Denver · Licensed center
Larks Preschool
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
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
- October 2, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2023 · 2 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 22, 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.
Oct 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · October 22, 2025
2.120.J · Correction due October 22, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed that 2 staff members were missing documentation of the completed abuse and neglect inquiry results.
Required correction: Immediately, All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS for staff members with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 10/22/2025
Mar 2025 Complaint
Complaint · March 31, 2025
2.212.M
Confirmed through the owners statement that a letter of hours was not provided to an employee within 30 days of their last day of employment.
Required correction: Immediately, within 30 calendar days of the last day of employment staff must be provided a letter verifying
Mar 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · March 31, 2025
Nov 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · November 20, 2024
2.121.J.1 · Correction due November 20, 2024
Reviewed 3 staff files and observed that E.W. has not completed out-of-state background checks and identified that they have lived outside of Colorado within the last 5 years.
Required correction: Immediately, all individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member E. W. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of the Out of State background check for staff member E. W. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 11/20/2024
Dec 2023 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · December 5, 2023
7.702.71.G · Correction due December 5, 2023
Loose plastic bags stored accessible to children in an unlocked drawer next to sink.
Required correction: All loose plastic bags must be stored inaccesible to children. Correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit - teacher moved the plastic bags to an upper cabinet so they are inaccessible to children. No further action needed. Correct by 12/05/2023
7.702.91.D · Correction due December 5, 2023
Fire extinguisher stored accessible to children in unlocked cabinet under kitchen sink.
Required correction: All hazardous items must be stored in area inaccesible to children. Correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit - teacher moved fire extinguisher above top cabinet in kitchen so it is inaccessible to chidren. No further acion needed. Correct by 12/05/2023
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, 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
- larkspreschool.com
- Address
- 730 S Logan St
- License
- 1529322, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 larkspreschool.com
- 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.