Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 2 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
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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 · September 19, 2024
2.223.A.2 · Correction due September 19, 2024
Specialist asked staff member in Room 120 how many children they had, staff member stated 18, double checked daily attendance then said 17, then specialist counted 16 children and staff member confirmed that 16 children were present. Specialist identified that no periodic attendance verification had been taken so far during the day.
Required correction: Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day. Correct by 09/19/2024
2.238.C
Child proof door handle lock installed on the front door in room 120 and a baby gate installed in the back door to the outside in room 119 both preventing free and unobstructed egress from the exit doors.
2.217.A.15 · Correction due September 19, 2024
29 children ages 2.5-6 years all playing on the preschool playground from classrooms 102 and 103. Specialist did not observe Rooms 102 and 103 operating independent of each other and children were mixed together across the playground. Specialist also observed 22 children ages 2.5-6 years in Room 119 and 22 children ages 2.5-6 years in room 118 both operating over group size and children in both rooms were all together and operating as one group with no separation of defined groups.
Required correction: Maintain proper group size at all times. Submit plan of action for outdoor schedule with written response to specialist. Correct by 09/19/2024
Supervisory visit · October 5, 2023
Correction due October 5, 2023
Reviewed 13 staff files and observed no documentation of Trails clearance letter for staff member Alissa.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member Alissa has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member Alissa with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/05/2023
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.
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 DPS ECE GARDEN PLACE ACADEMY’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.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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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