Parker · Licensed center
Douglas CTY SCHL Cherokee Trail Preschool
- Small 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 8, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 8, 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.
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · January 8, 2026
2.213.G · Correction due January 8, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and found 1 staff to be missing a current child abuse and neglect training certificate.
Required correction: All staff must have a current copy of the child abuse and neglect training that is updated annually. Correct immediately and provide documentation with written response. Correct by 01/08/2026
2.229.C · Correction due January 8, 2026
In classroom A, 3 packages of wet wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" were accessible in the bathroom area.
Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 01/08/2026
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due January 8, 2026
At the outdoor environment there were 2 areas where the resilient surface measured less than 6 inches in depth. The resilient surface measured 4 inches below the slide and vertical step climber.
Required correction: Resilient surfacing must measure at least 6 inches in all use zones in the outdoor environment. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 01/08/2026
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · April 22, 2024
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due April 22, 2024
The resilient surfacing around the base of the slide and the base of the pole climber was less than 6 inches deep.
Required correction: All climbing equipment 18 inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in the use zones surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 04/22/2024
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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Who cares for your child
Josh Miller (Principal) since 2014.
Of 1,717 Denver-area providers, 15 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of thirteen years.
Details
- Website
- cte.dcsdk12.org
- Address
- 17302 Clarke Farms
- License
- 32064, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Who cares for your child
- Staff cte.dcsdk12.org
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 cte.dcsdk12.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
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.