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 9, 2026
2.138.A · Correction due April 9, 2026
Reviewed emergency drill logs. Provider is only conducting tornado drills May-July.
Required correction: Immediately, tornado drills must be held monthly from March - October annually. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/09/2026
2.317.D.1
Identified the provider sign-in and out record does not contain the full signature of the parent/guardian.
2.333.L · Correction due April 9, 2026
The backyard lacking at least 5 age appropriate toys and equipment in good condition. Observed deflated balls, broken and incomplete play house. Backyard lacking variety in age appropriate outdoor toys.
Required correction: Immediately, the outdoor space must consist of at least 5 age appropriate toys and equipment that are in good repair. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 04/09/2026
2.335.H · Correction due April 9, 2026
The provider has stuffed animals lining the sides of the stairwell leading to the garden level play area creating a tripping hazard.
Required correction: Immediately, all stairways must be free of hazards at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the provider removed the stuffed animals. No response needed. Correct by 04/09/2026
In the backyard the following safety hazards were identified: A rake was in the garden area under the grape vines. The shed was unlocked and tools, a lawn mower, and chemicals were accessible to children. Behind both sheds, building materials and ladders were accessible to children.
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 Ruba Sawakid’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.
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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