“Our schools are Montessori based child care and early childhood programs and are members of the American Montessori Society.” 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.
Complaint · July 21, 2026
2.213.B · Correction due July 21, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed one staff to be lacking documentation of a current certificate of training in Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (7/21/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 07/21/2026
2.213.G · Correction due July 21, 2026
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed 1 staff lacking current documentation of the Department-approved training regarding child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately (7/21/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Mandated reporter (Child Abuse Preventions and reporting) training to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 07/21/2026
Complaint · July 21, 2026
Unfounded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Supervisory visit · March 4, 2026
2.229.L · Correction due March 4, 2026
A small foam four leaf clover, pom poms, and cotton balls on shelves the toddler twos classroom, accessible to children under the age of three and posing a potential safety hazard,
Required correction: Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The items were removed from within reach of children. No response required. Correct by 03/04/2026
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due March 4, 2026
A red slide on the toddler playground to be placed in an area where there was no resilient surfacing. Observed the slide to measure 22 inches in height, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All climbing equipment must have at the required resilient surfacing. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The slide was removed from the play area. No response required. Correct by 03/04/2026
Supervisory visit · April 11, 2025
2.209.A.7 · Correction due April 11, 2025
Reviewed 15 children's records and observed one child's file to have an expired emergency medical authorization, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Obtain current and up to date emergency medical authorizations for all children as required. Correct immediately by 4.11.2025, an submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.11.2025. Correct by 04/11/2025
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 15 children's records and observed two children's records to be missing current health statements.
2.229.E · Correction due April 11, 2025
Thumb tacks in the primary two classroom, where children ages 2.5 years of age are cared for, and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Thumb tacks must not be used in areas accessible to children less than three years of age. Corrected at the time of the inspection the teachers removed all of the tacks from the classroom. No response is required. Correct by 04/11/2025
2.229.L · Correction due April 11, 2025
Cotton balls and googly eyes on artwork hanging in the classroom, ones toddler classroom posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Corrected at the time of the inspection the teachers removed all of the art from the classroom. No response is required. Correct by 04/11/2025
Complaint · August 8, 2024
Unfounded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Supervisory visit · May 16, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due May 16, 2024
Observed during walk through of classrooms that in Toddler 1, Preschool 1 and Preschool 2 the cabinets under sinks were not locked and had bleach and disinfectant accessible to children.
Required correction: All items labeled keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible to children. Correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit. All items were removed making them inaccessible to children. Correct by 05/16/2024
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.
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