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DPS ECE Westerly Creek Elementary
- Small center, licensed for 40 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 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
- March 11, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 11, 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.
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · March 11, 2026
2.120.I · Correction due March 11, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and staff member number 3 had an expired(2/20/2025) Trails clearance letter. The facility was lacking proof of resubmitting an inquiry from and fee at the time of the visit.
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 number three has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member number three with written response to the Specialist by 3/18/2026. Correct by 03/11/2026
Outside on the playground there was an area of the pour and play where it was splitting apart and posing a possible tripping hazard.
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · April 14, 2025
2.213.B · Correction due April 14, 2025
Reviewed staff files and 1 staff member I. was lacking a current Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: All staff must complete a Standard Precautions training and review annually. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 4/21/2025. Correct by 04/14/2025
May 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · May 23, 2024
2.120.C.1 · Correction due May 23, 2024
Reviewed 7 staff files and 1 staff member A. was lacking a proof of a trails request and a trails clearance letter.
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 A. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for staff member A. with written response to Specialist by 5/30/2024. Correct by 05/23/2024
In classroom 104 the attendance verification was not completed for the outside tranistion at noon when the children went outside. Also in classroom 108 there were 16 children present but only 15 children signed in on the
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due May 23, 2024
Reviewed 7 staff files and 1 staff member A. was lacking a CBI clearance letter,
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 A. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of CBI Clearance Letter for staff member A. with written response to Specialist by 5/30/2024. Correct by 05/23/2024
Sep 2023 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 5, 2023
7.702.91.D · Correction due September 5, 2023
In classroom 104 there was a staff purse located in unlocked drawer in the teachers deck accessible to children. Also in classroom 104 the storage closet was unlocked and there was a staff bag locked on the lower shelf accessible to children.
Required correction: All hazardous items including staff purses and staff bags must be stored inaccessible to children.*** Corrected at the time of the visit the teacher locked the teacher drawer and locked the storage closet making all items inaccessible to children. No need for written response. Correct by 09/05/2023
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
- 8800 E 28th Ave
- License
- 1523377, 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
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.