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Montessori Sch Of Washington Park

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
May 14, 2026
On file
3 visits since July 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 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.

May 2026 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Jun 2025 Supervisory visit 9 findings

Supervisory visit · June 16, 2025

2.223.A.2 · Correction due June 16, 2025

At the time of the visit in the multi-purpose room, there were 16 children in the classroom but only 15 children were on the written attendance verification form.

Required correction: Immediately ( 6/16/2025), The time a child arrives and leaves the center must be recorded. **Corrected at the time of the visit when the teacher signed the other child into the classroom. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 7/16/2025. Correct by 06/16/2025

2.237.B

At the time of the visit, observed 3 broken floor tiles in the multi-purpose room.

Required correction: Immediately ( 6/16/2025), buildings must be kept in good repair.

2.230.C.6 · Correction due June 16, 2025

At the time of the visit, observed on playground 3 that the plastic climbing wall had separated from the platform, posing a strangulation hazard to children.

Required correction: Immediately ( 6/16/2025), all playground equipment must be designed to guard against entrapment. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 7/16/2025. Correct by 06/16/2025

2.229.G · Correction due June 16, 2025

At the time of the visit, observed in Primary 1, loose plastic bags in an unlocked cabinet under the sink, accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately ( 6/16/2025), loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children. **Corrected at the time of the visit when the teacher moved the items to a cabinet out of reach of children, making the plastic bags inaccessible to children. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 7/16/2025. Correct by 06/16/2025

2.230.B · Correction due June 16, 2025

At the the time of the visit, observed on playground 2, a black pvc water line that posed a tripping hazard to children.

Required correction: Immediately ( 6/16/2025), indoor and outdoor furnishing must be free of hazards. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 7/16/2025. Correct by 06/16/2025

At the time of the visit, observed in the toddler 1 classroom, an uncovered outlet, accessible to children.

2.213.B · Correction due June 16, 2025

Reviewed 15 staff files and observed B.M. to be lacking a Department-approved standard precautions training.

Required correction: Immediately ( 6/16/2025), all staff must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 7/16/2025. Correct by 06/16/2025

2.229.R.7 · Correction due July 16, 2025

At the time of the visit, observed music to be lacking in the Primary 1 classroom.

Required correction: A variety of material, including music, must be available to children. **Corrected at the time of the visit when the director brought musical instruments to the classroom. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 7/16/2025. Correct by 07/16/2025

2.229.C · Correction due June 16, 2025

At the time of the visit, observed rodent traps behind an outdoor play kitchen, to be accessible to children.

Required correction: Immediately (6/16/2025), all items labeled "keep out of reach of children", must be inaccessible to children. **Corrected at the time of the visit when the director removed the rodent traps, making the traps inaccessible to children. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 7/16/2025. Correct by 06/16/2025

State records file

Jul 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · July 9, 2024

2.223.A.2 · Correction due July 9, 2024

Classrooms are not completing written attendance verification periodically throughout the day.

Required correction: Immediately, written attendance verification must be completed periodically throughout the day. Submit a written statement of compliance by 7/16/2024 Correct by 07/09/2024

2.230.B · Correction due July 9, 2024

On the Big Playground, the fence had some loose boards and nails that need to be hammered in to prevent a potential hazard. The felt material under the woodchips is exposed, causing a potential tripping hazard.

Required correction: Immediately, all outdoor areas must be free of hazards. Submit a written statement of compliance by 7/16/2024. Correct by 07/09/2024

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

Website
mswp.org
Address
2695 South Jersey Street
License
47520, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 2
Ownership
Non-profit

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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.