Superior · Licensed center
Little Riders Academy
- Small center, licensed for 15 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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 16, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since January 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 16, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · December 16, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due December 16, 2025
In a mid-level drawer in the classroom, observed a box of alcohol pads labeled "keep out of reach of children."
Required correction: Ensure all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible to children. **Corrected at the time of visit. The alcohol pads were moved to an area behind a child gate.** No response required. Correct by 12/16/2025
2.207.A · Correction due December 16, 2025
Reviewed the sign-in/sign-out sheet and observed it missing some parent/guardian signatures.
Required correction: Ensure the sign-in/sign-out sheet is being completed by parents/guardians. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 12/23/25. Correct by 12/16/2025
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 12 findings
Supervisory visit · January 15, 2025
2.207.A · Correction due January 15, 2025
Identified through the Director's statement and lack of documentation that the program is not maintaining a sign-in/sign-out sheet or other mechanism for parents/guardians.
Required correction: Ensure the program is maintaining a sign-in/sign-out sheet for the parents/guardians that includes all required components. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 2/15/25. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.209.A
Ch3's file was unavailable upon request.
2.229.H · Correction due January 15, 2025
In the entrance area on a mid-level shelf, observed three pairs of adult scissors, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure sharp tools and instruments are stored in areas inaccessible to children. **Corrected at the time of visit; the scissors were placed in an area inaccessible to children** No response required. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.237.D · Correction due January 15, 2025
Observed two staff bags hanging on low coat hangers, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Ensure all hazardous items are kept out of reach of children. **Corrected at the time of visit. The bags were removed from the low hangers and stored in areas out of reach of children.** No response required. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.213.B · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed four staff files and identified documentation of Assistant Director N.'s standard precautions training to be expired.
Required correction: Obtain current standard precautions training for N. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 2/15/25. Correct by 01/15/2025
Reviewed four staff files and identified documentation of Assistant Director N.'s child abuse prevention
2.223.A.2 · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed the attendance record for the day and identified fifteen children were signed in. Sixteen children were in attendance at the time of specialist's arrival to the program.
Required correction: Ensure the time a child arrives and leaves the center each day is recorded and written attendance verification is completed periodically throughout the day, including during transitions. **Corrected at the time of visit; the Director signed in the sixteenth child.** Respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 2/15/25. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.210.A.2 · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed four staff files and identified L.'s file missing verification of ECT qualifications. Identified through Director's statement that L. is functioning in the role of ECT.
Required correction: Obtain verification of ECT qualifications for L. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 2/15/25. Correct by 01/15/2025
Upon arrival to the program, observed sixteen children in care. The room and the overall licensed capacity of the program is fifteen children.
2.213.H · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed four staff files and identified ECT L.'s file missing documentation of a completed Intro to Early Intervention training.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of a completed Intro to Early Intervention training for L. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 2/15/25. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.212.G · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed four staff files and identified three files missing medical statements.
Required correction: Obtain medical statements, signed and dated by a health care provider, verifying staff are in good health appropriate for the position for which they have been hired. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 2/15/25. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.121.F · Correction due January 15, 2025
Reviewed four staff files and identified L.'s CPR and First Aid certificate had been fabricated. Identifed L. had not been issued a certificate. Observed a blank card, i.e. with no name or date of issue, in the staff files. Identified through the issuer's statement that they do not issue blank cards. 26.5-5-317(2)(g) C.R.S. Furnish or make any misleading or any false statement or report to the department.
Required correction: Furnishing a false or misleading report to the department may result in adverse action. Correct immediately and respond with a plan for ongoing compliance by 2/15/25. Correct by 01/15/2025
Jan 2024 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · January 25, 2024
2.209.A.7 · Correction due January 25, 2024
Reviewed 2 children's files and identified both files containing signed emergency medical authorizations older than one year.
Required correction: Obtain current signed emergency medical authorizations for all children and ensure the authorizations are updated and signed annually. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 2/1/24. Correct by 01/25/2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and identified D. and N.'s files lacking documentation of current Department-approved prevention of shaken baby/abusive head trauma training. The center has children under 3 years old enrolled in the program.
2.120.C.1.a · Correction due January 25, 2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and identified N.'s file (DOH: 8/2023) lacking documentation of a TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint on the CDEC website. Submit verification (via email) that Director D. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct immediately and submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letter for N. with written response to Specialist by 2/1/24. Correct by 01/25/2024
2.120.I
Reviewed 4 staff files and identified K.'s file containing a TRAILS clearance letter dated 6/6/18.
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due January 25, 2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and identified N.'s file (DOH: 8/2023) lacking documentation of an FBI clearance letter and J.'s file (DOH: 8/2021) lacking documentation of a CBI letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint on the CDEC website. Submit verification (via email) that Director D. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct immediately and submit documentation of FBI clearance letter for N. and CBI letter for J. with written response to Specialist by 2/1/24. Correct by 01/25/2024
2.121.D.5 · Correction due January 25, 2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and identified K.'s file containing an FBI clearance letter dated 6/12/18.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint on the CDEC website. Submit verification (via email) that Director D. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct immediately and submit documentation of FBI clearance letter for K. with written response to Specialist by 2/1/24. Correct by 01/25/2024
Reviewed the health inspection report and identified it was expired as of 4/2023.
2.121.J.1 · Correction due January 25, 2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and identified J.'s file (DOH: 8/2021) lacking documentation of an out-of-state clearance letter. J. has lived in Kansas within the last 5 years.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review 'Navigating the Background Check', the Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint on the CDEC website. Submit verification (via email) that Director D. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Correct immediately and submit documentation of an out-of-state clearance letter for J. with written response to Specialist by 2/1/24. Correct by 01/25/2024
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
- One Superior Drive
- License
- 1738575, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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All checked July 2026.
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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.