Littleton · Licensed center
Waypoint Early Learning Center
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 125 children.
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
- February 12, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- Correction was due February 12, 2026. 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 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · February 12, 2026
2.223.A.2 · Correction due February 12, 2026
The Badger's classroom to have 8 children signed in and 12 children in attendance.
Required correction: The time a child arrives at the center must be recorded each day and attendance must be verified throughout the day. Corrected at the time of inspection, staff signed in all children in attendance. No response is necessary. Correct by 02/12/2026
2.229.L · Correction due February 12, 2026
Several stuffed animals labeled for ages 3 and up in the Badger's and Prairie Dog's classroom accessible to children under the age of 3.
Required correction: Toys accessible to children under the age of three must not be a choke hazard. Corrected at the time of inspection, director removed all stuffed animals labeled for ages 3 and up from the classrooms. No response is necessary. Correct by 02/12/2026
2.229.M · Correction due February 12, 2026
A framed stained glass decoration hanging on the wall in the Black Bears class and a glass hanging planter in the Badger's classroom, posing a safety hazard.
Required correction: Materials and furnishing made of easily breakable glass are not permitted for children less than 5 years of age. Corrected at the time of inspection, director removed the glass materials from the classrooms. No response is necessary. Correct by 02/12/2026
Apr 2024 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · April 25, 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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Details
- Address
- 5882 S Youngfield Ct, Littleton, 80127
- License
- 1732020
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Sources and dates
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 waypointelc.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 320 children. Small is 8 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.