Littleton · Licensed center
Ken-Caryl Ranch Metropolitan District
- Small center, licensed for 15 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
- December 8, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since January 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · December 8, 2025
2.209.B.4 · Correction due January 8, 2026
Reviewed two child files, observed CH1 to have a health statement expired as of 9/2/2025.
Required correction: Obtain current copy of health statements for CH1 retain in child's files. Correct by 01/08/2026
2.229.C · Correction due December 8, 2025
First Aid Kit with blood borne pathogens cleaning supplies, alcohol wipes, and a package of batteries labeled "keep out of reach of children" stored in a low unlocked cabinet, accessible to children, posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All items labeled "keep out of reach of children"must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection, staff locked the cabinet, making the items inaccessible to children. No response is necessary. Correct by 12/08/2025
No documentation of emergency drill, lockdown and active shooter drills completed for 2025 school year.
2.213.M · Correction due January 8, 2026
Reviewed one staff file, observed SM1 to be missing documentation of 15 hours of annual ongoing professional development hours.
Required correction: All staff must complete a minimum of 15 hours of ongoing professional development annually. Obtain documentation of 15 training hours, submit documentation of compliance to specialist. Correct by 01/08/2026
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 9, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due January 9, 2025
Current fire inspection to be expired on 7/20/2022.
Required correction: Obtain updated fire inspection as required. Correct immediately. Submit documentation of compliance to licensing specialist by 1/16/2025. Correct by 01/09/2025
2.133.B
Reviewed two staff files, observed both staff members to be missing documentation of fire extinguisher training.
Required correction: Each staff member must be trained in fire safety and the use of available fire extinguishers and fire alarms. Obtain documentation of required training. Correct immediately. Submit documentation of compliance to licensing
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 18, 2024
2.219.B.2 · Correction due February 18, 2024
Reviewed four children's records and observed one child to be missing documentation of the required health statement.
Required correction: Obtain current health statements for all children as required. Correct by 2.18.2024 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist2 Correct by 02/18/2024
2.229.M
Several small glass jars in the art area in the Columbine classroom, observed the glass to be accessible to children under the age of five and posing a potential safety hazard.
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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Website
- ken-carylranch.org
- Address
- 7676 S Continental Divide Rd
- License
- 1683058, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 ken-carylranch.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.