Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 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 · April 28, 2026
2.209.A.7 · Correction due April 28, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 5 child files and observed 1 child to have an expired emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Obtain current written authorization for emergency medical care. Correct by 4/28/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 5/5/26. Correct by 04/28/2026
Complaint · September 29, 2025
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 · September 8, 2025
2.120.I · Correction due September 8, 2025
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed one staff member to have a expired TRAILS background check.
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 one has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for staff member one with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 9/8/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 10/8/25. Correct by 09/08/2025
2.121.J.1
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed 2 staff members to have lived out of state in the past 5 years and to not have completed and out of state background check.
2.213.B · Correction due September 8, 2025
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed 2 staff to have an expired Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain a current Standard Precautions training. Correct by 9/8/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 10/8/25. Correct by 09/08/2025
2.213.F · Correction due October 8, 2025
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed 5 staff to have expired CPR/1st aid and to have not completed the department approved CPR/1st aid module.
Required correction: Obtain a current CPR/1st aid certification or complete a current deparmtent approved CPR/1st aid module. Correct by 10/8/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 10/8/25. Correct by 10/08/2025
2.213.G
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed one staff to have an expired child abuse prevention training.
2.229.L · Correction due September 8, 2025
Four small wool balls and one plastic toy duck that fit in a choke tube on a lower shelf accessible to children in the Crestone Peak toddler classroom. Observed 2 small rocks and 2 small plastic birds on a lower shelf, accessible to children, that fit in a choke tube in the Sunlight Peak toddler classroom.
Required correction: Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Staff removed all of the items from the classroom and relocated them to the front desk area that is inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 09/08/2025
Supervisory visit · October 24, 2024
2.212.G · Correction due November 24, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed Jacqueline Dunk to be missing a medical statement signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider.
Required correction: All staff members must submit to the center a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider. Correct by 11/24/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 11/24/24. Correct by 11/24/2024
2.237.H
A power strip in the Mt. Antero classroom to be missing 3 outlet covers.
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due October 24, 2024
A rock climbing cave on the preschool playground to have less than 3 inches of resilient pea gravel surfacing on the side that faces the playground. Observed on the preschool playground the bottom area of 2 green slides to have less than 2 inches of resilient surfacing. Observed on the toddler playground the bottom area of 2 red slides to have less than 3 inches of resilient surfacing.
Required correction: All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct by 10/24/24. Document compliance to Specialist by 11/24/24. Correct by 10/24/2024
Supervisory visit · November 27, 2023
Correction due November 27, 2023
Reviewed 8 staff files and obseerved Dina F. and Kiki S. to not have a completed CBI background check.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members Dina F. and Kiki S. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI, for staff members Kiki S. and Dina F. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 11/27/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/27/23. Correct by 11/27/2023
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed Dina F. to not have a completed TRAILS background check.
7.702.41.G · Correction due December 27, 2023
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed Dina F. and Kiki S. to be missing a medical statement.
Required correction: All staff members must submit to the center a medical statement signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider. Correct by 12/27/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/27/23. Correct by 12/27/2023
7.702.42.B · Correction due November 27, 2023
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed Rhonda U. to have an expired Standard Precautions certification.
Required correction: Obtain a current Standard Precautions certification. Correct by 11/27/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/27/23. Correct by 11/27/2023
7.702.46.C.1.a
Child Care Health Consultant Marlene E. to have an expired licensed nurse registration.
7.702.46.C.8 · Correction due December 27, 2023
Child Care Health Consultant Marlene E. to have an expired Immunization Training.
Required correction: Obtain a current CDPHE approved Immunization Training. Correct by 12/27/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/27/23. Correct by 12/27/2023
7.702.42.H · Correction due December 27, 2023
Reviewed 8 staff files and observed Dina F, Rhonda U. and Kiki S. to be missing the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs course.
Required correction: All staff are required to complete the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs course. Correct by 12/27/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/27/23. Correct by 12/27/2023
7.702.42.I
Observed Dina F. to be missing the Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training.
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 MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF EVERGREEN’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.
All checked July 2026.
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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