Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
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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.
Supervisory visit · April 15, 2026
2.213.B · Correction due April 15, 2026
Reviewed two staff files and observed two staff to be lacking documentation of a Department-approved Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately, ( 4/15/2026), all staff must have documentation of a Department-approved Standard Precautions training. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 4/22/2026. Correct by 04/15/2026
Supervisory visit · May 15, 2025
2.213.I · Correction due June 15, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed Kareem Z. to be lacking documentation of the Department-approved Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals.
Required correction: Review all staff files. All staff must have documentation of the Department-approved Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 6/15/2025. Correct by 06/15/2025
Supervisory visit · April 30, 2024
2.120.I · Correction due April 30, 2024
Reviewed 2 staff files. Laura missing documentation of a current TRAILS background check clearance letter.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff files. All staff must have an updated TRAILS clearance letter every five years. All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member Laura has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of the TRAILS clearance letter for staff member Laura with a written statement of compliance by 5/30/2024. Correct by 04/30/2024
Reviewed 2 staff files. Kaarem and Laura missing documentation of a current FBI background check
2.213.B · Correction due April 30, 2024
Reviewed 2 staff files. Kaarem and Laura missing documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff files. All staff must have documentation of a current Standard Precautions training that has been renewed annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 5/30/2024. Correct by 04/30/2024
2.230.C.3.c · Correction due April 30, 2024
At the time of visit, on the Pre-K playground, a climbing structure did not have the required 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment.
Required correction: Immediately, all climbing equipment must have a 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment. Submit photo documentation and a written statement of compliance by 5/30/2024. Correct by 04/30/2024
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 1, 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.
The department will also review one program’s complete file on request, which is more than either source above contains. Leave your email and Shortlist will ask for Axl Academy’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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Ask which of these findings were serious, and what changed.Colorado Department of Early Childhood publishes a correction deadline, never whether the work was done or how serious it was.
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.
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Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
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