Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 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 · March 10, 2026
2.230.C.8 · Correction due March 10, 2026
On the preschool playground a scooter with busted, sharp, plastic edges and exposed wiring used to light the board of the scooter. The damage to the scooter poses a potential safety risk to children.
Required correction: All outdoor play areas used for children's activities must be checked daily and kept safe and free from hazards. Correct by 3/10/26. Staff removed the scooter and brought it to the dumpster while the Licensing Specialist was present. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 03/10/2026
Supervisory visit · April 24, 2025
2.237.H · Correction due April 24, 2025
One lower outlet, next to the door the leads outside to the playground, in the SRM1 classroom to be missing an outlet cover.
Required correction: In rooms used by children, all electrical outlets that are accessible to children must have protective covers, or safety outlets must be installed. Correct by 4/24/25. Staff added an outlet cover to the outlet while the Licensing Specialist was present. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 04/24/2025
2.238.C
A shelf to be obstructing the main entrance from the hallway to the classroom door of classroom SRM1. Previously cited on 9/27/24 and 2/20/25.
Supervisory visit · September 27, 2024
2.229.G · Correction due September 27, 2024
One roll of loose plastic trash bags on top of an organizer, accessible to children, outside of the children's restrooms.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be inaccessible to children. Correct by 9/27/24. Staff moved the plastic trash bags to a locked closet. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 09/27/2024
2.238.C · Correction due September 27, 2024
A table in front on the back exit blocking the back door.
Required correction: All exits must be arranged and maintained so as to provide free and unobstructed egress from all parts of the building. Correct by 9/27/24. Staff moved the table away from the door making the egress unobstructed. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 09/27/2024
Supervisory visit · November 8, 2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due November 8, 2023
One container of hand sanitizer, labeled keep out of reach of children, accessible to children, on a lower shelf next to the classroom entrance in classroom #41.
Required correction: All items labeled keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible. Correct by 11/8/23. Staff moved the hand sanitizer to a higher shelf inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 11/08/2023
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.
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