Stars Early Learning Center

Center · Commerce City · 5650 Bowen Ct

What kind of place is this?

Size 94 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.

Who runs it

Ownership Government-run Colorado Department of Early Childhood records this as a programme operated by a public school district. data.colorado.gov

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 2, 2025
On file
3 visits since January 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 2, 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 3 findings

Supervisory visit · December 2, 2025

2.222.A.1.b · Correction due December 2, 2025

In room # 5, diapering supplies were in bins on a shelf and accessible to children.

Required correction: Ensure that diapering supplies are inaccessible at all times. Correct immediately. ** corrected at time of visit by placing the diapering supplies in a locked storage area and making inaccessible. No response required. Correct by 12/02/2025

2.229.B

In room # 1, #2, and #5, Window blind cords were freely hanging and accessible to children.

2.229.M · Correction due December 2, 2025

In room #3, there were 3 breakable ceramic plant pots sitting on shelves accessible to children.

Required correction: Ensure that breakable items are inaccessible at all times. Correct immediately. ** corrected at time of visit by placing the breakable plant pots in a locked storage area and making inaccessible. No response required. Correct by 12/02/2025

State records file

Dec 2024 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · January 10, 2024

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due January 10, 2024

The resilient surface lacking the 6 inches of resilient surface in the use zones around the equipment.

Required correction: All climbing equipment must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches im the ise zones surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately, 1/10/2024. Document complaince to Specialist by 1/17/2024. Correct by 01/10/2024

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 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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Before you tour

Stars Early Learning Center 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.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

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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