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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 · October 17, 2025
2.229.L · Correction due October 17, 2025
Small plastic wheel in lower toy drawer and several small pieces of sidewalk chalk in plastic container on the preschool playground, small enough to fit in a choke tube, and accessible to children less than 3 years of age.
Required correction: Immediately ensure toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards. Corrected at the time of visit. Container of sidewalk chalk and small wheel were removed from areas accessible to children less than 3 years of age. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.230.B · Correction due October 17, 2025
Several toy trains with chipping paint posing potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Immediately ensure indoor and outdoor equipment, materials and furnishings are sturdy, safe and free of hazards. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.220.C · Correction due October 17, 2025
2 Prescription medications for children in care lacking original pharmacy label.
Required correction: Immediately ensure prescription medications contain original pharmacy label. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.133.B · Correction due October 17, 2025
Reviewed 3 staff files and identified all 3 staff lacking verification of fire safety training, including the use of available fire extinguishers and alarms.
Required correction: Immediately ensure all staff complete fire safety training, including the use of available fire extinguishers and alarms and maintain verification of training in staff file. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due October 17, 2025
Approximately 3-4" pea gravel in several areas of the use zone at base of slide.
Required correction: Immediately ensure all climbing equipment used by children 18" or higher has at least 6" resilient surfacing throughout use zone surrounding equipment. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.229.C · Correction due October 17, 2025
Box of disposable gloves labeled "keep out of reach of children" and accessible to children on mid-level shelf in Lunch/Tile preschool room.
Required correction: Immediately ensure items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of visit. Box was moved to higher shelf and no longer within reach of children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 10/17/2025
Supervisory visit · November 13, 2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due November 13, 2023
Container of hand sanitizer on mid-level shelf in main classroom, two containers of Dial hand soap in bathrooms on sink and open box of disposable gloves on mid-level shelf in the lunch/tile classroom. All items labeled "keep out of reach of children" and accessible to children at the time of visit.
Required correction: Immediately ensure items labeled “keep out of reach of children” are inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of visit. Containers of Dial soap, hand sanitizer and disposable gloves were moved to areas inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.51.B.4 · Correction due November 13, 2023
1 container of over-the-counter medication lacking label with child's first and last name.
Required correction: Immediately ensure over-the-counter medications are kept in the originally labeled container and labeled with the child's first and last name. Corrected at the time of visit. Container of medication was labeled with child's first and last name. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.2.D · Correction due November 13, 2023
Director assigned to classroom on the date of visit and lacking additional qualified staff to attend to the duties of the Director as they arise. Observed and identified through Director statement that only 1 other teacher (Alex) is present today and both staff are required in ratio.
Required correction: Immediately ensure if Director assigned to a classroom there must be qualified and adequate staff, allowing the Director or qualified staff the ability to attend to the duties of a director as they arise. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.46.A.14 · Correction due November 13, 2023
14 preschool-age children and 1 teacher (Alex) in the Lunch/Tile classroom for less than 1 minutes on 11/13/23 when Director (Erin) left classroom to open door for Licensing Specialist.
Required correction: Immediately ensure the staff to child ratio for the ages of children in care is maintained at all times. Ensure there is 1 staff to every 10 preschool-age children in when a mixed age group. Corrected at the time of visit. Both staff joined group of 14 children. Document plan of compliance in written response. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.46.A.15.d · Correction due November 13, 2023
14 preschool-age children in the Lunch/Tile room at the time of inspection and 11 nap mats placed in the Main classroom. Reviewed license history and identified each room has a maximum capacity of 10 preschool-age children.
Required correction: Immediately ensure the licensed room capacity is not exceeded at any time. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/13/2023
Correction due November 13, 2023
Identified through staff statement that a wall was added in the Block room, making it two separate rooms. Reviewed license history and identified a change request was not submitted to the Department related to the change in the physical facility.
Required correction: Immediately ensure any changes to the physical facility or use of rooms at a facility is submitted to, and approved by, the Department prior to use. Violation partly corrected at the time of visit. Block room was closed and will not be used for care prior to change request submitted and approved by the Department. Document complete correction in written response. Correct by 11/13/2023
Correction due November 13, 2023
Room capacity posted in the Main classroom and the Lunch/Tile room each noted 20 children. Reviewed license history and identified each room licensed for a maximum capacity of 10 preschool-age children.
Required correction: Immediately ensure the license capacity of the room and the staff-to-child ratio required by regulation to be maintained for the age of children cared for in the room is posted accurately in each licensed classroom. Document correction in written response. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.92.C · Correction due November 13, 2023
Nap mats placed in front of exit door to the playground and exit door to the hallway in the Main classroom.
Required correction: Immediately ensure exits must be arranged and maintained to provide free and unobstructed egress from all parts of the building at all times when it is occupied. Violation partly corrected at the time of visit. Nap mat in front of exit door to the playground was moved forward slightly to ensure the exit door was not blocked. Document complete correction in written response. Correct by 11/13/2023
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.
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