Longmont · Licensed center
Columbine Elementary Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- October 6, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since January 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 10, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and, where it publishes one, 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.
Nov 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · November 10, 2025
2.223.D.5.a.1 · Correction due November 10, 2025
Observed a cot spaced less than 2 feet apart in the Preschool classroom.
Required correction: Cots must be spaced 2 feet apart on all sides during rest time. *** Corrected at the time of inspection. Staff moved cot to an area that provided 2 feet apart on all sides. No response required. Correct by 11/10/2025
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 8, 2024
2.223.D.5.a.1 · Correction due January 8, 2024
Two cots spaced less than 2' apart on all sides during rest time at the time of inspection.
Required correction: Immediately ensure cots are spaced at least 2' on all sides during rest time. Document correction in written response. Correct by 01/08/2024
2.230.B · Correction due January 8, 2024
Several bolts on the gates/fence in the outdoor play area with more than 2 threads exposed and posing potential protrusion hazards.
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 01/08/2024
Where this record comes from
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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Details
- Address
- 111 Longs Peak Ave, Longmont, 80501
- License
- 1553095
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Sources and dates
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.
Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 320.