Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 3 of the 12 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.
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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.
Probationary visit · December 16, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due December 16, 2024
At the time of the visit there was a cabinet under the sink unlocked with Lysol wipes, and cleaning supplies accessible to children. This is a stipulation M on the providers probationary license
Required correction: Correct immediately. At all times items labeled "Keep Out Of Reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the visit the facilitator locked the cabinet. Submit a written statement of compliance to the specialist by 12/23/2024 Correct by 12/16/2024
Supervisory visit · August 15, 2024
2.130.B
Reviewed the facility Fire inspection, and Health Inspection dates. Facility did not have the current fire inspection on file at the center.
Supervisory visit · September 20, 2023
7.702.71.C
At the time of visit on the cupboard there was a cup with 3 sharpies labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children
Required correction: Correct immediately at all times all items labeled " keep out of reach of children " must be inaccessible to children. Violation was corrected at the time of the visit. teacher removed the sharpies and put them in a locked cabinet.
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 Vaughn Elementary Preschool’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.
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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