Highlands Montessori, Wheat Ridge: state inspection record

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: May 20, 2026
On file: 3 visits since July 2024
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 20, 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.

May 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · May 20, 2026

2.219.B.4 · Correction due June 20, 2026

reviewed 8 children files and observed ch5 to have no documentation of health statement.

Required correction: Obtain current medical health statement for child and add to file and send written response to specialist. Correct by 06/20/2026

2.217.A.15 · Correction due May 20, 2026

observed 36 preschool children in the playground at time of visit exsding max group side.

Required correction: Maximum group size for preschool ages 2.5 to 6 years old is 20 children , corrrect immediately and send written on going complaince with response. Correct by 05/20/2026

2.230.C.8 · Correction due May 20, 2026

observed a orange plastic shovel to have broken with sharp edges causing a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: All outdoor areas must be kept safe and free of hazards correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit staff removed shovel making it inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 05/20/2026

State records file

Jun 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · June 26, 2025

2.233.A.3 · Correction due June 26, 2025

observed a 4 year old in a toddler 3 classroom at time of visit.

Required correction: Rooms licensed for specific ages of children cannot be used for other ages of children without the prior written approval of the licensing authority. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit 4 year old child was taken back to primary classroom. No response needed. Correct by 06/26/2025

2.217.A.12 · Correction due June 26, 2025

observed a 4 year old in a toddler 3 classroom at time of visit.

Required correction: Rooms licensed for specific ages of children cannot be used for other ages of children without the prior written approval of the licensing authority. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit 4 year old child was taken back to primary classroom. No response needed. Correct by 06/26/2025

State records file

Jul 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · July 23, 2024

2.213.L · Correction due August 22, 2024

reviewed 15 staff files and observed A.D. DOH ( 3/2024) to have no documenation of child development training.

Required correction: Obtain current child development training for staff and add to staff file and send written verification to specialist with response. Correct by 08/22/2024

2.219.B.3

reviewed 9 children files and observed Ch1 to have no current medial statement.

2.220.C · Correction due July 23, 2024

in toddlers classroom prescription medications to have no original prescription label for Child.

Required correction: Prescription medications must contain the original pharmacy label. Correct immediately and send written response to specialist Correct by 07/23/2024

2.133.B · Correction due July 23, 2024

Reviewed 15 staff files and observed all staff to be missing documenation of fire extiguisher and fire alarms training

Required correction: Obtain current fire safety and fire extinguisher training for all staff and add to staff files. Correct immediately and send written verification to specailsit with specialist with response. Correct by 07/23/2024

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: 6101 W 38th Ave
License: 1655050, active
Quality program: Colorado Shines Level 1