27J Preschool @ Southeast

Center · Brighton · 1595 E Southern Street

What kind of place is this?

Size 40 children licensed In the middle half for Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership Government-run Colorado Department of Early Childhood records this as a programme operated by a public school district. data.colorado.gov

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

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What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 1
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
December 2, 2025
On file
3 visits since March 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 2, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.

Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings

Supervisory visit · December 2, 2025

2.222.A.1.b · Correction due December 2, 2025

In room 107, extra diapers and wipes were on a low shelf in the handwashing room and were accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately, all diaper change supplies must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the classroom teacher removed the diapers and wipes from the classroom. No response needed. Correct by 12/02/2025

2.223.A.2 · Correction due December 2, 2025

The program is not completing attendance verification during transitions, as confirmed through specialist observations and staff statements.

Required correction: Immediately, staff must complete written attendance verification during transitions. Correct by 12/02/2025

In room 107, the cabinet under the sink was unlocked and Lysol disinfectant spray and hand soap, both labeled 'keep out of reach of children' were accessible to children.

2.229.G · Correction due December 2, 2025

In room 107, the cabinet under the sink was unlocked and a roll of trash bags and opened boxes of ziploc bags were accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately, loose plastic bags must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct by 12/02/2025

2.237.D · Correction due December 2, 2025

In room 105, staff purses were hanging on a low hook and were accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately, all staff purses and other hazardous items must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the classroom teachers moved the purses to a high shelf making them inaccessible. No response needed. Correct by 12/02/2025

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due December 2, 2025

The mulch at the end of the slides of the climbing structure measured less than 6 inches of resilient surface.

Required correction: Immediately, all climbing equipment 18 inches or higher must have resilient surface of at least 6 inches in the use zone at all times. Correct by 12/02/2025

State records file

Jan 2025 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
Mar 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · March 13, 2024

2.229.H · Correction due March 13, 2024

Two pairs of teacher scissors accessible to children in an unlocked desk drawer in room 107.

Required correction: Ensure all sharp instruments are inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately and send verification of compliance to specialist with written response. Correct by 03/13/2024

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due March 13, 2024

No resilient material underneath swings and at the end of the slide on the playground. Wood chips have been worn away from these areas.

Required correction: Ensure all climbing equipment have at least six inches of resilient materials. Correct immediately and send verification of compliance to specialist with written response. Correct by 03/13/2024

State records file

Where this record comes from

The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.

The file this page is built from arrived on September 13, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in September 2027.

The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.

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27J Preschool @ Southeast hasn’t published

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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