Kiddie Academy runs 7 licensed locations in Denver.
Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
This provider does not publish pricing.
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 · December 2, 2025
2.229.F
Art work with glitter in the hallway outside of classroom 6 accessible to children less than 3 years of age posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (12/2/25) ensure all glitter is inaccessible to children under the age of three. Director removed the art work from the wall at the time of the inspection making the glitter inaccessible. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by
2.229.L · Correction due December 2, 2025
Cotton balls on a low shelf in in classroom 7 and dry erase makers with small caps on a low shelf in classroom 12 accessible to children less than 3 years of age and posing a potential choking hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (12/2/25) ensure that all items that pose a potential choking hazard are inaccessible less than 3 years of a age. Director removed the cotton balls from classroom 7 and moved the dry erase markers to a locked cabinet in classroom 12 at the time of inspection making the items in accessible. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 12/02/2025
Complaint · December 2, 2025
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 · November 4, 2025
2.120.D · Correction due November 4, 2025
Reviewed 32 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM16) lacking documentation of a completed TRAILS background check.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the above listed staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for the staff member listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 11/04/2025
2.229.L
Small artificial flowers on a table in classroom 12 accessible to children less than 3 years of age, posing a potential choking hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (11/4/25) ensure that all items accessible to children less than 3 years of age do not pose a
2.212.G · Correction due December 4, 2025
Reviewed 32 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM7) lacking documentation of a health statement signed by a health care provider.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff to include the above listed staff have obtained a medical statement signed by a health care provider followed by the completion of the annual self-reported health history. Correct by 12/04/2025
Supervisory visit · December 9, 2024
2.237.H · Correction due December 9, 2024
An outlet classroom #4 missing a protective cover and accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately (12/9/24) ensure electrical outlets have protective covers. Corrected at time of inspection. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 12/09/2024
Supervisory visit · January 18, 2024
2.212.G · Correction due February 18, 2024
Reviewed 25 staff files and observed 24 staff lacking documentation of a current medical exam followed by a subsequent self reported health history.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all the above listed staff have obtained a medical statement signed by a health care provider followed by the completion of the annual self-reported health history. Correct by 02/18/2024
Reveiwed 25 staff files and observed 1 staff (Brad W.) lacking documentation of a completed Department-approved training Prevention of Shaken Baby/ Abusive Head Trauma.
2.213.F · Correction due February 18, 2024
Reveiwed 25 staff files and observed 1 staff (Ally K.) lacking documentation of a current First Aid and CPR Module training for those staff not required to be certified in First Aid and CPR training.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff, to include the above listed staff, have completed the Department-approved training for Introduction to First Aid and CPR module. Correct by 02/18/2024
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due January 18, 2024
Reveiwed 25 staff files Mykenzie W. lacking documentation of completed CBI and FBI background checks.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that Mykenzioe W. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI and FBI Clearance Letters for Mykenzie W with written response to Specialist. Correct by 01/18/2024
2.121.D.4 · Correction due January 18, 2024
Reviewed 25 staff files and observed Alaze K. (hire date 5/12/23) without a completed criminal record check and subsequent clearance letters.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that Alaze K. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI and FBI Clearance Letters for Alaze K. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 01/18/2024
2.221.C · Correction due January 18, 2024
3 tubes of sunscreen in classroom 6 not labeled with the children's first and last name.
Required correction: Immediately (1/18/24) ensure that all individual sunscreens are labeled with each child's first and last names. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/18/2024
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 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.
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