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 · October 1, 2025
2.223.A.2 · Correction due October 1, 2025
Reviewed name-to-face attendance and identified written verification during transition from inside to playground was not completed at the time of visit.
Required correction: Immediately ensure staff complete written attendance verification during transitions. Corrected at the time of visit. Staff completed written attendance verification for class. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 10/01/2025
2.230.C.8
Several areas with splintering wood on preschool playground equipment and one exposed nail near base, wood worn and posing potential hazards.
Required correction: Immediately ensure all outdoor play areas used for children’s activities must be checked daily and kept safe
Supervisory visit · November 1, 2024
2.230.C.6 · Correction due November 1, 2024
Gap between the bench and the platform on the pirate ship that measures approximately 8.5” and several gaps that measure approximately 7" in wooden structure in the middle of the playground posing potential entrapment hazard.
Required correction: Immediately ensure all pieces of playground equipment are designed to guard against entrapment and strangulation. Any openings in gross motor equipment above ground must be smaller than three and one half (3 ½) inches or greater than nine (9) inches to prevent entrapment. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/01/2024
2.206.B.7
Reviewed current parent handbook and identified it lacking the procedure for identifying where children are during times of transition.
2.218.C.5 · Correction due November 1, 2024
1 child with individual health care plan lacking parent/guardian signature.
Required correction: Immediately ensure the individual health care plan is updated at least every twelve (12) months from the date of the initial plan and as changes occur. The plan must include all information needed to care for the child, must be signed by the health care provider, parent(s)/guardian(s) and must include all required information. Corrected at the time of visit. Facility received updated individual health care plan for child that included the parent/guardian signature. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/01/2024
Supervisory visit · November 6, 2023
7.702.62.A.2 · Correction due November 6, 2023
Written attendance verification during each transition was not documented on the daily name-to-face log. Observed children come in from the playground for lunch at approximately 11:30am and the last verification of attendance was documented at 10:00am.
Required correction: Immediately ensure staff members complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 11/06/2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and identified 1 staff (Anna W.) with Trails clearance letter completed in 2016 and lacking Trails clearance letter within the past 5 years.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's
7.702.46.A.15.d · Correction due November 6, 2023
25 preschool-age children having lunch together in the main preschool classroom with a room capacity of 18 children.
Required correction: Immediately ensure the licensed room capacity must not be exceeded at any time. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/06/2023
7.702.72.B · Correction due November 6, 2023
Cabinet in the music classroom that wobbled slightly when pushed and not anchored to the wall, posing potential fall hazard.
Required correction: Immediately ensure indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings are sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/06/2023
7.702.72.C.1.a · Correction due November 6, 2023
Approximately 1"-5" resilient surface in use zone of permanent climbing structure (with fall height over 18") in the middle of the playground, including both swings.
Required correction: Immediately ensure all climbing equipment 18" or higher has at least 6" resilient surfacing in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/06/2023
7.702.51.A.2.b
Reviewed 4 child files and identified 2 statements of health were expired.
7.702.71.C · Correction due November 6, 2023
Unlocked lower cabinet in the main preschool classroom with packages of baby wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" and accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately ensure items labeled “keep out of reach of children” are inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of visit. Doors to lower cabinet were locked and baby wipes were made inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/06/2023
7.702.71.M
Several glass jars and glass vase in the preschool classrooms and accessible to children less than 5 years of age.
7.702.71.L · Correction due November 6, 2023
Artwork hanging in Discovery classroom with small pom-poms attached, small enough to fit in a choke tube and accessible to children less than 3 years of age.
Required correction: Immediately ensure toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age is not a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards. Corrected at the time of visit. Piece of artwork with small pom-poms was removed and placed in a sheet protector for display, making small parts inaccessible to children less than 3 years of age. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/06/2023
7.702.72.C.3.c · Correction due November 6, 2023
Small log and medium size rock within 6' use zone of ship (with fall height over 18") on the preschool playground.
Required correction: Immediately ensure preschool climbing equipment has a six (6) foot use zone surrounding the equipment. Corrected at the time of visit. Small log and medium rock were removed from within the 6' use zone. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/06/2023
7.702.41.G · Correction due November 6, 2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and identified 1 staff lacking current medical statement and subsequent self-reported health history.
Required correction: Ensure all staff complete a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider, verifying that they are in good mental, physical, and emotional health appropriate for the position for which they have been hired. This statement must be dated no more than six (6) months prior to employment or within thirty (30) calendar days after the first date of employment. Subsequent self-reported health histories must be submitted annually. Corrected at the time of visit. Staff member completed self-reported health history at the time of visit. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/06/2023
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.
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 BIXBY SCHOOL’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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All checked July 2026.
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