Broomfield · Licensed center
BVSD Aspen Creek PK-8 Preschool
- Small Creative Curriculum center, licensed for 40 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 7, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 30, 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 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 30, 2025
2.127.D · Correction due January 30, 2025
Missing capacity and ratio posting in the Library.
Required correction: All licensed spaces must have capacity and staff to child ratio posting. Corrected at time of visit-staff posted capacity and ratio in licensed spaces 1/30/2025. Correct by 01/30/2025
Mar 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · March 5, 2024
2.127.D · Correction due March 5, 2024
Missing capacity and ratio posting in the Learning Den, Library, and Cafeteria.
Required correction: Licensed capacity and ratio must be posted in all rooms of the child care facility. Corrected at time of visit-staff posted capacity and ratio for licensed rooms 3/5/2024. No response required. Correct by 03/05/2024
2.237.D
In classroom C168, observed loose cord under the circle time display computer that was longer than 18" and accessible to children posing a potential strangulation hazard.
Required correction: All hazardous items must me inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit- Staff stored
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, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Creative Curriculum, developmental and play-based
“Aspen Creek is a learning community centered on a whole-child learning approach.”
A day here
- Schedule
- half-day
Details
- Website
- ac8.bvsd.org
- Address
- 5500 Aspen Creek Dr
- License
- 1609179, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Ages they serve
- 3-4 years
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 ac8.bvsd.org/about
- Approach — Checked July 2026 ac8.bvsd.org/academics/preschool
A day here
- Schedule — Checked July 2026 ac8.bvsd.org
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 ac8.bvsd.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 ac8.bvsd.org
- 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.