Highlands Ranch · Licensed center
KidsTown at Highlands Ranch
- Medium center, licensed for 41 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 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 29, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since January 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 10, 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.
Nov 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · November 10, 2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due November 10, 2025
In the Toddler Classroom the specialist observed climbing equipment that was 19 1/2 inches tall.
Required correction: All equipment 18 inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches. ****Corrected at time of inspection, the Director removed the climbing equipment from the classroom, making the item inaccessible to children. No response is required Correct by 11/10/2025
2.233.A.3 · Correction due November 10, 2025
Identified through staff statement CH1 is 12 years and 11 months of age. The current licensed age group is up to the age of 12.
Required correction: Drop in child care centers may follow a ratio of one adult for every eight children for children in mixed age group of two years of age to 12 years. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 11/10/2025
In the Main room the specialist observed Magic Erasers, and Dawn dish soap labeled "keep out of reach of
Dec 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · December 9, 2024
2.217.C.8 · Correction due December 16, 2024
Reviewed the CCHC file, and observed an expired immunization course.
Required correction: Obtain a current immunization course for he CCHC. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 12/16/2024
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · January 12, 2024
2.121.D.3 · Correction due January 12, 2024
Identified through staff statement that V. had not completed fingerprints prior to working with children. V. was in ratio in the Toddler program at the time of inspection.
Required correction: Criminal background check request for volunteers whose activities involve the care an supervision of children or who have unsupervised access to children must submitted and successfully completed prior to caring or children or allowing the individual unsupervised access. Facility must review the Navigating the Background investigation units "BIU" web page powerpoint. Submit verification the provider reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Notify licensing specialist in writing once the staff member has completed the fingerprinting process Correct by 01/12/2024
Reviewed four staff files and observed N. to be missing current documentation of Standard Precautions training.
2.213.D · Correction due January 12, 2024
Reviewed four staff files and observed N. to be missing current documentation of prevention of shaken baby/abusive head trauma training.
Required correction: Staff working with children less than three years of age must complete a Department-approved prevention of shake baby/abusive head trauma training prior to working with children. Obtain documentation of prevention of shaken baby/abusive head trauma. Correct by 01/12/2024
2.213.G · Correction due January 12, 2024
Reviewed four staff files and observed N. missing current documentation of Department-approved training about child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of child abuse prevention training. Correct by 01/12/2024
2.209.A.7
Reviewed two child files and observed one child to be missing current documentation of written authorization for emergency medical care signed by parents.
2.209.B.4 · Correction due January 12, 2024
Reviewed two child files and observed one child to be missing current documentation of a health statement.
Required correction: Obtain a current documentation of a health statement. Correct by 01/12/2024
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
- 537 W Highalnds Ranch Parkway
- License
- 1769007, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
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.