“At our Mayfair Montessori School, in Denver, Colorado, we follow the authentic Montessori curriculum, where children learn through hands-on materials, independent exploration, and collaborative learning.” mchdenver.org, July 2026
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 · December 18, 2025
2.219.B.4 · Correction due January 17, 2026
Reviewed 6 children's files and 1 child over the 2 was lacking a current health statement.
Required correction: Review and ensure all children over the age of 2 have a current health statement. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 1/17/2026. Correct by 01/17/2026
2.218.C.5
Reviewed a child's health care plan and the health care plan was lacking the parents/guardians signature.
2.121.D.4 · Correction due December 18, 2025
Reviewed 15 staff files and staff member 5 (DOH8/4/2025) did not have a request for background checks or CBI and FBI clearance letters at the time of the visit.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background checks must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member #5 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI and FBI clearance letters for staff member #5 with written response to the Specialist by 1/17/2026. Correct by 12/18/2025
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due December 18, 2025
Reviewed 15 staff files and staff member 14 (DOH 8/18/2025) was lacking a trails submission form and trails cleanace 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 14 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member 14 with written response to the Specialist by 1/17/2026. Correct by 12/18/2025
2.213.B · Correction due December 18, 2025
Reviewed 15 staff files and staff member #1 and staff member #12 were lacking current Standard Precaustions Training.
Required correction: All staff members must complete a Standard Precaustions training and update annually. Correct immedaitely and respond with verification of complaince by 1/17/2026. Correct by 12/18/2025
2.213.G · Correction due December 18, 2025
Reviewed 15 staff files and staff member 12 was lacking a current Child Abuse Prevention training.
Required correction: Review and ensure that all staff members must comeplete a Child Abuse Prevention training and renew annually. Correct immediately and respond with verification of complaince by 1/17/2026. Correct by 12/18/2025
2.212.G
Reviewed 15 staff files and staff member 14 (DOH 8/18/2025) was lacking a health statement that was signed and date by a health care professional.
Required correction: Review and ensure that all staff members must obtain a health statement signed and dated by a health care professional within the first 30 days of hire. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 1/17/2026. Correct by
2.229.L · Correction due December 18, 2025
In toddler classroom 120 there were small animals in a basket that were accessible to children under the age of 3 years old. The small animals were posing a possible choking hazard. Also there was a child with a chewy necklace that the clasp was posing a possible chocking hazard.
Required correction: All choking hazard must be inaccessible to children under the age of 3 years old. **Corrected at the time of the visit the staff member removed all items making all items inaccessible to the children under the age of 3 years old.*** This violation was cited on 5/15/2025 and 9/25/2025. Respond with a plan of on going compliance by 1/17/2026. Correct by 12/18/2025
2.230.C.8
Outside on the Preschool playground near the mud kitchen there were 3 black sprinkler hoses sticking up out of the ground posing a possible tripping hazard. Outside on the preschool there was weed matting sticking up out the ground posing a possible tripping hazard throughout the playground. Outside on the Toddler playground there was a loose board on a brown box that covers a water pipe. The loose board was posing a possible safety hazard.
Required correction: All outside areas used for children's activities must be check daily and kept safe and free from hazards. ***Corrected at the time of a staff member cut the black sprinkler hoses, cut the weed matting, and fixed the brown box on
Complaint · August 19, 2025
Founded
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Supervisory visit · February 5, 2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due February 5, 2025
A red and blue slide that measured 21 1/2 inches with zero inches of resilient inches of resilient surfacing located on the grass area of the Toddler playground,
Required correction: All climbing equipment 18 inches or higher including the red and blue slide must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in the use zones. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the director removed the slide making it inaccessible to children on 2/5/2025. No response required.*** Correct by 02/05/2025
2.219.B.4
Reviewed children's files and 1 child over the age of 2 had an expired health statement.
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.
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