Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 8 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.
Complaint · August 21, 2026
Unfounded
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 · July 6, 2026
2.218.C.5 · Correction due July 6, 2026
CH7 to have an expired emergency health care plan as of 6/19/2026.
Required correction: Obtain current emergency health care plan for CH7 requiring emergency medication. Correct by 07/06/2026
2.219.B.3
Reviewed 8 child files, observed CH1 to have an expired health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for CH1, retain in child's file. Submit written documentation of compliance to
2.230.C.1.b · Correction due July 6, 2026
Resilient surfacing under the rocketship climbing structure measuring 24inches in height with slide to be missing documentation of meeting ASTM standards.
Required correction: All climbing equipment eighteen inches and higher must have department approved resilient surfacing. Corrected at time of inspection, director removed the structure from the toddler playground. No response is necessary. Correct by 07/06/2026
2.218.C.5.b · Correction due July 6, 2026
CH8 to be missing a required individual health care plan with specific instructions to care for a required medical need.
Required correction: Obtain individual health care plan for CH8 with instructions to care for child. Correct by 07/06/2026
Supervisory visit · July 8, 2025
2.230.B · Correction due July 8, 2025
Wooden climbing stairs/bridge on the sand playground to be weathered, causing the structure to warp, buckle and splinter, posing a safety hazard.
Required correction: All equipment and furnishing must be sturdy, safe and free from hazards. Corrected at the time of inspection, director removed the climbing equipment from the playground. No response is necessary. Correct by 07/08/2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due July 8, 2025
Resilient surfacing under the green slide on the Step 2 climber to measure less than 1 inch, exposing the compacted dirt ground underneath, posing a safety hazard.
Required correction: All climbing equipment eighteen inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six inches surrounding the equipment. Correct by 07/08/2025
Complaint · September 28, 2023
7.702.46.A.15
Identified through the teacher's statement that 13 children were in the toddler classroom and two of those children were one year olds. Observed two teacher's in the toddler 2 classroom.
Complaint · September 28, 2023
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 · September 7, 2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due September 7, 2023
A bag of soil on the preschool playground labeled "keep out of reach of children, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Owner removed the bag of soil from within reach of children. No response required. Correct by 09/07/2023
Complaint · February 21, 2023
Founded · 7.702.71.L · Equipment/Materials · Correction due March 6, 2023
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.
Founded · 7.702.62.A.1 · General Requirement/Physical Care · Correction due March 6, 2023
All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise
Required correction: Children must be supervised at all times. Correct immediately by 3.6.2023, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 3.13.2023.
Founded · 7.701.53.B. · General Rules · Correction due March 6, 2023
Pursuant to Section 19-3-304, C.R.S., any caregiver or staff member in a child care facility who has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect shall immediately upon receiving such information report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the state hotline, county department of human or social services or local law enforcement agency.
Required correction: any caregiver or staff member in a child care facility who has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect shall immediately upon receiving such information report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the state hotline, county department of human or social services or local law enforcement agency. Correct immediately by 3.6.2023, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 3.13.2023.
Founded · 7.702.33.B · Correction due March 6, 2023
The center must submit to the Department as soon as possible, but not longer than twenty-four (24) hours, a written report about any child who has been separated from the group outside of the supervision of their assigned staff member or for whom the local authorities have been contacted. Such report must indicate:
Required correction: The center must notify the Department of any child that has been separated from the group and unsupervised. Correct immediately by 3.6.2023 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist.
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 Mon Petit Academy’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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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.
All checked July 2026.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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