SHINING MOUNTAIN WALDORF SCHOOL

Center · Boulder · 999 Violet Ave

What kind of place is this?

Size 58 children licensed In the middle half for 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
March 4, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 4, 2026. 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.

Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · March 4, 2026

2.217.A.15 · Correction due March 4, 2026

A mixed age preschool group of 32 children playing together on the playground, exceeding the maximum group size of 20 children for this age group.

Required correction: Ensure the maximum group size for children is maintained according to the ages of the children within the group. ***Corrected at the time of visit. The children transitioned back into their individual classrooms, into groups of 10, 11 and 11. Document plan of ongoing compliance with written response to Specialist. Correct by 03/04/2026

State records file

Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · March 31, 2025

2.229.G · Correction due March 31, 2025

A roll of large plastic trash bags in an unlocked drawer in the bathroom accessible to children within the White Dove preschool classroom.

Required correction: Staff member immediately (3/31/2025) removed the bags from the drawer, making them inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 03/31/2025

2.237.H · Correction due March 31, 2025

A power strip with four uncovered outlets in a unlocked drawer accessible to children within the Red Rose preschool classroom.

Required correction: Staff member immediately (3/31/2025) installed a lock on the drawer, making the power strip inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 03/31/2025

Reviewed 6 staff files and observed Eden S., who has lived outside of the state of Colorado during the past five years, lacking background check requests that were submitted to the state the individual resided in.

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · April 29, 2024

2.229.G · Correction due April 29, 2024

Loose large plastic bags stored in a bottom drawer in the bathroom, accessible to children within the White Dove preschool classroom.

Required correction: Director immediately (4/29/2024) installed a child lock on the drawer making the bags inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 04/29/2024

2.213.G

Reviewed 7 staff files and observed Sara F. lacking documentation of the Department-approved training regarding child abuse prevention.

Required correction: Immediately (4/29/2024) ensure the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the Mandated reporter (Child Abuse Prevention and Reporting) training to include Sara F. Provide a written statement of compliance

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 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.

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SHINING MOUNTAIN WALDORF SCHOOL hasn’t published

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.

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All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

State record

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