DPS ECE SWANSEA ELEMENTARY

Center · Elyria Swansea · 4650 Columbine St

What kind of place is this?

Size 80 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?

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

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
February 11, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 11, 2026. 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.

Feb 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · February 11, 2026

2.217.A.14 · Correction due February 11, 2026

Classrooms 149, 150, 152, 153 in the cafeteria for lunch time, each class sitting at their own table. Observed SM#6 alone with 13 mixed age preschool children from Room 153, SM#1 alone with 17 mixed age preschool children from Room 150, and SM#3 alone with 15 mixed age preschool children from Room 152.

Required correction: Maintain proper ratios at all times. Submit plan of action for covering staff breaks during children's lunch times with written response to specialist. Correct by 02/11/2026

State records file

Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · March 4, 2025

2.120.I · Correction due March 4, 2025

Reviewed 6 staff files and observed no current documentation of Trails clearance letter for staff member Cynthia G.

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 Cynthia has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff member Cynthia with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 03/04/2025

2.121.D.5

Reviewed 6 staff files and observed no current documentation of FBI clearance letter for staff member Cynthia G.

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · April 11, 2024

2.217.A.14 · Correction due April 11, 2024

Staff member Mirella alone in room 152 with 13 children ages 3-4 years.

Required correction: Maintain proper staff to child ratio at all time. CORRECTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION - staff member Pamela came back to the classroom. No response required. Correct by 04/11/2024

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 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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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State record

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