Aurora · Licensed center
Vassar Elementary
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 32 children.
- Hours 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
From their website, read July 2026:
“A 1:10 ratio is in effect during swimming.”
“In the instance of enrolled children that are age 4, the ratio will be 1:12.”
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- January 13, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024
- 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, where it publishes one, 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.
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
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 November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 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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A day here
6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Meals, outdoors, screens and two more
- Meals
- School-year snack provided; families supply AM/PM snacks and a non-perishable lunch for Full Day Out and Summer Day Camp (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Outdoors
- Children go outside daily unless temperature is below 32°F or above 97°F (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Screens
- Screen time limited to occasional G/PG-rated movies, capped at 2.5 hours per month; no other screen time (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Schedule
- Before-school, after-school, drop-in, early release, and full day out care (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Closed
- 12 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
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 (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Exclude for fever over 100.4°F, diarrhea/vomiting, undiagnosed rash, or diagnosed contagious disease within the last 24 hours; symptom-free (or on antibiotics) 24 hours before returning (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Special needs
- Families disclose special circumstances; accommodations determined after review, limited by the 1:15 ratio and staff's non-specific disability knowledge (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Address
- 18101 E Vassar Pl, Aurora, 80013
- License
- 1529249
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost and teaching approach. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
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.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 denverymca.org/…/Parent Handbook 2024- Updated 8.2024.pdf
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Screens, Hours, Closed — Checked July 2026 denverymca.org/…/Parent Handbook 2024- Updated 8.2024.pdf
- Schedule — Checked July 2026 denverymca.org
Policies
- When a child is sick, Special needs — Checked July 2026 denverymca.org/…/Parent Handbook 2024- Updated 8.2024.pdf
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 denverymca.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 denverymca.org/…/Parent Handbook 2024- Updated 8.2024.pdf
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 320.