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 · August 27, 2026
2.213.H · Correction due August 27, 2026
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed staff member (SM) 1, DOH 8/1/2028, missing documentation of Introduction of Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of Introduction of Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. Correct by 08/27/2026
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due August 27, 2026
On preschool playground measured Resilent material to be less than 1 inch at climber and 2 inches at the monkey bars.
Required correction: Maintain at least 6 inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct by 08/27/2026
Supervisory visit · October 10, 2024
2.133.B · Correction due October 10, 2024
Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed Barbara R., Lauren K., Brenda G., Sandra S., Rebecca M. files to be missing the training in fire safety and the use of fire extinguishers and fire alarms.
Required correction: Obtain a training in fire safety and the use of fire extinguishers and fire alarms for Barbara R., Lauren K., Brenda G., Sandra S., Rebecca M. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/10/2024
2.212.N
Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed Barbara R., Lauren K., Brenda G., Sandra S., Rebecca M. files to be missing a sign statement indicating that they have read and have been trained on the center's administration of medications policies and procedures.
2.230.B · Correction due October 10, 2024
In the preschool playground equipment a gap between the equipment platform and the slides, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy safe and free of hazards. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/10/2024
Supervisory visit · October 24, 2023
7.702.72.C.6 · Correction due October 24, 2023
The top of the slides of playground structure had an opening between the equipment and the top of the slides, posing a potential strangulation hazard.
Required correction: All pieces of playground equipment must be designed to guard against entrapment and strangulation. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Licensing Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023
7.702.72.C.1.a · Correction due October 24, 2023
The Preschool playground climbing equipments was higher than eighteen (18) inches, and the resilient surfacing was three (3) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.
Required correction: All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in he use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023
7.702.42.M · Correction due October 24, 2023
Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed Barbara R. file to have an expired Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunizatio course. The training certificate on file was dated 7/13/2022.
Required correction: Obtain a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunizatio course. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023
7.702.42.L · Correction due October 24, 2023
Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed Brenda G. file to be missing six (6) hours of ongoing professional development training. At least three (3) hours per year must be in the focus of social-emotional development.
Required correction: Obtain six (6) hours of professional development training. At least three (3) hours per year must be in the focus of social-emotional development for staff member Brenda G. Send verification with written response. Correct by 10/24/2023
7.702.46.A.9 · Correction due October 24, 2023
Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed Brenda G. file to be missing the Department-approved Medication Administration training.
Required correction: Obtain Department-approved Medication Administration training. for Brenda G. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023
7.702.42.F · Correction due October 24, 2023
Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed Jason Kouns file to be missing the Department-approved introduction to First Aid and CPR module. Jason Kouns hire date was 12/01/2018.
Required correction: Obtain a Department-approved introduction to First Aid and CPR module for Jason Kouns. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023
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 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.
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 Lincoln Academy Preschool’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.
Not yet reported: children per teacher.
Not yet reported: hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
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