Aurora · Licensed center
Buffalo Trail Elementary Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 60 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
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
- January 27, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 25, 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.
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 27, 2026
2.213.H
At the time of visit, reviewed 5 staff files observed 1 file to be missing a Department Approved Introduction to Early Learning Intervention and Preschool education training.
Required correction: Review all staff files. Within 90 calendar days of employment, all staff must complete a Department Approved Introduction to Early Learning Intervention and Preschool education training. Submit documentation and written statement
Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · March 25, 2025
2.223.A.2 · Correction due March 25, 2025
At the time of visit, the program took a group of children to the cafeteria for lunch without using an attendance tracker.
Required correction: Immediately, staff members must complete written attendance verification including during transitions. Submit a written statement of compliance by 4/1/2025. Correct by 03/25/2025
May 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · May 14, 2024
2.237.B · Correction due May 14, 2024
At the time of visit, the flooring in the Enrichment mobile bathroom had rust and water damage under the sink creating a safety hazard for children.
Required correction: Immediately, all buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition at all times. Submit photo documentation and a written statement of compliance by 6/14/2024. Correct by 05/14/2024
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 11, 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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A day here
- Meals
- Parents provide a daily snack; school lunch offered through the fee-based enrichment program
- Sleep
- Rest time offered as part of the fee-based enrichment program
- Updates for parents
- Weekly two-sided "Stay at home / Back to school" folder sent home each Thursday, plus weekly talking-point messages and a monthly newsletter
- Schedule
- half-day
Details
- Address
- 24300 E Progress Dr
- License
- 1549207, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Ages they serve
- 4 years old (on or before October 1st)
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A day here
- Meals, Sleep, Updates for parents, Schedule — Checked July 2026 resources.finalsite.net/…/PreK.pdf
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 buffalotrail.cherrycreekschools.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 buffalotrail.cherrycreekschools.org
- 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.