Brighton · Licensed center
27J Preschool @ South
- Small center, licensed for 20 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 4 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
- September 17, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 17, 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.
Oct 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · October 17, 2025
2.222.A.1.b · Correction due October 17, 2025
In the bathroom, the storage cabinet was unlocked and diapers and wipes were accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, all diaper change supplies must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the center director moved the diapers and wipes to a high shelf making them inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.223.A.2 · Correction due October 17, 2025
The attendance log for the program was lacking multiple time entries for students arriving and leaving the program. Also, the program was not completing written attendance verification during transitions.
Required correction: Immediately, the time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded, and staff members must complete attendance verification during all transitions. Correct by 10/17/2025
2.237.D · Correction due October 17, 2025
A staff purse was on a low classroom shelf and accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, all staff purses and other hazardous items must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the center director put the purse on top of a tall cabinet making the item inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 10/17/2025
Nov 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · November 19, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due November 19, 2024
Clorox wipes on teacher's desk and on top of the cubbies and lotion on top of cubbies labeled "Keep Out of Reach of Children"
Required correction: All items labeled "Keep Out of Reach of Children" must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately 11/19/2024. Corrected at the time of inspection, teacher moved items out of reach. No response required. Correct by 11/19/2024
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due November 19, 2024
A slide on the playground to be 26 inches and not on resilient surfacing.
Required correction: All climbing equipment 18 inches or higher must be on resilient material. Correct immediately 11/19/2024. Corrected at the time of inspection. Teacher removed the slide. No response required. Correct by 11/19/2024
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
- 305 S 5th Ave
- License
- 1706041, 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.