“Hope Montessori Academy is a private, not-for-profit, co-educational Montessori preschool and child care program.” montessorichild.com, July 2026
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 20, 2025
2.212.G · Correction due April 20, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff records and observed one staff member Grace M. (DOH 1.8.2025) to be missing documentation of the required medical statement.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of the required medical statement. Correct by 4.20.2025 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 04/20/2025
2.213.B
Reviewed 16 staff records and observed two staff members Ciara P. (DOH 10.11.2022) and Suriah E. (DOH 3.18.2024) to be missing documentation of the required Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Obtain the required Standard Precautions training for all staff as required. Correct immediately by 3.20.2025
2.213.D · Correction due March 20, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff records and observed one staff member Suriah E. (DOH 3.18.2024) to be missing the required shaken baby abusive head trauma training.
Required correction: Obtain the required shaken baby abusive head trauma training for all staff. Correct immediately by 3.20.2025 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.20.2025. Correct by 03/20/2025
2.213.F · Correction due March 20, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff records and observed one staff member Melissa M. (DOH 8.2.2016) to be missing the required CPR and Frist Aid training module.
Required correction: Obtain the required CPR and First Aid module for all staff members as required. Correct immediately by 3.20.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.20.2025. Correct by 03/20/2025
2.213.G
Reviewed 16 staff records and observed two staff members Jennifer E. (DOH 11.1.2004) and Alondra R. (DOH 3.6.2024) to be missing the required abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Obtain the required abuse prevention training for all staff members as required. Correct immediately by
Complaint · August 8, 2024
2.127.C
No posting of information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint.
Required correction: At all times during the operating hours of a child care center must post in a prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, including the
2.230.C.8 · Correction due August 8, 2024
One broken blue toy bin on the Toddler playground and two broken gray bins on the 2's playground. All bins had sharp edges and pose a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All outdoor play areas must be kept safe and free of hazards. Correct by 8/8/24. Staff removed all broken toy bins and threw them away, mitigating the hazard. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 08/08/2024
Complaint · August 8, 2024
Unfounded
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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.
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