Littleton · Licensed center
Mt. Carbon Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 60 children.
- Run by a school district, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 15 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 22, 2026
- On file
- 15 visits since September 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 9, 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 1 finding
Supervisory visit · December 9, 2025
2.218.C.3 · Correction due December 9, 2025
Missing health care plan for CH2 in the T4 classroom requiring emergency medication.
Required correction: Obtain required individual health care plan for CH2. Correct by 12/09/2025
Dec 2024 Probationary visit 1 finding
Probationary visit · December 9, 2024
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due December 9, 2024
There to be as little as two inches of resilient under the swings. The ground was frozen posing a potential safety hazard. Identified through staff statements that the swings are not closed and children are currently using the swings.
Required correction: All climbing equipment that measures over 18 inches in height must have at least six inches of resilient surfacing. Correct immediately by 12.16.2024 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist. Correct by 12/09/2024
Sep 2024 Probationary visit 1 finding
Probationary visit · September 27, 2024
2.223.D.5.a.1 · Correction due September 27, 2024
Several cots in the T6 classroom to be within two feet of each other.
Required correction: Cots must be at least two feet apart from each other o all sides. Correct immediately by 9.27.2024 and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 10.4.2024. Correct by 09/27/2024
May 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · May 16, 2024
2.229.C · Correction due May 16, 2024
A bottle of sunscreen labeled "keep out of reach of children" accessible to children, on a cart near the exterior door in the T6 classroom, accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. No response required. Correct by 05/16/2024
May 2024 Limited Supervisory visit 1 finding
Limited Supervisory visit · May 3, 2024
2.223.A.1 · Correction due May 3, 2024
CH1 was left in the bathroom, on 4.11.2024, for approximately 35 seconds alone and unsupervised posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: All children must be directly supervised at all times. Correct immediately by 5.3.2024, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.10.2024. Correct by 05/03/2024
Sep 2023 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 21, 2023
7.702.91.H · Correction due September 21, 2023
In the T6 classroom observed a powerstrip on the counter with an uncovered outlet accessible to children posing a potential safety hazard.
Required correction: Electrical outlets must be inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The powerstrip was removed from within reach of children. No response required. Correct by 09/21/2023
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
- 12776 W Cross Ave
- License
- 11918, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
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.