Golden · Licensed center
Compass Montessori School Golden Campus
- Medium center, licensed for 100 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
- December 8, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 8, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · December 8, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due December 8, 2025
The program to have a non-compliant fire inspection.
Required correction: Obtain a compliant fire inspection. Correct by 12/8/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/15/25. Correct by 12/08/2025
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 21, 2025
2.217.A.15.a · Correction due January 21, 2025
The Lapis Classroom to have 26 children exceeding the maximum group size. Licensing Specialist observed a birthday list of students and 16 of 26 students were ages 3 and 4. The remaining students were age 5.
Required correction: In other preschool age combinations, the maximum group size for the youngest child must be utilized if more than twenty percent (20%) of the group is composed of younger children. This does not apply to infants and toddlers. The group size for toddler groups is based on the youngest child in the group. Correct by 1/21/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 1/28/25. Correct by 01/21/2025
Mar 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · March 13, 2024
2.121.D.5 · Correction due March 13, 2024
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed S.P., K.T., and M.H. to have expired FBI background checks.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members S. P., K.T. and M.H. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI, for staff members S. P., K.T., and M.H. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 3/13/2024. Document compliance to Specialist by 3/20/2024. Correct by 03/13/2024
2.220.J · Correction due March 13, 2024
One child to have an expired Epi-pen.
Required correction: If a medication is out of date or left over, the parent(s)/guardian(s) is responsible for picking up the medication. If the parent(s)/guardian(s) do not respond, the center must dispose of the medications as required by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Correct by 3/13/2024. Document compliance to Specialist by 3/20/2024. Correct by 03/13/2024
2.229.C · Correction due March 13, 2024
A container of Aqua Safe fish tank solution, labeled keep out of reach of children, accessible to children, in an unlocked lower cabinet, in the Lapis classroom.
Required correction: All items labeled keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible. Correct by 3/13/2024. Staff moved the fish tank solution to an upper cupboard inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 03/13/2024
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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Details
- Website
- compassmontessori.org
- Address
- 4441 Salvia
- License
- 1535958, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 compassmontessori.org
- 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
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.