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.
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 · March 12, 2026
2.213.M · Correction due March 12, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed staff 1 with 6 hours of training from 8/24-7/31/25 and Staff 5 with 5 hours and staff 6 with 6 hours.
Required correction: Maintain 15 hours of annual training for all staff. Correct by 03/12/2026
2.213.I · Correction due April 12, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed staff 6 (DOH 12/21) missing documentation of Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals with in 90 days of hire. Correct by 04/12/2026 Document ID: f38c6ffb9a9605997c4660e26846e1fd9044841bea577219ca3101880a32ea46
Supervisory visit · September 22, 2023
7.702.45.A.1 · Correction due September 22, 2023
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed Genette missing documentation of Early Childhood Teacher qualifications. Identified through staff statement Genette works as an Early Childhood Teacher.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of Early Childhood Teacher qualifications for all staff working as an ECT. Correct by 09/22/2023
7.702.41.G
Reviewed three staff files and observed Melissa (DOH 03/2019) missing documentation of a medical statement.
7.702.42.F · Correction due October 22, 2023
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed missing documentation of First Aid and CPR Module for Melissa.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of First Aid and CPR module for all staff not required to be certified. Correct by 10/22/2023
7.702.42.G · Correction due September 22, 2023
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed missing documentation of Child Abuse and Neglect Training for Kim (DOH 01/02/2005).
Required correction: Obtain documentation of child abuse and neglect training for Kim. Correct by 09/22/2023
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 Margaret W. Carpenter Recreation Center’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
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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