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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 · December 8, 2025
2.217.A.15 · Correction due December 8, 2025
On the playground, observed three classrooms and 39 preschool children on the playground. Children were not observed to be in distinguishable groups. The maximum group size for this age group is 20 children.
Required correction: Ensure group size is not exceeded at any time except as otherwise allowed in the rules and regulations. **Corrected at the time of visit. Children went inside to their respective classrooms and appropriate group sizes.** Respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 12/15/25. Correct by 12/08/2025
On the preschool climber, observed a gap of approximately 0.5 inch between the top of the curved blue slide and the climbing platform, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
2.221.B.1 · Correction due December 8, 2025
Identified through SM1's statement that the program asks parents/guardians to apply sunscreen prior to drop-off and the program does not currently have a mechanism for documenting application times.
Required correction: Ensure there is a mechanism for documenting sunscreen application times when the parents/guardians apply sunscreen. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 12/15/25. Correct by 12/08/2025
2.211.A · Correction due December 8, 2025
Children's first and last names were observed to be listed in front of each classroom door.
Required correction: Ensure the confidentiality of all staff and children's records are maintained. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 12/15/25. Correct by 12/08/2025
2.121.D.5
Reviewed thirteen staff files and identified SM2's file missing documentation of an FBI clearance letter completed within the last five years.
Supervisory visit · January 14, 2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due January 14, 2025
Observed several children playing on the swings and identified the resilient surfacing in the use zone was frozen. The surfacing directly under the swings measured six inches.
Required correction: Ensure all climbing equipment has resilient surfacing of at least six inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. **Corrected at the time of visit; the children stopped playing on the swings.** No response required. Correct by 01/14/2025
2.223.A.2 · Correction due January 14, 2025
Reviewed attendance records for three classrooms and identified records for two classrooms did not have written attendance verification of transitions.
Required correction: Ensure staff members complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 1/21/25. Correct by 01/14/2025
2.121.J.1
Reviewed eleven staff files and identified Calla's file (DOH: 8/8/24) missing an out-of-state clearance letter. Calla has lived out of state in the last five years.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation
Supervisory visit · January 24, 2024
2.220.A · Correction due January 24, 2024
Reviewed 3 health care plans and identified one health care plan indicating an over-the-counter medication and the over-the-counter medication available was expired.
Required correction: Obtain unexpired medication indicated on the health care plan. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 1/31/24. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.121.J.1
Reviewed 13 staff files and identified Arienne's file lacking documentation of an out-of-state clearance letter and documentation that the out-of-state requests have been submitted. Arienne has lived in CA and OH in the last 5 years.
2.220.G.2 · Correction due January 24, 2024
Identified through Director Kath's statement that the Pre-K 112 class was on a field trip. Reviewed 3 health care plans and identified a child in the Pre-K 112 class requires emergency medication and observed the medication in the classroom. Identified through Director Kath's statement that staff did not carry the emergency medication with them on the field trip.
Required correction: Ensure that when away from the classroom, staff assigned to supervise the child carries the emergency medication. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 1/31/24. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.227.C.2 · Correction due January 24, 2024
Reviewed bus driver Paul's file and identified documentation of a Department-approved First Aid and CPR training to be missing. Multiple teachers were on the bus who had current CPR and First Aid certificates.
Required correction: Obtain current CPR and First Aid documentation for Paul and ensure all drivers of vehicles owned or leased by the center have a current Department-approved First Aid and CPR training. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 1/31/24. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.221.D · Correction due January 24, 2024
Reviewed enrollment and permission forms and identified through documentation and Director Kath's statement that the center provides sunscreen for children and only specifies that sunscreen will be SPF 30 and does not specify the specific type of sunscreen provided.
Required correction: Ensure parents/guardians are notfified in advance, in writing, of the type of sunscreen the center will use. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 1/31/24. Correct by 01/24/2024
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 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.
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