Sewall Child Development Center

Center · Denver · 4800 N Telluride Bldg 5

What kind of place is this?

Size 150 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 4
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
December 9, 2025
On file
3 visits since February 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 9, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

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.

Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · December 9, 2025

2.220.D · Correction due December 9, 2025

Reviewed a child's medication and it was lacking the child's last name.

Required correction: Over-the-counter medication must be kept in the originally labeled container and be labeled with the child's first and last name. ***Corrected at the time if the visit a staff member labeled the child's medication with the child's last name on 12/9/2025. No response needed.*** Correct by 12/09/2025

In the Little penguins classroom there was a telephone toy that had a long red string attached to the phone. The long red string was posing a possible strangulation hazard.

State records file

Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · January 15, 2025

2.138.A

Reviewed the emergency drill logs and the facility was lacking a tornado drill for the month of August.

Required correction: Emergency drills must be completed. Fire dills are monthly, tornado drills are monthly March to October, and lastly active shooter and lockdown quarterly. All drills must completed and recorded. Correct immediately and respond with

2.230.C.8 · Correction due January 15, 2025

Outside on the preschool playground there were broken sharp edges on the plant boxes outside. Also there was a sprinkler hose sticking up out the ground. The broken sharp edges of the plant boxes and the sprinkler hose were accessible to children and posing safety hazards.

Required correction: All outdoor play areas must be checked daily and kept safe and free from hazadous material and broken or worn equipment including the broken sharp edges on the plant boxes outside and sprinkler hoses. Correct immediatly and respond with verifcation of compliance by 1/22/2025. Correct by 01/15/2025

State records file

Oct 2024 Complaint Founded

Complaint · October 30, 2024

Founded

The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.

State records file

Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 6 findings

Supervisory visit · February 21, 2024

2.223.C.1

In the infant classroom there were 4 children over 12 months sleeping on the crib mattress on the ground and not in the cribs.

2.220.C · Correction due February 21, 2024

In the Seahorse classroom reviewed medications and 1 child had an inhaler that was not in the original labeled container.

Required correction: Review and ensure that all medications must be kept in the original labeled container that must have the original pharmacy label. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 3/22/2024. Correct by 02/21/2024

2.223.A.2 · Correction due February 21, 2024

In the Jellyfish classroom there were 14 children signed in and 15 children present.

Required correction: Ensure that all children must be signed in and out of the facility each day. The time the child arrives and leaves each day must be recorded. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the director signed in the 15th child.*** No need for written statement of compliance.*** Correct by 02/21/2024

2.229.L

There were pieces of art with small foam shapes outside the Seahorse classroom door in the hall way. The small foam pieces are posing a choking hazard and are accessible to children under 3.

2.237.B · Correction due February 21, 2024

In the Sugar Gliders classroom there was peeling paint and missing drywall located on the wall next to the door leading to the playground.

Required correction: Ensure that the building is kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition that includes the peeling paint and missing drywall. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance (photos) by 3/22/2024. Correct by 02/21/2024

2.219.B.3 · Correction due March 22, 2024

Reviewed 7 children's files and 1 child under the age of 2 had an expired health statement.

Required correction: Review and ensure that all children under the age of two must have a current health statement in accordance with the AAP schedule. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 3/22/2024. Correct by 03/22/2024

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 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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

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