The Goddard School runs 24 licensed locations in Denver.
Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 2 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 · July 31, 2026
2.229.L · Correction due July 31, 2026
At the time of the visit, observed small counting bears that can pose a choking hazard accessible to children under the age of 3 years on a shelf in the the Comet classroom .
Required correction: Immediately 7/31/2026, toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than 3 years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Corrected at the time of the visit, staff members removed the bin of small counting bears and made them inaccessible to the children. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 8/31/2026. Correct by 07/31/2026
2.121.D.4 · Correction due July 31, 2026
At the time of visit, reviewed all staff members files observed 1 file to be lacking a documented FBI background check.
Required correction: Immediately 7/31/2026, Review all staff files, all staff members must have documentation of CBI and FBI background checks. All individuals requiring background checks must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's webpage powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 8/31/2026. Correct by 07/31/2026
Complaint · October 27, 2025
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.
Supervisory visit · August 21, 2025
2.209.A.7 · Correction due August 21, 2025
Reviewed 10 children's files, six files are lacking updated documentation of the Emergency Medical Authorization.
Required correction: Immediately (8/21/2025) review all children's files, all files must have updated documentation of the Emergency Medical Authorization signed and dated by the parents/ guardians. Submit a written statement of compliance by 8/29/2025. Correct by 08/21/2025
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.
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 The Goddard School Littleton 2’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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