Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
This provider does not publish pricing.
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.
Complaint · February 17, 2026
2.230.B
In the full day classroom, charging cords plugged into the outlet, but not into a device accessible to children.
Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct
Complaint · February 17, 2026
Unfounded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Complaint · November 11, 2025
Founded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Complaint · October 6, 2023
7.702.31.B
Per staff members statement, facility does not permit children to take water bottles outside during play time. Per the weather graph on said days, it was above 90 degrees on all days listed.
Required correction: Immediately on 10/6/2023, Facility must abide by written policies and procedures, which states drinking water is made available to the children.
7.702.65.C.1 · Correction due October 13, 2023
Per staff statement, teachers took classroom on a walking field trip to nearby park without notifying families.
Required correction: Families must be notified prior to field trips. Submit a statement of compliance by 10/13/23. Correct by 10/13/2023
Complaint · October 6, 2023
Founded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
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 Blue Heron Preschool’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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.
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.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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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