Thornton · Licensed center

Hope Montessori Academy

Medium Montessori center, licensed for 54 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: February 17, 2026
On file: 3 visits since May 2024 · 2 complaint investigations
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 20, 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.

Feb 2026 Supervisory visit report not read State records file

Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings

Supervisory visit · March 20, 2025

2.212.G · Correction due April 20, 2025

Reviewed 16 staff records and observed one staff member G. M. (DOH 1.8.2025) to be missing documentation of the required medical statement.

Required correction: Obtain documentation of the required medical statement. Correct by 4.20.2025 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 04/20/2025

2.213.B

Reviewed 16 staff records and observed two staff members C. P. (DOH 10.11.2022) and S.E. (DOH 3.18.2024) to be missing documentation of the required Standard Precautions.

Required correction: Obtain the required Standard Precautions training for all staff as required. Correct immediately by 3.20.2025

2.213.D · Correction due March 20, 2025

Reviewed 16 staff records and observed one staff member S. E. (DOH 3.18.2024) to be missing the required shaken baby abusive head trauma training.

Required correction: Obtain the required shaken baby abusive head trauma training for all staff. Correct immediately by 3.20.2025 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.20.2025. Correct by 03/20/2025

2.213.F · Correction due March 20, 2025

Reviewed 16 staff records and observed one staff member M. M. (DOH 8.2.2016) to be missing the required CPR and Frist Aid training module.

Required correction: Obtain the required CPR and First Aid module for all staff members as required. Correct immediately by 3.20.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.20.2025. Correct by 03/20/2025

2.213.G

Reviewed 16 staff records and observed two staff members J. E. (DOH 11.1.2004) and A.R. (DOH 3.6.2024) to be missing the required abuse prevention training.

Required correction: Obtain the required abuse prevention training for all staff members as required. Correct immediately by

State records file

Aug 2024 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · August 8, 2024

The state’s report (PDF)

Aug 2024 Complaint 2 findings

Complaint · August 8, 2024

2.127.C

No posting of information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint.

Required correction: At all times during the operating hours of a child care center must post in a prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, including the

2.230.C.8 · Correction due August 8, 2024

One broken blue toy bin on the Toddler playground and two broken gray bins on the 2's playground. All bins had sharp edges and pose a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: All outdoor play areas must be kept safe and free of hazards. Correct by 8/8/24. Staff removed all broken toy bins and threw them away, mitigating the hazard. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 08/08/2024

State records file

May 2024 Supervisory visit report not read 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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Openings, child care subsidies, tuition, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Montessori

“Hope Montessori Academy is a private, not-for-profit, co-educational Montessori preschool and child care program.”

What it costs

Application fee: $175

A day here

Hours: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Schedule: full-day, half-day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Closed: 9 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Labor Day, Professional Development Days, Thanksgiving Holiday, Winter Holiday, New Year's Eve, New Year's Holiday, Memorial Day, Independence Day Holiday, Teacher In-Service Day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

Website: montessorichild.com
Address: 12290 Pennsylvania St
License: 1597550, active
Quality program: Colorado Shines Level 2
Ages they serve: ages 6 weeks through 2 years

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Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

Details

Website montessorichild.com
Address, License, Quality program data.colorado.gov
Ages they serve montessorichild.com

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.