Dupont Elementary Preschool

Center · Commerce City · 7970 Kimberly St

What kind of place is this?

Size 36 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of 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 1
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
January 29, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 24, 2025. 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.

Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · January 29, 2026

2.127.C

In the Preschool modular Room #6 and #7, there was no posted procedure for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, including the telephone number and mailing address.

Required correction: Ensure that the procedure for filing a complaint including the address and phone number is posted in a conspicuous location. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by posting a sign in each classroom that had the proper procedures for filing a complaint, which included the address and phone number. No response required. Correct by

State records file

Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · February 24, 2025

2.237.H · Correction due February 24, 2025

1 outlet cover missing in room # 6

Required correction: Ensure all outlets have protective covers. Correct immediately 2/24/25 ** Corrected at time of visit by putting a cover in the outlet. No response required. Correct by 02/24/2025

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · April 25, 2024

2.230.B · Correction due April 25, 2024

Chairs stacked and chairs stacked on top of tables in the modulars posing a potential falling hazard while children were present

Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe and free of hazards. Correct immediately, 4/25/24.***Corrected at time of visit by unstacking chairs so they didn't pose a falling hazard. No response required. Correct by 04/25/2024

2.237.H

In Ms. Shores classroom, an ipad/tablet cord plugged into the fall and not plugged into a ipad/tablet posing a potential hazard.

Required correction: In rooms used ny children, all electrical outlets that are accessible to children must have protective covers and no cords not left open and not plugged into devices accessible to children. Correct immediately, 4/25/24.***Corrected at

2.217.A.15 · Correction due April 25, 2024

upon arrival, all 4 preschool classrooms ages 3 to 4 years of age out on the playground at one time, with a total of 43 children.

Required correction: Maximum group size for children ages 3 to 4 years is 20 children. Correct immediately, 4/25/24. ***Corrected at time of visit by splitting in separate groups that did not exceed maximum group size of 20 children. No response required. Correct by 04/25/2024

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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Dupont Elementary Preschool hasn’t published

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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

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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