Castle Rock · Licensed center
Kiddie Academy
- Large center, licensed for 159 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- A Kiddie Academy franchise. The brand is owned by Essential Brands, Inc., a privately held company.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 2 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
- July 30, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2025 · 2 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 30, 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.
Jul 2026 Complaint Founded
Complaint · July 30, 2026
Jul 2026 Complaint 3 findings
Complaint · July 30, 2026
2.212.A · Correction due July 30, 2026
SM1 did not have knowlege of where CH1 was for approximately 35 seconds.
Required correction: The facility has already submitted its correction response for the violations previously documented in the follow-up report of inspection, and no new response is required. Correct by 07/30/2026
2.223.A.1
By watching a video observed CH1 left alone in the classroom for approximately 35 seconds before another staff member found them.
2.223.A.2 · Correction due July 30, 2026
By watching a video, observed SM1 not taking attendance during a transition outside.
Required correction: The facility has already submitted its correction response for the violations previously documented in the follow-up report of inspection, and no new response is required. Correct by 07/30/2026
Jun 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · June 15, 2026
2.218.E · Correction due June 15, 2026
Three children in the Koala Bears toddler classroom not walking independently lacking a written statement from a health care provider to be in that classroom.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that children not walking independently have a written statement from a health care provider to be in a toddler classroom. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 06/15/2026
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 8 child files, 3 files lacking documentation of current health statements.
2.213.B · Correction due June 15, 2026
Reviewed 14 staff member files, 1 staff member lacking documentation of current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of current standard precautions training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 06/15/2026
2.213.G · Correction due June 15, 2026
Reviewed 14 staff member files, 1 staff member lacking documentation of current child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of current child abuse prevention training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 06/15/2026
Jul 2025 Original visit 10 findings
Original visit · July 21, 2025
2.237.B · Correction due July 21, 2025
Observed trim/molding missing exposing drywall in Koala Bears Classroom.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all walls are in good repair. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/21/2025
2.210.A.6 · Correction due July 21, 2025
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all background checks have been submitted/requested but lacking documentation of clearance for the following: TRAILS - A.H., L.A. CBI - L.A. FBI - A.H., L.A., A.S., L. L. Out of State - A.N., L.L., J., L.A.
Required correction: Immediately obtain documentation of all required background check clearance letters. Submit statement of compliance and copies of clearance letters for staff members listed. Correct by 07/21/2025
2.210.A.3 · Correction due July 21, 2025
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all staff members lacking documentation of immunization record or statement.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of immunization record or statement. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/21/2025
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all staff members lacking signed statement of understanding the center's policies and procedures.
2.212.N · Correction due July 21, 2025
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all staff members lacking signed statement of understanding the center's policies and procedures for medication administration.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have a signed statement of understanding the center's policies and procedures for medication administration. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/21/2025
2.131.A.1 · Correction due July 21, 2025
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all files lacking documentation of signed perjury statement.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of signed perjury statement. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/21/2025
2.126.A
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all files lacking documentation of signed abuse and neglect statement.
2.213.A · Correction due July 21, 2025
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all files lacking documentation of building and physical premises training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files, ensure that all have documentation of building and physical premises training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/21/2025
2.133.B · Correction due July 21, 2025
Reviewed 12 staff member files, all files lacking documentation of fire safety and fire extinguisher training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all have documentation of fire safety and fire extinguisher training. Correct by 07/21/2025
2.122.A
Fire inspection approval not completed.
Required correction: Immediately obtain documentation of fire inspection approval. Submit statement of compliance and copy of fire
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
- 4477 Lombard St
- License
- 1788548, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/academies/castle-rock
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/about-us
Kiddie Academy's own site says the founding Miller family continues to own and operate Kiddie Academy, and that other families own and operate the academies in their communities. kiddieacademy.com
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.