“educating children in a play-based environment” montviewpreschool.org, July 2026
Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 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.
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 25, 2026
2.229.C · Correction due March 25, 2026
The following item's labeled "Keep out of reach children" a bottle of sunscreen on a book shelf in classroom 115, a bottle of sanitizer on the shelf by the door in classroom 114 and a bottle of dish soap on the counter next to the sink in classroom 114 accessible to children and posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately 3/25/26) ensure all items labeled "Keep out of reach of children" are in accessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of inspection all items listed above were moved to an area inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 03/25/2026
Supervisory visit · May 6, 2025
2.138.A · Correction due May 6, 2025
Program lacking documentation of a fire drill completed for January and March 2025 and a tornado drill for March 2025.
Required correction: Immediately (5/6/25) ensure that all required drills are completed within the required time frames and documentation of each drill is maintained. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 05/06/2025
Supervisory visit · November 3, 2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due November 3, 2023
A dishwasher solution labeled "keep out of reach of children" under the sink in an unlocked cabinet accessible to children classroom 113.
Required correction: Immediately (11/3/2023) ensure that all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible at all times. Director moved the dishwasher solution to an upper cabinet at the time of the inspection making in inaccessible. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED Correct by 11/03/2023
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 Montview Community Preschool & Kindergarten’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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: ages served, holiday closures.
Pricing per provider website, checked July 2026.
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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