corrected when the attendance records were updated.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. Clean the carpet in Room #1. Repair the metal strip under the last bathroom stall in the boy's bathroom. Repair the broken and loose tiles in the Preschool classroom bathroom. Repair the wall under the window in Room #2. Ensure electrical outlets are covered. Several outlets in Room #1 need outlet covers.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure the outdoor play area is clean. Remove the trash and debris from the outdoor play area.
Activity Schedule (regulation 76U)
Post a daily schedule in Room #3.
Show all 30 violations on file
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision (regulation 27U)
Ensure proper supervision is provided at all times. Upon arrival, this specialist observed five school-age children leave the outdoor play area, unsupervised and entered the building. The children were then seen walking to a staff member who was seated at a table inside the gym. This was discussed and corrected when staff agreed to comply in the future. Ensure proper staff-to-child ratios are maintained through the assignment of qualified staff. A staff member who is not 18 years old, and has not been fingerprinted and determined eligible was observed alone with a group of four school-age children in the gym. A second staff member who is qualified as an aide was observed taking two children
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff need CPR and first aid certification. One staff needs first aid certification. Five staff need to update their administration of medication training/certification. One staff needs a DEEDS Early Learning qualifications certificate. One staff needs a professional development plan. One staff needs to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals. Four staff need additional references. One staff needs an eligibility letter. One staff needs an adult health appraisal with TB results. One staff needs a health appraisal. Two staff need service letters.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs screen time permission.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure floors, walls, and counter surfaces are cleanable.. The wall under the soap dispenser in the boys bathroom needs to be repaired. Ensure toilets are in good repair. Repair the broken toilet in the boys bathroom. Provide individual labeled storage spaces for the children in Room 109. The children's belongings were observed touching on a cart due to no other storage option. Ensure electrical outlets are covered. The power strip in Room 4 needs covers in all open outlets. Ensure trash is covered. Room 109's trash can is not covered. Discontinue the use of air fresheners. Room 4 needs to remove the can of air freshener.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure food storage areas are clean. Clean the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.
Toilet Facilities (regulation 51U)
Ensure all bathrooms have an operable window or ventilation fan. This specialist was unable to determine if the ventilation fans in the girls and the boys bathrooms were working properly. Ensure paper towels are available in the bathroom. The bathroom located in the preschool classroom needs paper towels. The hand-drying device was not operating. Ensure the bathrooms are clean. The boys bathroom has a strong urine odor. Clean the bathroom to eliminate the odor. A used feminine hygiene product was observed along the window sill behind the bathroom stall in the girls bathroom. Clean the bathroom and remove the feminine hygiene product. Repair the faucet on the first sink in the boys bathroom.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Remove the shovel from the preschool outdoor play area. Provide a cover for the trash can in the preschool outdoor play area. Ensure the gates to the preschool outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. The front gate has a self-latching mechanism, but does not self-close. The back gate has a push bar mechanism that is in the children's reach. This gate needs a self-closing and self-latching mechanisms, that are out of the children's reach. Replenish the mulch in all areas where the equipment and swings are designed for the children's feet to leave the ground with 9 inches of mulch.
Sanitation (regulation 58U)
Ensure soap/water and sanitizer/disinfectant is available. Room 5 needs sanitaizer/disinfectant.
First Aid Kits (regulation 65U)
Purchase bandage tape, eye patch, first aid guide, gloves, pen and note pad, plastic bags, roll gauze, safety pins, scissors, thermometer, triangle bandage or sling, and tweezers for the travel first aid kit in the white van.
Lesson Plans (regulation 74U)
Ensure lesson plans contain daily opportunities for physical, social-emotional, language/literacy, and cognitive development activities for the preschool classroom. Ensure a monthly activity plan is posted and shows school-age children working on projects that require extended time to complete in such topics as science, math, social studies, language arts, cooking, drama, creative arts, or music for all school-age classrooms.
Personnel Files (regulation 30T)
Ensure staff files are complete. Six staff need CPR and First Aid certification. One staff needs a professional Development plan. One staff needs an annual review of abuse and neglect. Four staff need orientation. Three staff need Health and Safety For Child Care Professionals training. One staff member needs an application, resume, or personal data sheet. Three staff need a job description. Eight staff need the appropriate amount of references. Two staff need an employee declaration and a drug and alcohol statement. One staff needs a letter of eligibility on file. One staff needs an adult abuse check completed. four staff need an adult health appraisal on OCCL's format, and five
Hazardous Materials (regulation 45T)
Provide each classroom and bathroom with at least a labeled soap and water and a bleach and water bottle. Remove cleaners from children's reach. One classroom has a bucket of cleaners on the floor.
