Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 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.
Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
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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 · July 27, 2026
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due July 27, 2026
Specialist measured approximately (3) inches of pea gravel beneath the blue circle swing and the yellow swings on the preschool playground. Specialist also observed a cloth swing hanging from a tree on the hill on the East side of the preschool playground, with no resilient surfacing in the use zone.
Required correction: Ensure all outdoor climbing equipment over (18) inches has at least (6) inches of resilient surfacing throughout the use zone. Program understands the swings must be made inaccessible to children until adequate resilient surfacing can be verified. Correct immediately and document correction in written response to Specialist. Correct by 07/27/2026
2.229.M
Several glass vases and jars in unlocked cabinets accessible to children under the age of (5) years old, within the Bluebell and Marigold preschool classrooms.
Required correction: Ensure all toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and materials made of brittle, easily breakable plastic or
2.219.B.2 · Correction due August 26, 2026
Reviewed (2) child files and observed one child's file with a health statement lacking a return date of care indicated by the health care provider.
Required correction: Ensure all child files contain a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider per the above guidelines, within 30 days of admission. Document correction in written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/26/2026
Supervisory visit · August 27, 2025
2.213.B · Correction due August 27, 2025
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed one staff member lacking documentation of a current certificate of training in Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (8/27/2025) ensure the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current Department-approved Standard Precautions training for all staff, prior to working with children. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 08/27/2025
2.213.D
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed 1 staff member, who was working with children under the age of 3 years old, lacking a current Department-approved Prevention of Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma training.
Required correction: Immediately (8/27/2025) ensure the program obtains and maintains current documentation of a
2.229.M · Correction due August 27, 2025
A glass vase on the main table accessible to children less than 5 years old within the Marigold Garden preschool classroom.
Required correction: Director immediately (8/27/2025) removed the glass vase, making it inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 08/27/2025
Supervisory visit · September 30, 2024
2.229.M · Correction due September 30, 2024
Observed a glass vase on a table accessible to children within the Marigold classroom.
Required correction: Director immediately (9/30/2024) removed the vase making it inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 09/30/2024
2.229.H · Correction due September 30, 2024
A jar of adult scissors and a roll of plastic wrap with a sharp serrated edge in a cupboard accessible to children within the Marigold classroom.
Required correction: Director immediately (9/30/2024) removed the scissors and plastic wrap and placed them out of reach of children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 09/30/2024
Reviewed program's files and observed the program lacking documentation of a fire drill for the month of April 2024, lacking documentation of tornado drills for the months of March through May, 2024 and lacking documentation of a lockdown drill from December 2023 to June 2024.
2.219.B.1 · Correction due September 30, 2024
Reviewed 3 children's files and observed one file lacking appropriate documentation of school required immunizations on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Certificate of Immunization or on an “approved alternate” Certificate of Immunization.
Required correction: Director immediately (9/30/2024) obtained documentation of the school required immunizations on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Certificate of Immunization and placed in child's file. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 09/30/2024
2.212.G · Correction due October 30, 2024
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed Haley F. lacking a current medical statement signed and dated by a health care provider.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff, to include Haley F., have obtained a medical statement signed by a health care provider, followed by the completion of the annual self-reported health history. Correct by 10/30/2024
2.213.F · Correction due October 30, 2024
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed Gussie G., who is not required to be certified in First Aid and CPR training, lacking documentation of the the First Aid and CPR Module training.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff, to include Gussie G., who are not required by rule to be certified in First Aid and CPR training have completed the Department-approved training for Introduction to First Aid and CPR module. Correct by 10/30/2024
2.213.B
Reviewed 7 staff files and observed Amy H. lacking documentation of a current certificate of training in Standard Precautions.
Supervisory visit · November 2, 2023
7.702.42.H · Correction due December 1, 2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed Fanny D., who has been employed for more than 90 days, lacking the Department-approved training for Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff, to include Fanny D., have completed the Department-approved training for Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs, within 90 days of employment. Correct by 12/01/2023
7.702.42.I
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed Fanny D., who has been employed for more than 90 days, lacking the Department-approved training for The Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals or other Department-Approved training on implicit bias.
7.702.71.H · Correction due November 2, 2023
A grater with sharp edges in an unlocked drawer accessible to children in the Marigold classroom and a grater with sharp edges in an unlocked cabinet accessible to children in the Lavender classroom.
Required correction: The Director immediately (11/2/2023) removed the graters from both classrooms and made them inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/02/2023
7.702.71.M · Correction due November 2, 2023
Two glass jars in an unlocked cabinet accessible to children in the Lavender classroom.
Required correction: The Director immediately (11/2/2023) removed the glass jars from the cabinet and made them inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/02/2023
7.702.72.C.3.c
A large rock within 6 feet of the climbing structure that is over 18 inches high on the Bluebell playground.
Required correction: The Director immediately (11/2/2023) removed the large rock from within 6 feet of the climbing equipment,
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 Boulder Valley Waldorf School’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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All checked July 2026.
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