Compass Montessori School Golden Campus

Center · Golden · 4441 Salvia

What kind of place is this?

Size 100 children licensed In the middle half for 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?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 1
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
December 8, 2025
On file
3 visits since March 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 8, 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.

Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · December 8, 2025

2.122.A · Correction due December 8, 2025

The program to have a non-compliant fire inspection.

Required correction: Obtain a compliant fire inspection. Correct by 12/8/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/15/25. Correct by 12/08/2025

State records file

Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · January 21, 2025

2.217.A.15.a · Correction due January 21, 2025

The Lapis Classroom to have 26 children exceeding the maximum group size. Licensing Specialist observed a birthday list of students and 16 of 26 students were ages 3 and 4. The remaining students were age 5.

Required correction: In other preschool age combinations, the maximum group size for the youngest child must be utilized if more than twenty percent (20%) of the group is composed of younger children. This does not apply to infants and toddlers. The group size for toddler groups is based on the youngest child in the group. Correct by 1/21/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 1/28/25. Correct by 01/21/2025

State records file

Mar 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · March 13, 2024

2.121.D.5 · Correction due March 13, 2024

Reviewed 6 staff files and observed Serra P., Kathryn T., and Miho H. to have expired FBI background checks.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members Serra P., Kathryn T. and Miho H. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI, for staff members Serra P., Kathryn T., and Miho H. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 3/13/2024. Document compliance to Specialist by 3/20/2024. Correct by 03/13/2024

2.220.J · Correction due March 13, 2024

One child to have an expired Epi-pen.

Required correction: If a medication is out of date or left over, the parent(s)/guardian(s) is responsible for picking up the medication. If the parent(s)/guardian(s) do not respond, the center must dispose of the medications as required by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Correct by 3/13/2024. Document compliance to Specialist by 3/20/2024. Correct by 03/13/2024

2.229.C · Correction due March 13, 2024

A container of Aqua Safe fish tank solution, labeled keep out of reach of children, accessible to children, in an unlocked lower cabinet, in the Lapis classroom.

Required correction: All items labeled keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible. Correct by 3/13/2024. Staff moved the fish tank solution to an upper cupboard inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 03/13/2024

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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Compass Montessori School Golden Campus hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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State record

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