Highlands Ranch · Licensed center
BASE Programs
- Medium center, licensed for 50 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 7 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
- December 18, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since October 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 19, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · December 18, 2025
2.220.F.1 · Correction due December 18, 2025
Reviewed all medications and observed an individual emergency plan requiring Benadryl. Benadryl was not available at the time of inspection.
Required correction: Staff must provide those medications to children based on the instructions from the child's individualized health care plan. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 12/18/2025
2.209.B.4 · Correction due January 19, 2026
Reviewed 1 child file and observed CH1 to be missing current documentation of health statement.
Required correction: The center must maintain and update annually and upon changes a record on each child that includeds a copy of the childs health statement. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 01/19/2026
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · January 22, 2025
2.212.G · Correction due February 23, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed K. and H. to be missing a current health statement
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for all staff. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 02/23/2025
2.213.L · Correction due January 23, 2025
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed K. to be missing a current child development training.
Required correction: Obtain a current child development training for staff member. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 01/23/2025
2.209.B.4 · Correction due February 23, 2025
Reviewed two child files and observed one child to be missing a current health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current health statement for child. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 02/23/2025
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · February 21, 2024
2.121.D.5 · Correction due February 21, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed I.O. to be missing current FBI and CBI clearance letters.
Required correction: Obtain current clearance letters for staff member. Must review the Navigating the Background check investigation units "BIU" web page power point. Submit verification the provider reviewed the power point within 24 hours. Correct by 02/21/2024
2.212.G
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed E.G., T.E., and M.P. to be missing documentation of a medical statement signed and dated by a physician.
2.120.C.1.a.1 · Correction due February 21, 2024
Reviewed 5 staff files and observed both T.E. and M.P. to be missing current documentation of TRAILS clearance and working together in room 101 with children ages 3-4 years old.
Required correction: The individuals must be supervised at all times by an individual who has successfully completed all required background checks. ***Corrected at time of inspection, Director moved a Maurren to another classroom and placed a K. in the classroom, K. has all background checks. Submit a written response of compliance to specialist. Correct by 02/21/2024
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, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 8780 Venneford Ranch Rd
- License
- 1592509, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.