Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 6 of the 15 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.
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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 9, 2025
2.218.C.3 · Correction due December 9, 2025
Missing health care plan for CH2 in the T4 classroom requiring emergency medication.
Required correction: Obtain required individual health care plan for CH2. Correct by 12/09/2025
Probationary visit · December 9, 2024
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due December 9, 2024
There to be as little as two inches of resilient under the swings. The ground was frozen posing a potential safety hazard. Identified through staff statements that the swings are not closed and children are currently using the swings.
Required correction: All climbing equipment that measures over 18 inches in height must have at least six inches of resilient surfacing. Correct immediately by 12.16.2024 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 12/09/2024
Probationary visit · September 27, 2024
2.223.D.5.a.1 · Correction due September 27, 2024
Several cots in the T6 classroom to be within two feet of each other.
Required correction: Cots must be at least two feet apart from each other o all sides. Correct immediately by 9.27.2024 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 10.4.2024. Correct by 09/27/2024
Supervisory visit · May 16, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due May 16, 2024
A bottle of sunscreen labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children, on a cart near the exterior door in the T6 classroom, 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. No response required. Correct by 05/16/2024
Limited Supervisory visit · May 3, 2024
2.223.A.1 · Correction due May 3, 2024
CH1 was left in the bathroom, on 4.11.2024, for approximately 35 seconds alone and unsupervised posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All children must be directly supervised at all times. Correct immediately by 5.3.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.10.2024. Correct by 05/03/2024
Supervisory visit · September 21, 2023
7.702.91.H · Correction due September 21, 2023
In the T6 classroom observed a powerstrip on the counter with an uncovered outlet accessible to children posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Electrical outlets must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The powerstrip was removed from within reach of children. No response required. Correct by 09/21/2023
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 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.
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 Mt. Carbon Preschool’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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