Brighton · Licensed center
27J Preschool @ Padilla
- Small center, licensed for 40 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- November 21, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 21, 2025. 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.
Nov 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · November 21, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due November 21, 2025
In room 133, the cabinet under the sink was unlocked and the following items labeled 'keep out of reach of children' were accessible to children: 2 containers of Clorox disinfectant wipes, a can of clear spray paint, a spray bottle of disinfectant.
Required correction: Immediately, all items labeled 'keep out of reach of children' must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the classroom teacher locked the cabinet making the items inaccessible. No response needed. Correct by 11/21/2025
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · February 5, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due February 5, 2025
In room 137, hand sanitizer labeled "keep out of reach of children" was on the teacher desk accessible to children.
Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must in inaccessible at all times to children. Correct immediately 2/5/2025. Corrected at the time of inspection, the teacher moved the item into a locked cabinet. No response required. Correct by 02/05/2025
Mar 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · March 1, 2024
2.212.A · Correction due March 1, 2024
When specialist walked out of the school and onto the playground observed a child on the playground in M. D.'s classroom who was swinging upside down with their head pointing toward the ground and their feet in the air. Staff did not tell the child to swing properly until licensing specialist stated that the child was not safe.
Required correction: Ensure all children are using playground equipment in a proper and safe manner to avoid injuries. Correct immediately. *Corrected at time of inspection, teacher asked student to sit up. No response needed for this violation. Correct by 03/01/2024
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 October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 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
- 5505 Longs Peak St
- License
- 33214, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.