Lakewood · Licensed center
Augustine Classical Preschool
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 69 children.
- Hours 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 4 days a week.
- Tuition $593 to $1,009 a month, full time; the age it is for isn’t stated. See costs
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- May 18, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2024
- Fixed?
- Shortlist has not read Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s reports for this provider, so what they cited is not known.
- Most serious
- Shortlist has not read the reports Colorado Department of Early Childhood published for these visits, so nothing here says what they found.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and, where it publishes one, 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.
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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What it costs
$593 to $1,009 a month
Denver-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
- Half day (morning)
- $393 to $635 a month
A day here
7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 4 days a week
Meals, outdoors, sleep and five more
- Meals
- Parents provide lunch and snacks daily; school supplements a lunch only if it doesn't meet USDA meal-pattern requirements
- Outdoors
- Outside daily in both morning and afternoon; canceled only in severe weather (colder than 20°F, hotter than 96°F, excessive wind, active precipitation or thunder/lightning)
- Sleep
- Quiet rest time required for children present over 5 hours; sleep not required but child must stay quietly on their mat at least 30 minutes, with quiet activities provided for non-sleepers
- Diapers
- Diapers/pull-ups not permitted; children must be fully toilet trained before starting
- Screens
- No television or movies during class; brief curriculum-related instructional videos shown only occasionally, with Preschool Director's permission
- Updates for parents
- Weekly teacher newsletter, email, and phone calls; parent-teacher conferences held once per semester
- Schedule
- Full-day, half-day; 2-day or 4-day per week
- Closed
- 7 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Closed Labor Day, Thanksgiving week, two weeks at Christmas, MLK Day, Presidents' Day, one week in March for spring break, and the Monday following Easter
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Children with contagious illness may not attend; if medicated for the illness, must stay home until symptom-free without medication; certain communicable diseases require a doctor's note to return
- Special needs
- ADA-compliant accommodation efforts; families of children with special needs tour with the Preschool Director to determine fit; classroom curriculum can be modified to support IEP/IFSP goals in coordination with outside therapists
Details
- Address
- 480 S Kipling St, Lakewood, 80226
- License
- 1670733
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, teaching approach, ratios and staff, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
What it costs
- Monthly tuition, Second price — Checked July 2026 augustineclassical.org/…/2025-26-ACP-Parent-Handbook.pdf
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Diapers, Screens, Updates for parents, Hours, Schedule, Closed — Checked July 2026 augustineclassical.org/…/2025-26-ACP-Parent-Handbook.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick, Special needs — Checked July 2026 augustineclassical.org/…/2025-26-ACP-Parent-Handbook.pdf
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 augustineclassical.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 augustineclassical.org/…/2025-26-ACP-Parent-Handbook.pdf
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 8 to 40; large is 115 to 320.