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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 · January 8, 2025
2.230.B · Correction due January 8, 2025
A stump with a large crack in it, accessible to children within the Toddler classroom #6, posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (1/8/2025) ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment, materials and furnishings are sturdy, safe and free of hazards. Immediately ensure the stump is made inaccessible to children within the Toddler #6 classroom. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/08/2025
2.218.B.3
Reviewed children's medication and observed a child lacking a medication that is listed on the child's health care plan and two children with required medications that were expired.
2.220.J · Correction due January 8, 2025
Reviewed children's medication and observed two children's required emergency medications to be expired.
Required correction: Immediately (1/8/2025) ensure a parent/guardian picks up all out of date or left over medication being stored at the facility. If the parents/guardians do not respond, the center must dispose of the expired medications per CDPHE guidelines. Provide a written statement of compliance with in the overall response. Correct by 01/08/2025
2.220.D · Correction due January 8, 2025
Diaper rash creams for individual children lacking children's first and last names within the Toddler #6 classroom.
Required correction: Director immediately (1/8/2025) labeled the diaper rash creams with the children's first and last names. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 01/08/2025
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of a lockdown drill conducted within
2.229.L · Correction due January 8, 2025
A magnetic puzzle with small pieces that fit inside of a choke tube located on the wall in the main hallway of the facility near the exit door, accessible to children under the age of 3 years old.
Required correction: Immediately (1/8/2025) ensure all toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment and materials that are accessible to children less than 3 years of age are large enough to not be a choke hazard or able to be swallowed. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/08/2025
Supervisory visit · February 7, 2024
2.120.I · Correction due February 7, 2024
Reviewed 36 staff files and observed Faith H. and Hailey N. lacking an updated Trails clearance letter obtained prior to 5 years from the date reflected on the current clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review the Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that Faith H. and Hailey N. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of request for Trails inquiries for Faith H. and Hailey N. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/07/2024
2.121.J.1
Reviewed 36 staff files and observed Alexis M., who has lived outside of the state of Colorado during the past 5 years, lacking documentation of the Out of State Background Check Clearance Letter.
2.230.B · Correction due February 7, 2024
A stump with a crack in it, exposing splintered wood, accessible to children within the toddler classroom #6 posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (2/7/2024) ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings are sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 02/07/2024
2.229.C · Correction due February 7, 2024
An ant trap on the floor with product manufacturer specifications stating "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children in preschool classroom #15.
Required correction: The Director immediately (2/7/2024) removed the ant trap from the classroom, making it inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 02/07/2024
2.230.A
Several puzzles labeled "For ages 3 and up" located within the preschool classroom #16 accessible to children under the age of 3 years old.
Required correction: Director immediately (2/7/2024) removed the puzzles from the classroom, making them inaccessible to
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.
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