The Journey Preschool

Center · Aurora · 4360 S Pitkin St

What kind of place is this?

Size 139 children licensed Larger than the middle half of 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
February 27, 2025
On file
2 visits since April 2024 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 27, 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.

Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · February 27, 2025

2.237.B · Correction due February 27, 2025

At the time of visit, observed in rooms 102 Orange, 105 Red, 111 Yellow, 115 Purple, 120 Blue and 123 Green to have paint chipping throughout the rooms.

Required correction: Immediately 2/27/2025, Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 3/27/2025 Correct by 02/27/2025

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due February 27, 2025

At the time of visit, observed on the playground next to the green slide to be lacking six inches of resilient surfacing surrounding the equipment.

Required correction: Immediately 2/27/2025, All climbing equipment eighteen inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 3/27/2025 Correct by 02/27/2025

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 5 findings

Supervisory visit · April 10, 2024

2.213.G · Correction due May 10, 2024

Reviewed 19 files and observed 3 files (Carley M., Joanna Y., & Estefania C., .) lacking current documentation of a Department approved training about child abuse prevention.

Required correction: Review all staff files. Within thirty days of employment all employees must be trained using a Department approved training about child abuse prevention, renewed annually. Submit documentation and statement of compliance. Correct by 05/10/2024

Reviewed 19 files and observed 1 file (Ethan O.) lacking current documentation of the Department approved

2.213.I · Correction due May 10, 2024

Reviewed 19 files and observed 1 file (Ethan O.) lacking current documentation of the Department approved training course Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals.

Required correction: Review all staff files. Within ninety days of employment, all staff must complete the Department approved training course Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals. Submit documentation and statement of compliance. Correct by 05/10/2024

2.213.L

Reviewed 19 files and observed 2 files (Ethan O. & Clarissa F.) lacking current documentation of at least one hour of child development training.

2.122.A · Correction due May 10, 2024

At time of visit observed lack of current documentation of an approving inspection report from the local fire department.

Required correction: All child care facilities must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local fire department. Correct by 05/10/2024

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

The Journey Preschool 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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