Littleton · Licensed center
Blue Heron Preschool
- 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
- August 27, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2024 · 5 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- Correction was due October 13, 2023. 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.
Feb 2026 Complaint
Complaint · February 17, 2026
2.230.B
In the full day classroom, charging cords plugged into the outlet, but not into a device accessible to children.
Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct
Feb 2026 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · February 17, 2026
Nov 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · November 11, 2025
Oct 2023 Complaint 2 findings
Complaint · October 6, 2023
7.702.65.C.1 · Correction due October 13, 2023
Per staff statement, teachers took classroom on a walking field trip to nearby park without notifying families.
Required correction: Families must be notified prior to field trips. Submit a statement of compliance by 10/13/23. Correct by 10/13/2023
7.702.31.B
Per staff members statement, facility does not permit children to take water bottles outside during play time. Per the weather graph on said days, it was above 90 degrees on all days listed.
Required correction: Immediately on 10/6/2023, Facility must abide by written policies and procedures, which states drinking water is made available to the children.
Oct 2023 Complaint Founded
Complaint · October 6, 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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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
- 5987 W Dorado Dr
- License
- 1512401, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 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.