Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 2 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.
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 19, 2026
2.138.A · Correction due August 19, 2026
No tornado or lockdown drills held in the month of July 2026.
Required correction: Hold and document current tornado and lockdown drills. Correct by 08/19/2026
2.122.A
Current health inspection dated 10/1/2025 to be non approving.
2.218.C.5 · Correction due August 19, 2026
Reviewed three health care plans and observed CH2 to be missing parent authorization signature.
Required correction: Obtain an updated health care plan with parent signature for CH2. Correct by 08/19/2026
Supervisory visit · September 17, 2025
2.121.J.1 · Correction due September 17, 2025
Reviewed 7 staff files and found one to have lived out of state in the last 5 years, and to be missing an Out of State 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 7 has reviewed the PowerPoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State Clearance Letters for staff member with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 09/17/2025
Reviewed each classroom's drill log and found Lilly Pad to be missing tornado drills in May, July, and August; and Platte to have no drills in April and May.
2.212.G · Correction due October 17, 2025
Reviewed 7 staff files and found 2 (6&7) to be missing a physician's signed statement of health.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation of a signed physician's health statement. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.213.M · Correction due October 17, 2025
Reviewed 7 staff files and found 2 (1&4) to only have 10 hours of ongoing professional development.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain documentation that staff have received a minimum of 15 clock hours of professional development. Correct within 30 days. Correct by 10/17/2025
Reviewed 6 medications, health care plans, and found one to be missing the medication.
2.230.B · Correction due September 17, 2025
The slide has a gap at the top, between the structure and the slide of at least one inch, which is a potential hazard.
Required correction: All indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct immediately. Correct by 09/17/2025
2.237.H · Correction due September 17, 2025
In the Platte Room, a string of lights is plugged into the wall, with an external plug with no cover.
Required correction: All electrical outlets accessible to children must have a protective cover. Correct immediately. Corrected at the time of inspection, the teacher placed a protective cover. No response required. Correct by 09/17/2025
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 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 Lilley Gulch Recreation Center’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.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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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