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.
Supervisory visit · October 22, 2025
2.120.J · Correction due October 22, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed that 2 staff members were missing documentation of the completed abuse and neglect inquiry results.
Required correction: Immediately, All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for staff members with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 10/22/2025
Complaint · March 31, 2025
2.212.M
Confirmed through the owners statement that a letter of hours was not provided to an employee within 30 days of their last day of employment.
Required correction: Immediately, within 30 calendar days of the last day of employment staff must be provided a letter verifying
Complaint · March 31, 2025
Founded
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 20, 2024
2.121.J.1 · Correction due November 20, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed that Ella W. has not completed out-of-state background checks and identified that they have lived outside of Colorado within the last 5 years.
Required correction: Immediately, all individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member Ella W. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of the Out of State background check for staff member Ella W. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 11/20/2024
Supervisory visit · December 5, 2023
7.702.71.G · Correction due December 5, 2023
Loose plastic bags stored accessible to children in an unlocked drawer next to sink.
Required correction: All loose plastic bags must be stored inaccesible to children. Correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit - teacher moved the plastic bags to an upper cabinet so they are inaccessible to children. No further action needed. Correct by 12/05/2023
7.702.91.D · Correction due December 5, 2023
Fire extinguisher stored accessible to children in unlocked cabinet under kitchen sink.
Required correction: All hazardous items must be stored in area inaccesible to children. Correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit - teacher moved fire extinguisher above top cabinet in kitchen so it is inaccessible to chidren. No further acion needed. Correct by 12/05/2023
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 Larks Preschool’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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