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 · January 8, 2026
2.213.G · Correction due January 8, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and found 1 staff to be missing a current child abuse and neglect training certificate.
Required correction: All staff must have a current copy of the child abuse and neglect training that is updated annually. Correct immediately and provide documentation with written response. Correct by 01/08/2026
2.229.C · Correction due January 8, 2026
In classroom A, 3 packages of wet wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" were accessible in the bathroom area.
Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 01/08/2026
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due January 8, 2026
At the outdoor environment there were 2 areas where the resilient surface measured less than 6 inches in depth. The resilient surface measured 4 inches below the slide and vertical step climber.
Required correction: Resilient surfacing must measure at least 6 inches in all use zones in the outdoor environment. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 01/08/2026
Supervisory visit · April 22, 2024
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due April 22, 2024
The resilient surfacing around the base of the slide and the base of the pole climber was less than 6 inches deep.
Required correction: All climbing equipment 18 inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in the use zones surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 04/22/2024
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.
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 Douglas CTY SCHL Cherokee Trail Preschool’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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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.
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.
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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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