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Dupont Elementary Preschool

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 29, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 24, 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.

Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · January 29, 2026

2.127.C

In the Preschool modular Room #6 and #7, there was no posted procedure for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, including the telephone number and mailing address.

Required correction: Ensure that the procedure for filing a complaint including the address and phone number is posted in a conspicuous location. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by posting a sign in each classroom that had the proper procedures for filing a complaint, which included the address and phone number. No response required. Correct by

State records file

Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · February 24, 2025

2.237.H · Correction due February 24, 2025

1 outlet cover missing in room # 6

Required correction: Ensure all outlets have protective covers. Correct immediately 2/24/25 ** Corrected at time of visit by putting a cover in the outlet. No response required. Correct by 02/24/2025

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · April 25, 2024

2.230.B · Correction due April 25, 2024

Chairs stacked and chairs stacked on top of tables in the modulars posing a potential falling hazard while children were present

Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe and free of hazards. Correct immediately, 4/25/24.***Corrected at time of visit by unstacking chairs so they didn't pose a falling hazard. No response required. Correct by 04/25/2024

2.237.H

In Ms. S. classroom, an ipad/tablet cord plugged into the fall and not plugged into a ipad/tablet posing a potential hazard.

Required correction: In rooms used ny children, all electrical outlets that are accessible to children must have protective covers and no cords not left open and not plugged into devices accessible to children. Correct immediately, 4/25/24.***Corrected at

2.217.A.15 · Correction due April 25, 2024

upon arrival, all 4 preschool classrooms ages 3 to 4 years of age out on the playground at one time, with a total of 43 children.

Required correction: Maximum group size for children ages 3 to 4 years is 20 children. Correct immediately, 4/25/24. ***Corrected at time of visit by splitting in separate groups that did not exceed maximum group size of 20 children. No response required. Correct by 04/25/2024

State records file

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
7970 Kimberly St
License
86393, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 1

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Details

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.