Aurora · Licensed center
Mountain Juniper Montessori
- Small Montessori center, licensed for 30 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
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
- April 1, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024
- Fixed?
- Shortlist has not read Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s reports for this provider, so what they cited is not known.
- Most serious
- Shortlist has not read the reports Colorado Department of Early Childhood published for these visits, so nothing here says what they found.
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.
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, and ratios and staff aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Montessori
“The Montessori approach is a child-centered, hands-on-learning pedagogy rooted in peace education and global mindedness.”
What it costs
$840 to $1,440 a month
Denver-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
A day here
- Hours
- 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- Meals
- Does not provide lunch; families send meals from home to share as a community
- Outdoors
- Prioritizes outdoor learning, seasonal rhythms, and time in nature
- Sleep
- Scheduled rest/transition time 12:30-2:00 PM in the Primary daily routine (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Closed
- 9 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Labor Day, Thanksgiving break, Winter Break (Dec 22-31 and Jan 1-5), a January holiday, Presidents' Day, Spring Break (Mar 9-13), a May holiday, and Fourth of July (observed), plus numerous staff PD closure days (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Per the school's posted CDPHE 'How Sick is too Sick?' guidance: fever-free 24 hours without fever-reducing medication required before returning (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Special needs
- Student Services support IEPs, multi-language learners, gifted and talented, READ plans, 504, and other accommodations as needed (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Website
- wfcopublicschools.org
- Address
- 1330 S. Potomac St.
- License
- 1775507, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
- Ages they serve
- Ages three to six years old, including Kindergarten (Preschool & Kindergarten Primary program)
- Established
- 2023
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org
What it costs
- Monthly tuition — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org
- Sleep, Hours — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org
- Closed — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org/…/bcfd34_4372de3460f9480bb577572cbdff394d.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org/…/b4f45b_003dfad46918437ca563873d05070b3d.pdf
- Special needs — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org
Details
- Website, Established — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 wfcopublicschools.org
- Who runs it — Checked October 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.