Aurora · Licensed center
Axl Academy
- Small center, licensed for 22 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
- April 15, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 15, 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.
Apr 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · April 15, 2026
2.213.B · Correction due April 15, 2026
Reviewed two staff files and observed two staff to be lacking documentation of a Department-approved Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately, ( 4/15/2026), all staff must have documentation of a Department-approved Standard Precautions training. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 4/22/2026. Correct by 04/15/2026
May 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · May 15, 2025
2.213.I · Correction due June 15, 2025
Reviewed 2 staff files and observed K.Z. to be lacking documentation of the Department-approved Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals.
Required correction: Review all staff files. All staff must have documentation of the Department-approved Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 6/15/2025. Correct by 06/15/2025
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · April 30, 2024
2.120.I · Correction due April 30, 2024
Reviewed 2 staff files. L. missing documentation of a current TRAILS background check clearance letter.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff files. All staff must have an updated TRAILS clearance letter every five years. All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member L. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of the TRAILS clearance letter for staff member L. with a written statement of compliance by 5/30/2024. Correct by 04/30/2024
Reviewed 2 staff files. K. and L. missing documentation of a current FBI background check
2.213.B · Correction due April 30, 2024
Reviewed 2 staff files. K. and L. missing documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff files. All staff must have documentation of a current Standard Precautions training that has been renewed annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 5/30/2024. Correct by 04/30/2024
2.230.C.3.c · Correction due April 30, 2024
At the time of visit, on the Pre-K playground, a climbing structure did not have the required 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment.
Required correction: Immediately, all climbing equipment must have a 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment. Submit photo documentation and a written statement of compliance by 5/30/2024. Correct by 04/30/2024
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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, and ratios and staff aren’t on this page.
A day here
- Meals
- Free breakfast for all scholars daily; APS-provided lunch or scholars may bring lunch; scholars bring one healthy snack from home daily
- Updates for parents
- ClassDojo (weekly crew leader updates), plus email and phone; teachers respond within 24 business hours
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Follows the "How Sick is Too Sick?" and Infectious Diseases in School and Childcare Setting guidelines to determine if a student needs to go home
- Special needs
- Develops and serves IEPs for scholars with mild or moderate special academic, social-emotional, or medical needs (severe needs not permitted under the charter)
Details
- Website
- axlacademy.org
- Address
- 450 S Chambers Rd
- License
- 1594131, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Ages they serve
- pre-kindergarten through 8th grade
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A day here
- Meals, Updates for parents — Checked July 2026 axlacademy.org/…/a1e0c6_4a81814d7b824c389c56e9a00979600e.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick, Special needs — Checked July 2026 axlacademy.org/…/a1e0c6_4a81814d7b824c389c56e9a00979600e.pdf
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 axlacademy.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 axlacademy.org/…/a1e0c6_4a81814d7b824c389c56e9a00979600e.pdf
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.