Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 4 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.
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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 · May 19, 2026
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due May 19, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and staff member #6 was to be lacking a CBI 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 #6 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI Clearance Letter for staff member #6 with written response to the Specialist by 5/26/2026. Correct by 05/19/2026
Outside on the playground there was a lot of debris throughout the playground. The debris is posing a possible safety hazard. Outside on the playground there were a few large areas of standing water located on top of the sandbox cover. The
Supervisory visit · September 11, 2025
2.223.A.2 · Correction due September 11, 2025
In classroom 116 the classroom did not complete a name to face check when going outside. In classroom 113 there were 19 children present and only 18 children signed in at the time of the visit.
Required correction: The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the staff members completed a name to face check and signed in all children who were not signed in on 9/11/2025.*** Respond with a plan of on going compliance by 9/18/2025. Correct by 09/11/2025
In classroom 116 there was a bottle of sunscreen labeled "keep out of reach of children" sitting on a cabinet accessible to children.
2.237.B · Correction due September 11, 2025
At the time of the visit the program's HVAC system was down and it was very extremely warm in all 3 ece classrooms. The system has been down since 9:43 A. M.
Required correction: The building must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. This includes the HVAC system. Correct immediatley and respond with verification a plan of on going complaince by 9/18/2025. Correct by 09/11/2025
Supervisory visit · November 30, 2023
7.702.62.A.2 · Correction due November 30, 2023
Review the attendance verification sheet and in classroom 116 and there were 15 children signed in but 16 present. In classroom 113 there were 15 children and 16 present.
Required correction: Review and ensure that all children must be signed in to the facility each day and have the time the child arrives and leaves recorded. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the teachers signed both children into the classrooms. No need for written response.*** Correct by 11/30/2023
7.702.72.B
In classroom 116 there was a long phone cord that near a children's table accessible to children posing a stangulation hazard. In classroom 114 there was a long computer cord accessible to children posing a stangulation hazard.
Required correction: Ensure that all indoor furnishing including cords must be free of hazards. ***Corrected at the time of the
7.702.72.C.1.a · Correction due November 30, 2023
Outside on the playground there was less than 3 inches of resilient surfacing under the swings.
Required correction: Ensure that there is at least 6 inches of resilient surfacing thought the use zones which include the swings. Correct and respond immediately with verification of compliance by 12/7/2023. Correct by 11/30/2023
7.702.72.C.8 · Correction due November 30, 2023
Outside on the playground the sand box had trash and the matting material sticking up out the sand.
Required correction: Ensure that all areas where play must be checked daily and kept safe. Correct and respond immediately with verification of compliance by 12/7/2023. Correct by 11/30/2023
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.
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 KIPP NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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Ask which of these findings were serious, and what changed.Colorado Department of Early Childhood publishes a correction deadline, never whether the work was done or how serious it was.
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
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Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
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