Highlands Ranch · Licensed center
Highlands Ranch Community Association
- Large center, licensed for 132 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- February 11, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- 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.
Feb 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · February 11, 2026
2.229.C · Correction due February 11, 2026
At the time of inspection in the Sunflower Classroom the specialist observed wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" on low sink accessible to children.
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. ****Corrected at time of inspection, the Director moved the wipes to a glove holder on the wall making the wipes inaccessible to children. No response is required. Correct by 02/11/2026
2.209.B.4 · Correction due March 11, 2026
Reviewed 11 child files and observed 5 child files missing current documentation of a health statement.
Required correction: The center must maintain and update annually and upon changes a record on each child that includeds: A copy of the childs health statement completed by a health care provider. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 03/11/2026
At the time of inspection the specialist observed F. art in the hallway, that included pom poms and googly
2.213.B · Correction due February 11, 2026
At the time of inspection the specialist reviewed 15 staff files and observed SM1 missing current documentation of Standard Precaution training.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of Standard Precaution training for SM1. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist along with the completion of training. Correct by 02/11/2026
Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · March 12, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due March 12, 2025
In the Daises and in the Sunflowers Classroom, I observed shaving cream labeled "keep out of reach" on a low shelf behind an unlocked closet accessible to children.
Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 03/12/2025
2.238.C · Correction due March 12, 2025
In the Poppies classroom, I observed a baby gate in the entryway of the classroom and a climbing structure in front of the second exit door of the classroom.
Required correction: Exits must be arranged and maintained so as the provide free and unobstructed egress from all parts of the building. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 03/12/2025
2.230.C.1.c · Correction due March 12, 2025
On the preschool playground, observed no resilient material (woodchips) at the end of the slide.
Required correction: Loos fill resilient surface must be raked regularly to retain its resiliency and to retain a depth of at least six inches. Correct by 03/12/2025
2.138.A · Correction due March 12, 2025
Reviewed drill logs and observed no documentation of September or October tornado drills.
Required correction: Tornado drills must be held monthly from March to October. A record of all emergency drills held over the past 12 months must be maintained by the facility. Correct by 03/12/2025
2.212.G
Reviewed 16 staff files and observed T.S. to be missing current documentation of a health statement signed and dated by a physician.
Required correction: All staff must submit to the center a medical statement signed and dated by a physician or other health care
2.209.B.4 · Correction due April 12, 2025
Reviewed 10 child files and observed 4 children missing current documentation of a health statement.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation for children. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 04/12/2025
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · April 15, 2024
2.230.F · Correction due April 15, 2024
At the time of inspection observed in the Buttercups and the Sweet Peas a trampoline in both classrooms.
Required correction: Trampolines and inflatable bouncers are prohibited. Submit a written response of compliance to specialist. Correct by 04/15/2024
2.230.C.1.c · Correction due April 15, 2024
Observed a slide on the Preschool Playground that had no depth of wood chips under the slide and did not have six inches of resilient surface under the slide.
Required correction: Loose fill resilient surface must be raked regularly to retain its resiliency and to retain a depth of at least six inches. ***Corrected at time of inspection, teachers moved wood chips under the slide to a depth of six inches. No response is required. Correct by 04/15/2024
In the Buttercups classroom specialist observed Clorax wipes "labeled keep out of the reach of children" on a
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
- 9568 S University Blvd
- License
- 87411, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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All checked July 2026.
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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.