Mountain Juniper Montessori

Center · Aurora · 1330 S. Potomac St.

What kind of place is this?

Size 30 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.
Established 2023
Approach montessori

In the program’s own words

“The Montessori approach is a child-centered, hands-on-learning pedagogy rooted in peace education and global mindedness.” wfcopublicschools.org, July 2026

Who runs it

Ownership Government-run Colorado Department of Early Childhood names a public body as the licensee. data.colorado.gov

Who will be with our child?

Will it fit our family?

Ages served Ages three to six years old, including Kindergarten (Preschool & Kindergarten Primary program)
Hours 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Holiday closures Labor Day, Thanksgiving break, Winter Break (Dec 22-31 and Jan 1-5), a January holiday, Presidents' Day, Spring Break (Mar 9-13), a May holiday, and Fourth of July (observed), plus numerous staff PD closure days
Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

Monthly tuition $840–$1,440

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 2
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
April 1, 2026
On file
3 visits since May 2024 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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.

Apr 2026 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
May 2024 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file

Where this record comes from

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.

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.

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What kind of place is this

Who runs it

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: days / week, schedule.

What will it cost us

Pricing per provider website, checked July 2026.

Licensing and contact

State record

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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