Lone Tree · Licensed center

Garden Preschool of Lone Tree

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 9, 2026
On file
3 visits since May 2024 · 4 complaint investigations
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 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 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · January 9, 2026

The state’s report (PDF)

Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · January 9, 2026

2.213.B · Correction due January 9, 2026

Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 2 staff were missing documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.

Required correction: Immediately, all staff must complete standard precautions prior to working with children and must renew annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 01/09/2026

2.213.G

Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 1 staff member was missing documentation of a current abuse prevention training.

2.120.D · Correction due January 9, 2026

Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 1 staff members abuse and neglect inquiry was not submitted.

Required correction: Immediately, all individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for the staff member with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 01/09/2026

2.212.G · Correction due February 8, 2026

Reviewed 7 staff files and observed that 1 staff member was missing a medical statement.

Required correction: Within 30 days, all staff must submit a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider within 30 days of their first date of employment. Subsequent self-reported health histories must be submitted annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 02/08/2026

State records file

Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings

Supervisory visit · March 28, 2025

2.229.C

In the Toddler classroom, observed a bucket of sunscreens labeled "keep out of reach of children" on a shelf accessible to children and, in an unlocked cabinet, observed wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children.

2.212.G · Correction due April 27, 2025

Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that C.P. was missing documentation of a health statement.

Required correction: Within 30 days, all staff must submit a medical statement signed and dated by a physician. Subsequence self-reported health histories must be submitted annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 04/27/2025

2.213.B

Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that R.S. was missing documentation of a current Standard Precautions training.

Required correction: Immediately, all staff must complete Standard Precaution prior to working with children and annually. Submit

2.213.F · Correction due April 27, 2025

Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that M.G. was missing documentation of a current First Aid/CPR training.

Required correction: Within 30 days, all employees caring for children must complete the department approved First/CPR module or certification. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 04/27/2025

2.213.G · Correction due March 28, 2025

Reviewed 8 staff files and observed that S.S. and R.S. were missing documentation of a current abuse prevention training.

Required correction: Immediately, all staff must complete the department approved training about abuse prevention within 30 days of employment and annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 03/28/2025

2.230.B · Correction due March 28, 2025

In the Infant classroom and the Pre-K classroom, observed chairs to be stack posing a hazard to children.

Required correction: Immediately, indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnsihings must be free of hazards. Submit a written statement of compliance to the Licensing Specialist. Correct by 03/28/2025

State records file

May 2024 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Sep 2023 Complaint

Complaint · September 8, 2023

7.702.71.L

In the Gimmel classroom, observed small clothes pins on the wall in child's reach and small pearls attached to a branch hanging from the ceiling causing a potential choking hazard.

State records file

Sep 2023 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · September 8, 2023

The state’s report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · August 18, 2023

Unfounded · 7.702.71.L · Equipment/Materials · Correction due September 8, 2023

Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards.

Required correction: Any materials accessible to children under the age of 3 years of age must must not be a choke hazard. ****Corrected at the time of inspection, owner removed small clothes pins and pearls.

State licensing record In the file’s Dataset sheet, filter License Number to 1760594.

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
9950 Lone Tree Pkwy
License
1760594, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 1

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All checked July 2026.

Details

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.