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Lincoln Academy Preschool

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
August 27, 2026
On file
4 visits since October 2023
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 27, 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.

Aug 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · August 27, 2026

2.213.H · Correction due August 27, 2026

Reviewed 5 staff files and observed staff member (SM) 1, DOH 8/1/2028, missing documentation of Introduction of Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs.

Required correction: Obtain documentation of Introduction of Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. Correct by 08/27/2026

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due August 27, 2026

On preschool playground measured Resilent material to be less than 1 inch at climber and 2 inches at the monkey bars.

Required correction: Maintain at least 6 inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct by 08/27/2026

State records file

Sep 2025 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Oct 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · October 10, 2024

2.133.B · Correction due October 10, 2024

Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed B.R., L.K., B.G., S.S., R.M. files to be missing the training in fire safety and the use of fire extinguishers and fire alarms.

Required correction: Obtain a training in fire safety and the use of fire extinguishers and fire alarms for B.R., L.K., B.G., S.S., R.M. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/10/2024

2.212.N

Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed B.R., L.K., B.G., S.S., R.M. files to be missing a sign statement indicating that they have read and have been trained on the center's administration of medications policies and procedures.

2.230.B · Correction due October 10, 2024

In the preschool playground equipment a gap between the equipment platform and the slides, posing a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy safe and free of hazards. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/10/2024

State records file

Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 6 findings

Supervisory visit · October 24, 2023

7.702.72.C.6 · Correction due October 24, 2023

The top of the slides of playground structure had an opening between the equipment and the top of the slides, posing a potential strangulation hazard.

Required correction: All pieces of playground equipment must be designed to guard against entrapment and strangulation. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Licensing Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023

7.702.72.C.1.a · Correction due October 24, 2023

The Preschool playground climbing equipments was higher than eighteen (18) inches, and the resilient surfacing was three (3) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.

Required correction: All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in he use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023

7.702.42.M · Correction due October 24, 2023

Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed B.R. file to have an expired Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunizatio course. The training certificate on file was dated 7/13/2022.

Required correction: Obtain a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunizatio course. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023

7.702.42.L · Correction due October 24, 2023

Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed B.G. file to be missing six (6) hours of ongoing professional development training. At least three (3) hours per year must be in the focus of social-emotional development.

Required correction: Obtain six (6) hours of professional development training. At least three (3) hours per year must be in the focus of social-emotional development for staff member B. G. Send verification with written response. Correct by 10/24/2023

7.702.46.A.9 · Correction due October 24, 2023

Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed B.G. file to be missing the Department-approved Medication Administration training.

Required correction: Obtain Department-approved Medication Administration training. for B.G. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023

7.702.42.F · Correction due October 24, 2023

Reviewed five (5) staff files and observed J.K. file to be missing the Department-approved introduction to First Aid and CPR module. J.K. hire date was 12/01/2018.

Required correction: Obtain a Department-approved introduction to First Aid and CPR module for J.K. Correct immediately. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 10/24/2023

State records file

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

Website
lincolnacademy.net
Address
7180 Oak St
License
1519636, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 4
Ages they serve
Older 3 year olds through students turning 4 by October 1 (PM PreK class)

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Details

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.