Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 1 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 · April 30, 2025
2.230.C.7 · Correction due April 30, 2025
On the Preschool Playground, observed the middle and left swing containing an "S" hook at the top connecting the swing with an "S" hook that has a gap larger than a dime, causing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure all swings that have "S" hooks are secure at all times. Correct immediately and respond by 5/7/25. Correct by 04/30/2025
2.230.C.8
On the Preschool Playground, observed exposed metal on steps 1, 2 and 3 and exposed metal on both sides of the edge of the railing on the playground structure, causing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure the steps and side edging of the railing of the playground structure are free from hazards. Correct
2.230.C.1.c · Correction due April 30, 2025
On the Preschool playground, observed resilient surface measuring 2 1/2-3 inches deep under the middle swing and left swing.
Required correction: Ensure all areas that have equipment higher than 18 inches maintain at least 6 inches of resilient surface in the use zone at all times. Correct immediately and respond by 5/7/25. Correct by 04/30/2025
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 SOUTHMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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