Denver · Licensed center
Annunciation School
- Small faith-based center, licensed for 20 children.
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
- March 31, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 31, 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 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.
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · March 31, 2026
2.223.A.2 · Correction due March 31, 2026
Preschool class transition from the playground to the classroom and down to the cafeteria for lunch and did not observe SM#4 conducting written attendance verification at any transition point.
Required correction: Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions. Correct by 03/31/2026
2.121.A.1
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed no documentation of CBI, FBI clearance for SM#4.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due March 31, 2026
SM#4 working in the Preschool classroom with the elementary school gym teacher who was covering for SM#3's break. Reviewed 4 staff files and observed no documentation of CBI, FBI clearance for SM#4.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that SM#4 has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI, FBI clearance Letters for SM#4 with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 03/31/2026
2.217.A.7 · Correction due March 31, 2026
SM#4 working with the elementary gym teacher who was covering for SM#3's break in the Preschool room. Reviewed 4 staff files and observed no ECT qualifications for SM#4
Required correction: There must be assigned at least one qualified ECT supervising each group of children. Correct by 03/31/2026
May 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · May 8, 2025
2.229.G
Opened box of gallon sized ziploc bags in an unlocked drawer in the preschool classroom accessible to children and posing a potential hazard.
2.223.D.4.c · Correction due May 8, 2025
Preschool classroom to all be sleeping on cots with no sheet or other covering on their cot.
Required correction: A fitted shee or other suitable covering must be provided for each child. Correct by 05/08/2025
2.229.C · Correction due May 8, 2025
Toothpaste, Desitin, disinfecting wipes on low shelves in the unlocked bathroom cabinets all labeled 'keep out of reach of children' and accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. CORRECTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION - director locked the cabinets making hazardous items inaccessible to children. No response required. Correct by 05/08/2025
2.213.B · Correction due May 8, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed no documentation of current Standard Precautions training for staff member E.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of Standard Precautions training. Correct by 05/08/2025
2.122.A · Correction due May 8, 2025
No current documentation of health inspection.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of health inspection. Correct by 05/08/2025
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · September 12, 2024
A roll of small plastic garbage bags on a low shelf in the preschool bathroom accessible to children and
2.229.C · Correction due September 12, 2024
Swiffer cleaning solution in the bathroom in the Preschool classroom accessible to children and posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. CORRECTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION - director removed cleaning solution from the classroom making it inaccessible to children. No response required. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.223.A.2 · Correction due September 12, 2024
Specialist asked staff member E. how many children were present and E. responded that she did not know. Director T. checked attendance log and told specialist that 13 children were present.
Required correction: Staff members must complete a written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including transitions. Correct by 09/12/2024
2.219.B.2 · Correction due October 12, 2024
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed 1 child to have no documentation of health statement.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of health statement for all enrolled children within 30 days of enrollment. Correct by 10/12/2024
2.213.E
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed no documentation of CPR/First Aid certification for any staff on site day of the inspection.
Required correction: For every 30 children in attendance there must be at least 1 staff member with CPR/First Aid certification.
Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 7 findings
Supervisory visit · October 11, 2023
7.702.51.A.2.b · Correction due November 11, 2023
Reviewed 2 child files and observed 1 child to have no documentation of a health statement.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of health statement. Correct by 11/11/2023
7.702.42.B
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed no current documentation of Standard Precautions training for staff members T.E.
7.702.42.G · Correction due October 11, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed no current documentation of Abuse Prevention training for staff members T.E.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of Abuse Prevention training for all staff. Correct by 10/11/2023
7.702.42.M · Correction due November 11, 2023
Identified through staff member T.'s statement that she is responsible for maintaining child files and immunization records. Reviewed 2 staff files and observed no current documentation of Immunization training for staff member T.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of Immunization training. Correct by 11/11/2023
7.702.46.A.9 · Correction due October 11, 2023
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed no current documentation of delegation for staff members T.E.
Required correction: There must be one staff member with current delegation at all times. Obtain and maintain current documentation of delegation. Correct by 10/11/2023
7.702.46.C.5 · Correction due October 11, 2023
Reviewed facility's Child Care Health Consultant D. M's file and observed no current documentation of RN license.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of CCHC's RN license. Correct by 10/11/2023
7.702.46.C.8 · Correction due November 11, 2023
Reviewed facility's Child Care Health Consultant D. M's file and observed no current documentation of Immunization training.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of CCHC's Immunization training. Correct by 11/11/2023
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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How they teach
Faith-based
“the rich traditions of our Catholic identity”
Details
- Website
- annunciationdenver.org
- Address
- 3536 Lafayette St.
- License
- 1764265, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 annunciationdenver.org
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 annunciationdenver.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 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.