Vassar Elementary

Center · Aurora · 18101 E Vassar Pl

What kind of place is this?

Size 32 children licensed Smaller 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

Who will be with our child?

Preschool 1 teacher to 12 children
School age 1 teacher to 15 children
All ages 1 teacher to 10 children

Will it fit our family?

Ages served ages 4-16
Hours 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Schedule before-school, after-school, drop-in, early release, and full day out care
Holiday closures New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day + the Friday after, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve (early closure), plus 4 staff in-service days
Accepts subsidy Yes

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
Website denverymca.org

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
January 13, 2026
On file
3 visits since February 2024 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
Correction was due February 26, 2024. 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.

Jan 2026 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit nothing cited State records file
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · February 26, 2024

2.229.G · Correction due February 26, 2024

In C2, observed loose plastic bags on a low shelf accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately, loose plastic bags must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the visit. The teacher moved the plastic bags to a locked cabinet making them inaccessible to children. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 3/11/2024. Correct by 02/26/2024

2.237.E · Correction due February 26, 2024

In C1, observed a mixed bleach solution disinfectant on a low shelf accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately, combustibles and cleaning compounds must be stored in well-ventilated areas inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the visit. The teacher moved the disinfectant to a higher shelf making it inaccessible to children. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 3/11/2024. Correct by 02/26/2024

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

Vassar Elementary hasn’t published

Cost.

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

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: who teaches here.

Will it fit our family

  • Ages served, Hours, Holiday closures, Accepts subsidy — Checked July 2026 · denverymca.org
  • Schedule — Checked July 2026 · denverymca.org

Not yet reported: days / week.

Licensing and contact

State record

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