Columbine Elementary Preschool

Center · Longmont · 111 Longs Peak Ave

What kind of place is this?

Size 20 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership Government-run Colorado Department of Early Childhood records this as a programme operated by a public school district. data.colorado.gov

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

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What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 1
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
November 10, 2025
On file
3 visits since January 2024 — 1 cited nothing
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 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

State records file

Dec 2024 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
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

State records file

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 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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Before you tour

Columbine Elementary Preschool hasn’t published

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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

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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