Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 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.
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 · March 18, 2026
2.211.B · Correction due March 18, 2026
Identified through Director Chris's statement that a staff file for SM6 was not available for review by Specialist at the time of inspection.
Required correction: Staff files must be available for review to the Department upon request. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 3/25/2026. Correct by 03/18/2026
Supervisory visit · September 30, 2024
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due September 30, 2024
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed Para Areli (DOH 10/2/23) and Yamilet's files (DOH 8/12/24) to be missing current documentation of TRAILS clearance letter.
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 Areli and Yamilet have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for the staff listed above, with written response to the Specialist. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 10/7/24 Correct by 09/30/2024
Supervisory visit · November 1, 2023
Correction due November 1, 2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed Aide Karina's file (DOH 8/25/22) to be missing documentation of TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint on the CDEC website. Submit verification (via email) that Aide Karina has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct immediately and submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter with written response to Specialist by 11/8/23. Correct by 11/01/2023
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 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 DPS ECE McMeen Elementary School’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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.
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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