Denver · Licensed center
International School of Denver
- Large center, licensed for 215 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 8 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
- September 8, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since December 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 30, 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.
Sep 2025 Supervisory visit 9 findings
Supervisory visit · September 30, 2025
2.218.B.3
Reviewed (5) medications and observed (3) children lacking medication listed on the child's health care plan.
Required correction: Immediately (11/06/2024), ensure any-approved health care plan authorized by the child’s health care provider and parent(s)/guardian(s) defining the interventions needed to care for a child who has an identified health or developmental condition and the program obtains all applicable medications, supplies, and/or medical equipment must be available to the staff prior to the child’s first day of care. The staff working with a child with a health care plan must be
2.220.E · Correction due September 30, 2025
Reviewed (5) medications and observed (2) children lacking a current authorization for medications.
Required correction: Immediately (9/30/2025) ensure that all children who require ongoing medications have a current authorization and consent form signed by a healthcare provider. Ongoing medications are required to be reauthorized on an al least annual basis. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall statement. Correct by 09/30/2025
2.209.B.4 · Correction due September 30, 2025
Reviewed (15) children files and observed (1) child lacking current medical health statement.
Required correction: Immediately (9/30/2025) ensure the center must maintain and update annually and upon changes a copy of the child's health statement completed by a health provider. Provide written statement of compliance within the overall repsonse. Correct by 09/30/2025
2.237.B · Correction due September 30, 2025
Paint/drywall peeling within the gross motor classroom near the baseboard of the wall. Peeling drywall observed in classroom 115.
Required correction: Immediately (9/30/2025) ensure that all areas used for child care are kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/30/2025
2.217.A.15 · Correction due September 30, 2025
Two K1 classrooms with children ages 3-4 years were combined on the playground with 30 children exceeding the max group size.
Required correction: Immediately (9/30/2025) ensure the maximun group sizes for children is maintained according to the ages of the children within the group.Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/30/2025
2.223.A.1 · Correction due September 30, 2025
Child1 in K3 classroom walking from kindergarten classroom to bathroom across the hall without direct supervision of staff.
Required correction: Immediately (9/30/2025) ensure that a qualified staff member is supervising the children at all times. Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response Correct by 09/30/2025
2.237.H · Correction due September 30, 2025
(1) Outlet cover missing on the wall near the shelves in the gross motor classroom. (2) Outlet covers missing from a power strip located under the staff desk in classroom 102. (1) outlet cover missing from power strip on the wall within classroom 121.
Required correction: The director Immediately (9/30/2025) covered the outlets and removed the power strip from the classroom. No response Required. Correct by 09/30/2025
2.120.I · Correction due September 30, 2025
Reviewed (29) staff files and observed (1) staff lacking an updated TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that the above listed staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for all staff members lacking current clearance letters with written response to Specialist. Correct by 09/30/2025
2.216.A.1 · Correction due September 30, 2025
Staff1 within room 118 supervising a group of children lacking documentation of early childhood teacher qualifications.
Required correction: Immediately (9/30/2025) ensure all staff assigned responsibility for the care of a single group of children meets one of the qualifications listed for an ECT. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 09/30/2025
Nov 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · November 6, 2024
2.229.H · Correction due November 6, 2024
Adult scissors in an unlocked drawer accessible to children in classroom 108.
Required correction: The director immediately, 11/06/2024, moved the scissors onto a high shelf inacessible to the children in care. No response is required. Correct by 11/06/2024
2.220.C · Correction due November 6, 2024
Medication reviewed in K1 classroom lacking original label.
Required correction: Immediately, 11/06/2024, ensure medications must be kept in the original labeled bottle or container. Prescription medications must contain the original pharmacy label. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 11/06/2024
2.220.A
Reviewed medication in K1 classroom lacking parent authorization.
2.219.B.2 · Correction due December 6, 2024
Reviewed 15 children's files and observed 2 children's files with expired health care statements and 1 child lacking their health statement.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring all student files have a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider per the above guidelines. Correct by 12/06/2024
Dec 2023 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · December 6, 2023
7.702.42.B · Correction due December 6, 2023
Reviewed 22 staff files and observed I.F. to be lacking a current completed Department-approved training for standard precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (12/6/23) ensure that the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff to include the above listed staff. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response." Correct by 12/06/2023
7.702.51.A.2.a
Reviewed (15) child files and observed one child to be lacking appropriate documentation of school required immunizations on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Certificate of Immunization or on an “approved alternate” Certificate of Immunization.
7.702.51.A.2.b · Correction due January 5, 2024
Reviewed (15) child files and observed (1) children to be lacking documentation of a current health statement signed and dated by a healthcare provider.
Required correction: Provide a written statement of compliance ensuring all student files have a current health statement signed and dated by a healthcare provider. Correct by 01/05/2024
7.702.91.B · Correction due December 6, 2023
In classroom 104, a gray child size couch was observed to have large rip with exposed interior foam accessible to the children.
Required correction: Immediately (12/06/2023) ensure that all areas used for child care are kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Provide a written statement of compliance within overall response. Correct by 12/06/2023
7.702.72.C.6 · Correction due December 6, 2023
An opening on the fence measuring (5") located on the playground that poses a possible entrapment or strangulation hazard.
Required correction: Immediately (12/06/2023) ensure all pieces of playground equipment are designed to guard against entrapment and strangulation. Any openings in gross motor equipment above ground must be smaller than three and one h a l f ( 3 1 D 2 ) i n c h e s o r g r e a t e r t h a n n i n e ( 9 ) i n c h e s t o p r e v e n t e n t r a p m e n t . P r o the overall response. Correct by 12/06/2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due December 6, 2023
In the gym there was a bottle of cleaning solution labeled keep out of reach of children that was located on a lower shelf accessible to children.
Required correction: The director, immediately 12/06/2023, moved the bottle of cleaning solution making the bottle inaccessible to children. No response is required. Correct by 12/06/2023
7.702.91.H · Correction due December 6, 2023
In the gym there was one uncovered outlet accessible to children.
Required correction: The director, immediately (12/06/2023), placed a cover on the outlet making the outlet inaccessible to children. No response is required. Correct by 12/06/2023
Reviewed 22 staff files and observed A.B. to be lacking an updated TRAILS clearance letter required every 5 years.
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 11, 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
- 7701 E 1st Street, Unit C
- License
- 1557489, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
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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.