Aurora · Licensed center
Fitzsimons Early Learning Center
- Large center, licensed for 272 children.
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
- March 9, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 9, 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 3 findings
Supervisory visit · March 9, 2026
2.223.C.2.a · Correction due March 9, 2026
In infant classroom three and infant classroom infants classroom five observed loose fitting sheets in most of the cribs posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Cribs must have properly fitted sheets. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Director removed the sheet and or tightened the sheets. Corrected at the time of the inspection. No response required. Correct by 03/09/2026
2.230.A · Correction due March 9, 2026
Playdough labeled for children over the age of two and three in classrooms Toddler Four, Toddler Three, Twos four, Toddler twos. Observed the playdough accessible to children under the age of two and three. Observed a ball in classroom Infant classroom five labeled for children over the age of three, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: A variety of play equipment and materials appropriate for children's age, size, developmental needs, and activities must be provided for both indoor and outdoor structured and free play. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Director removed the playdough and the ball from the classrooms. No response required. Correct by 03/09/2026
2.230.B · Correction due March 9, 2026
A broken and cracked lid on a sensory bin in classroom Preschool two, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Indoor materials accessible to children must be safe, sturdy, and free from hazards. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The admin staff recmoved the lid from the classroom. No response is required. Correct by 03/09/2026
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · April 14, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due April 14, 2025
Reviewed the fire inspection and observed the inspection report to be unapproved, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Obtain an approving fire inspection report. Correct immediately by 4.14.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.14.2025. Correct by 04/14/2025
2.229.M · Correction due April 14, 2025
A staff members water bottle to be made of glass in the preschool 2 classroom, and a glass mason jar in the preschool 3 classroom, both accessible to children under the age of five and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and materials made of brittle, easily breakable plastic or glass are not permitted for children less than five. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The glass was removed from both classrooms. No response required. Correct by 04/14/2025
2.121.J.1
Reviewed 29 staff records and observed two staff member's T.G. (DOH 3.5.2024), R. S (DOH3.11.2024) and T.Q. (DOH 5.8.2023) to be missing documentation of the required out of state background clearance letter. Identified that both staff members lived out of the state of Colorado in the past five years.
2.213.F · Correction due May 14, 2025
Reviewed 29 staff records and observed one staff members M. A. (DOH 9.2018) to have completed a CPR and First Aid course through an unapproved vendor and the staff member to be missing the required CPR and First Aid module.
Required correction: All employees caring for children, not required by rule to be certified in First Aid and CPR, must complete the Department-approved Introduction to First Aid and CPR module. Correct by 5.14.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 05/14/2025
A sharp piece of metal, appearing to be edging, sticking out of the sand on the preschool playground, posing
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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A day here
- Hours
- 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Details
- Address
- 2255 N Wheeling St
- License
- 1597664, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
- Ages they serve
- 1 month - 6 years
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A day here
- Hours — Checked July 2026 child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com
Details
- Website, Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.