“They learn best in a safe, joyful, relational and nurturing play-based, child-centered environment.” treasurelandpreschool.com, July 2026
Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 4 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.
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 · March 12, 2026
2.213.B · Correction due March 12, 2026
Reveiwed 9 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM 5) lacking documentation of a current standard precautions training (expired 12/3/25).
Required correction: Immediately (3/12/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 03/12/2026
2.213.G
Reveiwed 9 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM 5) lacking documentation of a current training about child abuse prevention. (expired 12/6/25).
Required correction: Immediately (3/12/26) ensure that the program obtains and maintains current documentation of a current
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due March 12, 2026
Reviewed 9 staff files and observed 1 staff (SM 6) lacking documentation of a completed FBI background check.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the above listed staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI Clearance Letter for staff listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 03/12/2026
2.219.B.2 · Correction due April 12, 2026
Reviewed 4 children's files and observed 2 children lacking documentation of a current health statement. (CH1 expired 10/2025 and CH2 expired 1/2026)
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring all student files have a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider per the above guidelines. Correct by 04/12/2026
2.229.C · Correction due March 12, 2026
An unlocked cabinet accessible to children under the sink in the 4s classroom containing bleach and dish soap labeled "keep out of reach of children".
Required correction: Immediately (3/12/26) ensure all items labeled "Keep out of reach of children" are in accessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of inspection, provider locked the cabinet containing the above listed items. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 03/12/2026
Supervisory visit · April 15, 2025
2.213.B · Correction due April 15, 2025
Reviewed 11 staff files and observed 1 staff (Mindy T) lacking documentation of a current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately (4/15/25) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 04/15/2025
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 4 children's files and observed 1 child lacking documentation of a current health statement signed by a health care provider.
Supervisory visit · May 15, 2024
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due May 15, 2024
Reveiwed 12 staff files and observed 1 staff (Christa H) lacking documentation of a completed FBI and CBI background checks.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members Christa H have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI and FBI clearance letters for Christa H. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 05/15/2024
Supervisory visit · September 13, 2023
Correction due September 13, 2023
Reviewed 12 staff files and observed 1 staff (Ilse C.) lacking documentation of the required FEMA training certificate.
Required correction: Immediately (9/13/23) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a FEMA training certificate for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response Correct by 09/13/2023
7.702.42.B
Reviewed 12 staff files and observed 1 staff (Ilse C.) lacking documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately (9/13/23) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard
7.702.42.H · Correction due October 13, 2023
Reviewed 12 staff files and observed 2 staff (Mindy T. and Angela L.) lacking the Department-approved training for Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that all staff to include the above listed staff have completed the Department-approved training for Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. Correct by 10/13/2023
7.702.42.I · Correction due October 13, 2023
Reviewed 12 staff files and observed 1 staff (Mindy T.) lacking the Department-approved training for The Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals or other Department-Approved training on implicit bias.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response ensuring that the program obtains documentation of training completion, for all staff, for the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals or other department approved training on Implicit Bias. Correct by 10/13/2023
A bottle of hand soap labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children on the sink in the
7.702.71.H · Correction due September 13, 2023
Observed adult scissors on a shelf in the Pioneer classroom accessible to children posing a possible hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (9/13/23) ensure that all sharp tools are made inaccessible to children at all times. Provider moved the scissors to a higher shelf at the time of the inspection making them inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 09/13/2023
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.
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 Treasureland Preschool’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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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.
Not yet reported: established.
Not yet reported: children per teacher.
Not yet reported: days / week, holiday closures.
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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