Denver · Licensed center
DPS ECE Swigert International School
- Medium center, licensed for 60 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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 11, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 11, 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 3 findings
Supervisory visit · December 11, 2025
2.217.A.7
Confirmed through a staff memeber's statement another staff member was in the cafeteria with 5 child having snack. After a staff file review it was confirmed that staff member #5 is not a qualified early childhood teacher.
2.223.A.2 · Correction due December 11, 2025
Classroom 131 was playing outside and did not complete a written name to face attendance verification when coming back inside from the outside play area. In classroom 129 there were 15 children present and only 14 children signed in on the attendance sheet.
Required correction: The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/18/2025. Correct by 12/11/2025
2.124.A.3.b · Correction due December 11, 2025
Confirmed through a staff member's statement the cafeteria is being used and is not currenlty approved by the department.
Required correction: Changes in the physical facility or use of rooms for child care at a facility must be approved by the department. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the licensing specialist added the cafeteria to the licensed spaces on 12/11/2025.*** Respond with a written plan of ongoing compliance by 12/18/2025. Correct by 12/11/2025
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 16, 2025
2.120.C.1.a.1 · Correction due January 16, 2025
Reviewed 6 staff files and 1 staff member D. A a was lackinga a trails clearance and has been working longer than 90 days (DOH 8/19/2024).
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member D. A has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member D. A. with written response to Specialist by 1/23/2025. Correct by 01/16/2025
2.230.C.1.c · Correction due January 16, 2025
Outside on the preschool playground under the swings there less than 3 inches of wood chips.
Required correction: Woodchips must be raked regularly to retail its resiliency and to retain a depth of at least six inches under the swings. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 1/23/2025. Correct by 01/16/2025
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · February 14, 2024
2.120.A · Correction due February 14, 2024
Reviewed 6 staff files and 1 staff member N. T. was lacking proof of request for Trails clearance.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member N. T. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for staff member N. T. with written response to Specialist by 2/21/2024. Correct by 02/14/2024
2.121.D · Correction due February 14, 2024
Reviewed 6 staff files and 1 staff member N. T. was lacking proof of request for CBI and FBI clearance.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member N. T. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI and FBI clearance letter for staff member N. T. with written response to Specialist by 2/21/2024. Correct by 02/14/2024
2.223.A.2 · Correction due February 14, 2024
In classroom 129 there were 16 children present and only 15 children signed in on the attendance sheet. In classroom 131 there were 17 children present and only 16 children signed on the attendance sheet.
Required correction: Review and ensure that the time the child arrives and leaves for the day must be recorded. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the staff members wrote in what time the child arrived at the facility.*** Respond immediately with verification of compliance by 2/21/2024. Correct by 02/14/2024
2.237.D
In classroom 129 there was an open storage closet that had two staff purses sitting on the ground accessible to children.
Required correction: Ensure that all hazardous items including staff purses must be stored inaccessible to children.
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
- 3480 Syracuse
- License
- 1641846, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 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.