Wheat Ridge · Licensed center
Mountain Phoenix Community School
- Large center, licensed for 136 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- April 2, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 2, 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.
Apr 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · April 2, 2026
2.229.C · Correction due April 2, 2026
in the Sunflower room unlocked cabinet under sink to have cleaning supply and materials labeled "keep out of reach of childen" to be accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" inaccessible to children, correct immediately. Corrected at time of visit director closed cabinet with lock. No response needed. Correct by 04/02/2026
2.127.D
that the bluebird classroom had to move to another licensed space and that the new space did not have child capacity or staff to child ratio pposted.
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · April 16, 2025
2.229.G · Correction due April 16, 2025
in Bluebird classroom unlocked cabinet sink to have loose plastic bags accessible to children.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas that are inaccessible to children. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit director removed items making them inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 04/16/2025
2.229.H · Correction due April 16, 2025
In sunflower classroom an unlock label cabinet as 1st aid to have hammer and screw drives accessible to children.
Required correction: Sharp tools and instruments must be stored in area inaccessible to children. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit director removed items making them inaccessible to children. No response needed. Correct by 04/16/2025
2.229.C
In sunflower classroom an unlock label cabinet as 1st aid to have tools and dime size batteries labeled "keep out of reach of children"
Required correction: Make all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" inaccessible to children. Correct immediately, corrected
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 3, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due September 3, 2024
in sunflower classroom unlocked drawer to have vitamin, cold meds (zicam) and essential oils and homopath medication to be labeled "keep out of reach of children" to be accessible to children.
Required correction: Make all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" inaccessible to children. Correct immediately, corrected at time of visit, Director removed all items and took to office making them inaccessible. No response needed. Correct by 09/03/2024
Sep 2023 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · September 13, 2023
Correction due September 13, 2023
The ratio and capacity posting to be missing from the Blue Birds, Chickadees, and the Sunflower classroom.
Required correction: Post the ratio and capacity in all licensed classrooms. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Director posted the ratios and capacities in the classrooms. Correct by 09/13/2023
7.702.62.A.2 · Correction due September 13, 2023
The Dandelions classroom to have 12 children signed in and 14 children in attendance.
Required correction: Written attendance verification must be completed throughout the day and accurate. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The teacher signed all children in. No response is required. Correct by 09/13/2023
Several items labeled "keep out of reach of children: including sunscreen in the Chichadees classroom located in the cubbies, cleaning supplies (sanitizers) under the sink, sunscreen in the Sunflower classroom, and cleaning
7.702.71.E · Correction due September 13, 2023
Several thumbtacks in the Buttercup classroom, on a corkboard, were accessible to children under the age of three and posed a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Thumb tacks must be inaccessible to children under the age of three. Correct immediately by 9.13.2023, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 9.20.2023. Correct by 09/13/2023
7.702.71.H · Correction due September 13, 2023
A pair of adult scissors in the Dandelions classroom in an unlocked drawer and accessible to children posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Sharp tools must be stored in areas that are inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The director removed the scissors from within reach of the children. No response is required. Correct by 09/13/2023
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, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 4725 Miller St
- License
- 1609502, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.