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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 · June 16, 2026
2.213.C · Correction due June 16, 2026
Reviewed 16 staff files and found one staff to have an expired Safe Sleep training in their file.
Required correction: All staff working with infants must have a current Safe Sleep training that is updated annually and documented in their file. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 06/16/2026
2.213.J · Correction due June 16, 2026
Reviewed 16 staff files and found the Assistant Director to be missing their Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant training in their file.
Required correction: All Directors and Assistant Directors must have a Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant training that is documented in their file. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 06/16/2026
2.229.C · Correction due June 16, 2026
In a preschool classroom there was an unlocked drawer that contained items labeled "keep out of reach of children".
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 06/16/2026
2.230.B · Correction due June 16, 2026
In a toddler classroom there was a cozy corner with paint chipping and other material causing a potential hazard to children.
Required correction: All indoor and outdoor equipment, materials and furnishings must be free of hazards at all time. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 06/16/2026
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due June 16, 2026
Reviewed 16 staff files and found one staff to be missing their FBI clearance letter.
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 1 have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of (FBI Clearance Letter) for staff member 1 with written response to the Specialist. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 06/16/2026
Original visit · July 25, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due July 25, 2025
The program did not have an approving fire inspection.
Required correction: Programs must have an approving fire inspection. Correct immediately and provide documentation of approving fire inspection with written response. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.120.J · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Stephanie and Wilma to be missing documentation of their TRAILS clearance letters. Specialist identified that the request for the clearance letters had been submitted.
Required correction: TRAILS clearance letters must be available for review. Correct immediately and provide documentation of clearance letters with written response. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.121.D · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Stephanie to be missing their CBI and FBI clearance letters and Wilma to be missing their FBI clearance letter. Specialist identified that the request for the clearance letters had been submitted.
Required correction: CBI and FBI clearance letters must be available for review. Correct immediately and provide documentation of clearance letters with written response. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.213.A · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Wilma to be missing documentation of completion of the building and physical premise training.
Required correction: All staff must complete a building and physical premise safety training prior to working with children. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.213.E · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Han and Renee to be missing documentation of the full CPR/First Aid training. Han and Renee will be working in Toddler and at least one Toddler staff member must have full CPR training.
Required correction: There must be at least one staff member certified with full CPR/First Aid training in the Toddler classrooms. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.217.A.9 · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found that no staff were fully delegated for medication administration.
Required correction: At least one staff member with full medication delegation must be on duty at all times. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.131.A.1 · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Wilma to be missing documentation of the perjury statement.
Required correction: All staff must sign off on the perjury statement. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.126.A · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Wilma to be missing documentation showing they have read the child abuse and neglect statement.
Required correction: All staff must read and sign the child abuse and neglect statement. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.212.J · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Wilma to be missing documentation acknowledging they have read and understand the centers policies and procedures.
Required correction: All staff must sign a statement that they have read and understand the centers policies and procedures prior to working with children. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 07/25/2025
2.212.N · Correction due July 25, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and found Wilma to be missing documentation that they have read and understand the programs medication administration policies.
Required correction: All staff must sign a statement that they have read and understand the programs medication administration policies prior to working with children. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/25/2025
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 Karter School of Parker’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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