Littleton · Licensed center

Littleton Montessori

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
June 9, 2026
On file
3 visits since June 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 9, 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.

Jun 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · June 9, 2026

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due June 9, 2026

Resilient surfacing under the red and tan climbing structure on the preschool playground to be less than 6 inches, with dirt exposed in some areas and cement exposed under the red slide, posing a safety hazard. Several holes in the poured resilient surfacing on the toddler playground, posing a tripping hazard. 2 caterpillar climbers measuring over 18 inches, located on non-resilient surfacing.

Required correction: All climbing equipment over 18inches must have resilient surfacing of at least 6inches. Correct by 06/09/2026

2.230.C.1.d · Correction due June 9, 2026

No documentation for ASTM statndard for poured-in-place resliant surfacing on the toddler playground.

Required correction: All poured-in-place resiliant surfacing must have written documentation from the manufacturer meeting current federal safety standards. Correct by 06/09/2026

State records file

Jun 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · June 13, 2025

2.120.C.1.a · Correction due June 13, 2025

Reviewed 11 staff files, observed D.A. to be missing documentation of current TRAILS clearance letter.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member D. A. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff member D. A. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 06/13/2025

State records file

Jun 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · June 17, 2024

2.229.L · Correction due June 17, 2024

A plastic bag full of small black plastic parts, accessible to children, on the toddler playground. Observed a screw and a small piece of equipment in the Lavender classroom, to come apart from a piece of equipment, accessible to children. Observed these items to pose a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: Toys, toy parts, furnishings, and equipment or materials must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Director removed the plastic and the screw from within reach of children no response required. Correct by 06/17/2024

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

Address
6923 W Chatfield Ave
License
1657374, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 1

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All checked July 2026.

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.