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Primrose Schools runs 25 licensed locations in Denver.
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.
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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 · August 19, 2025
2.213.B · Correction due August 19, 2025
Reviewed (34) staff files and observed (1) staff file lacking documentation of a current training in standard precautions.
Required correction: The staff member immediately (8/19/2025) completed the Department-approved training in standard precautions. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 08/19/2025
Supervisory visit · September 24, 2024
2.229.L · Correction due September 24, 2024
Small counting animals, counting cubes and small sorting shapes on a shelf accessible to children within the Preschool classroom.
Required correction: The director immediately (9/24/2024) removed the small toys to a locked cabinet inaccessible to the children in care. No Response required. Correct by 09/24/2024
Supervisory visit · October 18, 2023
7.701.33.J.1.a.b.c · Correction due October 18, 2023
Reviewed 31 staff files and observed Emily H. to be lacking documentation of the Out of State Clearance Letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the above staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of out of state clearance letter for staff members Emily H. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/18/2023
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 Primrose School at Lowry’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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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: established.
Not yet reported: children per teacher.
Not yet reported: holiday closures.
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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