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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 · April 9, 2025
2.229.H · Correction due April 9, 2025
At the time of visit, in the Enrichment classroom observed in a blue bucket adult scissors accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately 4/9/2025, sharp tools and instruments must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. At the time of visit, the Enrichment teacher removed the adult scissors and placed them in a locked drawer making them inaccessible to children. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 4/16/2025. Correct by 04/09/2025
2.230.B
At the time of visit, observed the playground steps to be peeling up causing a tripping hazard and sharp edging peeling up.
Required correction: Immediately 4/9/2025, Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe a free of
Supervisory visit · May 2, 2024
2.205.A · Correction due May 2, 2024
Identified through staff statements that there has not been an appointed director for the program since December.
Required correction: Immediately, 5/2/2024, the governing body must appoint a director who will be responsible to the governing body and will be delegated the authority and responsibility for the operation of the center according to its defined purpose and policies. Submit statement of compliance by 6/1/2024. Correct by 05/02/2024
2.213.F
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed 1 (Sierra J.) to be lacking current documentation of the Department -approved Introduction to First Aid and CPR module.
2.213.H · Correction due June 1, 2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed 1 (Sierra J.) to be lacking current documentation of the Department -approved training course Introduction to Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
Required correction: Review all staff files. All employees caring for children must complete the Department-approved training course Introduction to Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. Submit documentation and future statement of compliance. Correct by 06/01/2024
2.138.B · Correction due May 2, 2024
Observed documentation and identified through staff statements that no Tornado drills had been conducted in the months of March and April.
Required correction: Immediately, 5/2/2024, drills must be held at unexpected times and under varying conditions to simulate the conditions of an actual fire or other emergency event. Submit documentation and future statement of compliance by 6/1/2024. Correct by 05/02/2024
Reviewed 6 child files and observed 2 files to be lacking current documentation of a dated, written
2.206.A · Correction due May 2, 2024
Reviewed 6 child files and observed 2 files to be lacking current documentation of a signed document stating the parents/guardians have recieved the policies and procedures.
Required correction: Immediately, 5/2/2024, review all child files. At time of enrollment and upon amendments ,the center must obtain a signed document stating the parents/guardians have received the policies and procedures. Submit statement of future compliance by 6/1/2024. Correct by 05/02/2024
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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