The Learning Experience- Green Valley Ranch

Center · Denver · 5660 N Tower Rd

What kind of place is this?

Size 171 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 For-profit Colorado Department of Early Childhood names a limited company as the licensee, and it is not in the IRS register of tax-exempt organisations. data.colorado.gov
Chain The Learning Experience
Owner Harvest Partners — as of 2025, may have changed since Majority acquired by private-equity firm Harvest Partners in 2025 (from Golden Gate Capital; founder Weissman family and Golden Gate retain stakes). prnewswire.com

The Learning Experience runs 10 licensed locations in Denver.

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
August 5, 2026
On file
3 visits since October 2023 — all of them cited findings · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 6, 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.

Aug 2026 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · August 5, 2026

Unfounded

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.

State licensing record

Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · August 6, 2025

2.229.L · Correction due August 6, 2025

In the Toddler B classroom there were small pieces of crayons sitting on a lower shelf in an unlocked cabinet. The small pieces crayons were accessible and posing a choking hazard for children under the age of 3 years old.

Required correction: The facility must not have any chocking hazards accessible to children under the age of 3 years. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the staff member moved the crayons to a high shelf making the crayons inaccessible to children under 3 years old on 8/6/2025.***Respond with verification of compliance by 8/13/2025. Correct by 08/06/2025

State records file

Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · September 19, 2024

2.217.A.15.d · Correction due September 19, 2024

In Preschool classroom 118 there were 24 children ages 4 to 5 year old. The licensed room capacity for classroom 118 is 23 children ages 2.5 to 7 years old.

Required correction: The licensed room capacity must not be exceeded at any time. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the director moved one child to another preschool classroom. This brought the classroom back into compliance with 23 children on 9/19/2024.*** Respond with a plan of ongoing compliance by 10/19/2024. Correct by 09/19/2024

2.237.B · Correction due September 19, 2024

In classroom 131, 123, 125 there were several areas of peeling paint on the walls throughout each classrooms.

Required correction: Buildings must be kept in good repair including peeling paint and must be maintained. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 10/19/2024. Correct by 09/19/2024

2.219.B.4 · Correction due October 19, 2024

Reviewed 12 children's files and 2 children over the age of 2 had expired health statements.

Required correction: Health statement for children over the age of 2 must be updated in accordance with the AAP schedule for routine for well child exams. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 10/19/2024. Correct by 10/19/2024

2.121.J.1 · Correction due September 19, 2024

Reviewed 23 staff files and 1 staff member Barathe Michaell was lacking an Out of state background checklist and Out of state background clearance letter.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff memberBarathe Michchael have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State background check and Out of State Clearance Letters for staff member Barathe Michchael with written response to Specialist by 10/19/2024. Correct by 09/19/2024

State records file

Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · October 17, 2023

7.702.71.C · Correction due October 17, 2023

In classrooms 125 and 132 there were 2 tubes diaper rash cream labeled "keep out of reach of children." The two tubes of diaper cream were in unlocked cabinets located under the changing table accessible to children.

Required correction: Ensure that items labeled keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible to children. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the director locked each unlocked cabinet making the tubes of diaper cream inaccessible to children. No need for written response needed.*** Correct by 10/17/2023

7.702.71.G · Correction due October 17, 2023

In classroom 125,131,132 there were large empty plastic bags in an unlocked drawer under the changing table accessible to children.

Required correction: Ensure that all lose plastic bags must be stored inaccessible. ***Corrected at the time of visit the director locked the drawers making the plastic bags inaccessible to the children. No need for written response.*** Correct by 10/17/2023

In classroom 125 there were two small areas on the blue wall that had peeling paint accessible to children.

7.702.91.D · Correction due October 17, 2023

In classroom 125 there was a staff purse that was in an unlocked teacher cabinet accessible to children.

Required correction: Ensure that all hazardous items including staff purse must be stored inaccessible to children. ***Corrected at the time of the staff member moved the purse from the lower shelf to a higher shelf making the purse inaccessible to children. No need for written statement.*** Correct by 10/17/2023

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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The Learning Experience- Green Valley Ranch hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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State record

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