Kiddie Academy runs 7 licensed locations in Denver.
Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 5 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
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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 · August 4, 2026
2.213.B · Correction due August 4, 2026
Reviewed 37 staff files, observed SM3 and SM26 to be missing documentation of current standard precautions trianing.
Required correction: Obtain documentaion of current standard precautions training for SM3 and SM26. Correct by 08/04/2026
2.213.D
Reviewed 37 staff files, observed SM21 to be missing documentation of current shaken baby/abusive head trauma trianing.
2.213.G · Correction due August 4, 2026
Reviewed 37 staff files, observed SM3,SM5, SM26 to be missing documentation of current Child Abuse Prevention trianing.
Required correction: Obtain documentaion of current Child Abuse Prevention training for SM3,SM5, SM26 . Correct by 08/04/2026
2.218.C.4 · Correction due August 4, 2026
A child requiring emergency medication to be present and the facility to have the health care plan but not the childs emergency medication.
Required correction: Obtain emergency medication for CH. Correct by 08/04/2026
Supervisory visit · August 22, 2025
2.229.L · Correction due August 22, 2025
A loose screw on the diaper changing table, accessible to children under age 3 in the Quandry classroom, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All areas accessible to children under the age of three must be free of any choke hazards. Corrected at the time of inspection, director removed the loose screw. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/22/2025
2.229.G
Roll of plastic bags stored on the diaper changing table in the Quandry and Torreys classroom, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection, director removed the plastic bags and stored in a locked cabinet inaccessible to children. No response is necessary.
2.213.B · Correction due August 22, 2025
Reviewed 34 staff files, observed 4 staff to have missing or expired required standard precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of required standard precautions training for all staff. Correct by 08/22/2025
2.213.G · Correction due August 22, 2025
Reviewed 34 staff files, observed 3 staff to have expired or missing required child abuse training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of required child abuse training for all staff. Correct by 08/22/2025
2.213.C · Correction due August 22, 2025
Reviewed 34 staff files, observed 2 staff working with infants under age 12 months to have missing or expired required safe sleep training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of required safe sleep training for all staff working with children under 12 months. Correct by 08/22/2025
2.213.D
Reviewed 34 staff files, observed 3 staff working with children less than three years of age to have missing or expired required shaken baby/abusive head trauma training.
2.213.M · Correction due September 22, 2025
Reviewed 34 staff files, observed 2 staff to be missing documentation of the required 15 annual hours of on-going professional development.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of required training hours for all staff. Correct by 09/22/2025
2.219.B.4 · Correction due September 22, 2025
Reviewed 10 child files, observed CH7 and CH8 to have expired health statements.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of current health statements. Correct by 09/22/2025
2.229.C · Correction due August 22, 2025
A tube of triple antibiotic ointment located in the first aid backpack stored on the ground, accessible to children on the preschool playground, posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach" must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection, director removed the ointment. No response is necessary. Correct by 08/22/2025
Supervisory visit · October 18, 2023
Correction due October 18, 2023
Reviewed 13 staff records and observed one staff member Stephanie P. (DOH 9.27.2023) to be missing documentation of the required emergency preparedness training.
Required correction: Obtain the required emergency preparedness training for all staff prior to working with children. Correct immediately by 10.18.2023 and submit a written statement of compliance and documentation of the training to the Specialist by 11.18.2023. Correct by 10/18/2023
7.702.51.A.2.b
Reviewed 17 children's records and observed one child to be missing documentation of the required health statement.
7.702.71.L · Correction due October 18, 2023
Several small Halloween window clings on the windows in the Quandary classroom including bats, letters, and spiders all accessible to children under the age of three and posing a potential choking hazard.
Required correction: Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and materials must not be a choking hazard. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Director removed the window clings from the classroom windows. No response is required. This is a direct violation of stipulation N of the settlement agreement signed on 9.11.2023. Correct by 10/18/2023
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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