Crawford Elementary Preschool

Center · Aurora · 1600 Florence Street

What kind of place is this?

Size 40 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?

Hours 7:40 AM – 2:25 PM
Schedule AM Preschool (half-day), PM Preschool (half-day), Full Day Preschool

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 4
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
January 20, 2026
On file
2 visits since April 2024 · 4 complaint investigations
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 18, 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.

Jan 2026 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Feb 2025 Complaint Founded

Complaint · February 18, 2025

Founded

The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.

State records file

Feb 2025 Complaint

Complaint · February 18, 2025

2.230.B · Correction due February 18, 2025

A sticky mouse trap located in classroom 12 between the cubby's and a purple plastic storage container accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: Indoor and outdoor materials must be safe and free from hazards. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The teacher moved the trap from within reach of children. No response is required, Correct by 02/18/2025

State records file

Jan 2025 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · January 8, 2025

Unfounded

The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.

State records file

Jan 2025 Complaint 3 findings

Complaint · January 8, 2025

2.237.H · Correction due January 8, 2025

An uncovered electrical outlet, near the door in classroom 12, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: Electrical outlets must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The teacher covered the outlet. No response required. Correct by 01/08/2025

2.217.A.15.d · Correction due January 8, 2025

Identified that there were times when the preschool was short staffed and classroom 12 and 13 combine together with approximately 30 children. Observed each classroom's capacity to be posted as 16 children. Observed the licensing capacity to be 20 children.

Required correction: The capacity for each classroom must not be exceeded. Correct immediately by 1.8.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 1.15.2025. Correct by 01/08/2025

2.217.A.15

Identified that there were times when the preschool was short staffed and classroom 12 and 13 combine together with approximately 30 children.

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit report not read 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 1, 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

Crawford Elementary Preschool hasn’t published

Cost, 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.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Will it fit our family

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

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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