BASE Programs

Center · Highlands Ranch · 8780 Venneford Ranch Rd

What kind of place is this?

Size 50 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

How this compares

Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 7 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.

Will it fit our family?

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

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 2
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
December 18, 2025
On file
7 visits since October 2023
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 19, 2026. 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 2 findings

Supervisory visit · December 18, 2025

2.220.F.1 · Correction due December 18, 2025

Reviewed all medications and observed an individual emergency plan requiring Benadryl. Benadryl was not available at the time of inspection.

Required correction: Staff must provide those medications to children based on the instructions from the child's individualized health care plan. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 12/18/2025

2.209.B.4 · Correction due January 19, 2026

Reviewed 1 child file and observed CH1 to be missing current documentation of health statement.

Required correction: The center must maintain and update annually and upon changes a record on each child that includeds a copy of the childs health statement. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 01/19/2026

State records file

Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · January 22, 2025

2.212.G · Correction due February 23, 2025

Reviewed 5 staff files and observed Kristine and Heather to be missing a current health statement

Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for all staff. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 02/23/2025

2.213.L · Correction due January 23, 2025

Reviewed 5 staff files and observed Kristine to be missing a current child development training.

Required correction: Obtain a current child development training for staff member. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 01/23/2025

2.209.B.4 · Correction due February 23, 2025

Reviewed two child files and observed one child to be missing a current health statement.

Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for child. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 02/23/2025

State records file

Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · February 21, 2024

2.121.D.5 · Correction due February 21, 2024

Reviewed 5 staff files and observed Ivy O. to be missing current FBI and CBI clearance letters.

Required correction: Obtain current clearance letters for staff member. Must review the Navigating the Background check investigation units "BIU" web page power point. Submit verification the provider reviewed the power point within 24 hours. Correct by 02/21/2024

2.212.G

Reviewed 5 staff files and observed Erin G, Terri E, and Maureen P to be missing documentation of a medical statement signed and dated by a physician.

2.120.C.1.a.1 · Correction due February 21, 2024

Reviewed 5 staff files and observed both Terri E. and Maurren P to be missing current documentation of TRAILS clearance and working together in room 101 with children ages 3-4 years old.

Required correction: The individuals must be supervised at all times by an individual who has successfully completed all required background checks. ***Corrected at time of inspection, Director moved a Maurren to another classroom and placed a Kristine in the classroom, Kristine has all background checks. Submit a written response of compliance to specialist. Correct by 02/21/2024

State records file

Jan 2024 Limited Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Dec 2023 Limited Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Nov 2023 Limited Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Oct 2023 Limited Supervisory visit report not read 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 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.

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Before you tour

BASE Programs hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

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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