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.
Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
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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 · September 4, 2025
2.121.J.1 · Correction due September 4, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff files and identified both staff to be missing 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 staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State Clearance Letters for staff members with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 09/04/2025
2.212.G
Reviewed two staff files and identified SM1(DOH 7/1/25) to be missing a medical statement.
2.219.B.1 · Correction due October 4, 2025
Reviewed two child files and identified one child's immunization record documented on an unapproved form.
Required correction: The immunization record must be documented on an approved form. Submit a written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 10/04/2025
2.122.A
Facility to be missing a current fire inspection report.
Supervisory visit · September 3, 2024
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due September 3, 2024
Resilient material measured .25 of inch in depth under the swing and the slide.
Required correction: All climbing equipment 18" or higher must have a resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in depth. Correct by 09/03/2024
2.230.C.3.c · Correction due September 3, 2024
Use zone measured 4 feet 3 inches from base of the slide to the cement barrier and 3 feet from the monkey bars to the cement barrier.
Required correction: Climbing equipment must have a 6 foot use zone. Correct by 09/03/2024
Supervisory visit · October 12, 2023
7.702.34.A.7 · Correction due October 12, 2023
Reviewed 2 children's files, both files are lacking updated documentation of the Emergency Medical Authorization.
Required correction: Immediately (10/12/2023) review all children's files, ensure all files have updated documentation of the Emergency Medical Authorization. Correct by 10/12/2023
Observed Ms. Jennifer to be caring for 10 children in the Preschool classroom. Ms. Jennifer's file is lacking the Trails clearance letter. Also observed Ms. Karen to be left alone with the children while Ms. Jennifer stepped out of the classroom for around 10 minutes. Ms. Karen works as a teacher with the older children in the elementary program. Ms. Karen doesn't have any background check (FBI, CBI, and Trails) completed.
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 Shepherd Of The Valley Lutheran School’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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