Indoor Space (regulation 49T)
Thirty-five square feet of useable floor space for each child is required. Remove the teacher-only areas or have the areas remeasured. Clean trash can lids in all classrooms. Ensure extension cords with outlets not in use are covered, and wall outlets not in use have covers. Ensure all soft materials are clean and laundered weekly. Ensure materials and their storage are clean. At least weekly, a licensee shall ensure non-porous toys and play equipment are washed with a soap and water solution and then disinfected. Ensure stained ceiling tiles are replaced in the Pre-K classroom. Ensure the walls are good repair the peeling paint and missing wall tile in the Pre-K bathroom. Personal
Outdoor Area (regulation 53T)
Ensure the protective surface of the outdoor play area beneath and in the fall zones of climbing equipment, slides, swings, and similar equipment is of approved resilient material, which absorbs falls. Ensure protective surfaces of the fall zone extend at least six feet in all directions from the equipment. For swings, a licensee shall ensure the protective surfacing extends, in back and front, twice the height of the suspending bar unless otherwise directed by the CPSC or other recognized authority on playground safety
Administration of Medication (regulation 63T)
Ensure that expired medication is returned to the guardian. Prescription medication boxes must contain a pharmacy label for each box containing medication.
First Aid Kits (regulation 65T)
Ensure the travel first aid kit contains soap, water, a finger splint, an instant cold pack, and roll gauze.
Changes Affecting a License (regulation 9T)
A licensee shall submit a revised plan review and receive approval before making additions or renovations to the indoor areas. LS observed the previous food preparation and storage area being remodeled. Further conversation disclosed that the area's use will change.
Personnel Files (regulation 30T)
Staff #1 needs CPR/1st aid certification Staff #2 needs OCCL health and safety training Staff #3 needs 1 hour health & safety training, a professional development plan and OCCL health and safety training Staff #4 needs Cpr/1st aid certification, 2 references, an adult health appraisal and a service letter Staff #5 needs annual training hours, 1 hour health and safety training, OCCL health and safety training , 2 references and an adult health appraisal Staff #6 needs annual training hours 1 hour in health and safety, a professional development plan, OCCL health and safety training and a service letter Staff #7 needs medication certification, annual review of abuse and neglect and a se
Child Files (regulation 40T)
Child #11 needs a health appraisal
Administration of Medication (regulation 63T)
Monthly medication logs were incomplete Medication guidelines are to be followed at all time.
Emergency Planning (regulation 66T)
Carry out and have available documented monthly evacuation drills.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision (regulation 27T)
Make sure children are always under direct supervision. LS McPhatter observed one child alone come to the office to retrieve a hand radio for a teacher. This was corrected when the child rejoined her classroom
Personnel Files (regulation 30T)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs two reference letters, a service letter or documentation showing a request for a service letter, a follow-up request if needed, if unable to gain one completed service letter two additional references are needed. Staff #2 needs two references, a health appraisal on OCCL s form, tuberculosis results, service letters or documentation showing requests for a service letter follow up request if needed if unable to gain one completed service letter references are needed. Staff #3 needs an orientation release of employment history form and documentation showing requests for a service letter follow up request is needed if unable to gain one completed
Indoor Space (regulation 49T)
Ensure the use of air fresheners is prohibited. LS McPhatter observed room 125 behind the staff desk and air freshener was plugged in.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50T)
Ensure perishable food is kept refrigerated at 40 degrees Fahrenheit or colder or frozen at zero degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Room 111 the refrigerator was at 37 degrees, a freezer has no thermometer, a refrigerator has no thermometer, the large standing refrigerator has no thermometer. Room 125 the freezer has no thermometer, the refrigerator temperature is 44 degrees Fahrenheit.
Getting there
240 East Commerce Street, Smyrna, DE 19977
Questions about Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton
Is Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton licensed?
Yes. Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton holds an active Child Care Center licence from Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing (licence 552340), with a licensed capacity of 125 children. The state record was synced in September 2026.
Has Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton had any inspection violations?
Delaware records 22 violations for Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton in the last three years, across 5 inspections on file. The median daycare center in the area has 10. Each one is listed above with the date it was corrected.
What ages does Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton take?
Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton is licensed to serve school age ages, and is open 7 am to 6 pm, Mon to Fri.
How much does Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton cost?
Boys & Girls Club @ Smyrna Clayton does not publish tuition. Ask for the full fee schedule on a tour, including registration, supply and late pick-up fees. The program accepts child care subsidy.
