Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 2 of the 6 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.
This provider does not publish pricing.
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.
Complaint · July 20, 2026
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.
Complaint · July 20, 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.
Limited Supervisory visit · April 24, 2026
2.237.E · Correction due April 24, 2026
Observed a cleaning bottle labeled as "Sanitizer" by the sink accessible to children in the Robin A classroom.
Required correction: Cleaning compounds must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. ***Corrected at the time of inspection. Staff placed cleaning bottle in a locked cabinet. No response required. Correct by 04/24/2026
2.229.L · Correction due April 24, 2026
Observed small acorns stored in a container on a low shelf in the Penguins A classroom, accessible to children under the age of three, posing a potential choking hazard.
Required correction: Materials accessible to children under the age of 3 must not be a choke hazard. ***Corrected at the time of inspection. Staff removed small acorns from classroom and made inaccessible to children. No response required. Correct by 04/24/2026
Original visit · September 2, 2025
2.230.C.3.a · Correction due September 2, 2025
Observed a slide on the toddler playground lacking a 6 foot use zone extending out from the base of the slide. A decorative log was approximately 3 feet from the base of the slide.
Required correction: Toddler slides require a 6 foot use zone extending out from the base of the slide. ***Corrected at the time of inspection. Director had log moved so that there is 6 feet of use zone extending from the base of the slide. No response required. Correct by 09/02/2025
2.206.B.6 · Correction due September 2, 2025
Reviewed facilities policies and procedures and observed it to be lacking an itemized fee schedule.
Required correction: The written policies and procedures must be developed and followed, and must include an itemized fee schedule. Correct by 09/02/2025
2.137.A · Correction due September 2, 2025
Reviewed facilities policies and procedures and observed it to be lacking a written plan for continuity of operations in the aftermath of an emergency.
Required correction: All child care providers must have a written plan for continuity of operations in the aftermath of an emergency or disaster. Correct by 09/02/2025
2.136.A
Reviewed facilities policies and procedures and observed it to be lacking a written plan for emergencies that accounts for children with disabilities.
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 Nest Schools, Longmont’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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.
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
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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