Thornton · Licensed center
City of Thornton Trail Winds Rec Ctr
- Small center, licensed for 24 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- June 15, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 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.
Jun 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · June 15, 2026
2.209.A.7 · Correction due June 15, 2026
Reviewed 6 child files. One child missing a current written authorization for emergency medical care.
Required correction: Immediately, written authorizations for emergency medical care must be updated annually. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 06/15/2026
2.209.A.8 · Correction due June 15, 2026
Reviewed 6 child files. One child missing a current written authorization for participating in field trips.
Required correction: Immediately, the written authorization to participate in field trips or special activities must be updated annually. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 06/15/2026
2.229.C · Correction due June 15, 2026
The following items labeled 'keep out of reach of children' were accessible to children: 2 cans of shaving cream on a low shelf in the supply closet, bottles of hair gel in a low cabinet near the sink in the classroom, and wall sticky tack in a drawer near the sink in the classroom.
Required correction: Immediately, all items labeled 'keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the shaving cream cans were moved to a high shelf in the supply closet, and the drawer and cabinets in the classroom were locked making the items inaccessible. No response needed. Correct by 06/15/2026
2.229.H · Correction due June 15, 2026
A staple remover, box of loose staples, and a stapler were in an unlocked drawer near the sink and accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, sharp tools and instruments must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the drawer was locked making the items inaccessible. No response needed. Correct by 06/15/2026
Sep 2023 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · September 13, 2023
Correction due October 13, 2023
No documentation of a current fire inspection available for review. Previous inspection expired 11/25/2022.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a current fire inspection and send a copy to specialist with written response. Correct by 10/13/2023
7.702.42.H
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed R.D. to be missing documentation of Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. Date of hire for staff is 10/5/2015.
7.702.42.I · Correction due October 13, 2023
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed R.D. to be missing documentation of Recognizing the impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals . Date of hire for staff is 10/5/2015.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of required training for staff and send a copy to specialist with written response. Correct by 10/13/2023
7.702.71.H · Correction due September 13, 2023
5 pairs of sharp teachers scissors accessible to children in an unlocked drawer. A garden rake accessible to children on the playground. Previously cited 9/20/2022, teacher scissors were observed in an unlocked drawer during the inspection.
Required correction: Make all sharp tools and instruments inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately. *Corrected at time of inspection, drawer with scissors locked and garden rake was made inaccessible, moved off of playground by teacher. No response is needed for this report. Correct by 09/13/2023
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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Details
- Address
- 13495 Holly St
- License
- 1737143, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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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.