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OPENair Academy

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
September 15, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2025 · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 6, 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.

Sep 2026 Original-Change of Owner visit report not read State records file
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 7 findings

Supervisory visit · March 6, 2026

2.209.A.7 · Correction due March 6, 2026

Reviewed 13 children's records and observed two children's records to be missing documentation of the required updated emergency medical authorizations.

Required correction: Obtain the required and updated emergency medial authorizations for all children's records. Correct immediately by 3.6.2026, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.6.2026. Correct by 03/06/2026

2.212.G

Reviewed 14 staff records and observed staff member 12's record to be missing documentation of the required medical statement.

2.213.B · Correction due March 6, 2026

Reviewed 14 staff records and observed records for staff member nine, 11, 12, and six to be missing documentation of the required Standard Precautions training.

Required correction: Obtain the required Standard Precautions training for all staff as required. Correct immediately by 3.6.2026, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.6.2026. Correct by 03/06/2026

2.213.C · Correction due March 6, 2026

Reviewed 14 staff records and observed records for staff members six and nine to be missing documentation of the required safe sleep training.

Required correction: Obtain the required safe sleep training for all staff members as required. Correct immediately by 3.6.2026, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.6.2026. Correct by 03/06/2026

2.213.F

Reviewed 14 staff records and observed staff member 11 to be missing documentation of the required CPR and FA module.

2.213.G · Correction due March 6, 2026

Reviewed 14 staff records and observed records for staff members nine, 11, and six to be missing documentation of the required prevention of child abuse training.

Required correction: Obtain the required prevention of child abuse training for all staff as required. Correct immediately by 3.6.2026, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 4.6.2026. Correct by 03/06/2026

2.229.C · Correction due March 6, 2026

Adhesive in the preschool A classroom, and hand soap in the toddler classroom both labeled "keep out of reach of children" 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. The items were removed from within reach of children. No response required. Correct by 03/06/2026

State records file

Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings

Supervisory visit · April 16, 2025

2.121.J.1 · Correction due April 16, 2025

Reviewed 14 staff records and observed three staff members to have lived outside of the state of Colorado in the past five years and to be missing documentation of the required out of state background clearance letter. (K.B. DOH 8.12.2024, N.H. DOH 12.19.2022, and S.P. DOH 6..2022). Observed S.P. working alone with children posing a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: The following background check requests must be submitted and successfully completed for each state an individual has resided in, in the past five years, prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access to children in child care. Correct immediately by 4.16.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.16.2025. Correct by 04/16/2025

Reviewed 14 staff records and observed two staff members H. H. (DOH 9.17.2012) and K.B. (DOH 8.12.2024), to be missing the required CPR and First Aid module.

2.220.A · Correction due April 15, 2025

Expired allergy medication and a health care plan associated with the allergy medication that did not document parental consent.

Required correction: Medications must not be expired and must accompany parental consent. Correct immediately by 4.16.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.16.2025. Correct by 04/15/2025

2.220.K · Correction due April 16, 2025

Reviewed 12 children's records and observed one child's record to be missing documentation of the required written topical preparations authorization.

Required correction: Obtain written authorization from parent(s)/guardian(s) to apply topical preparations. Correct immediately by 4.16.2025, and submit a written statement of compliance to the Specialist by 5.16.2025. Correct by 04/16/2025

The most recent fire inspection was not approving and requiring a follow up inspection from the local fire

State records file

Jun 2024 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · June 21, 2024

The state’s report (PDF)

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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How they teach

Reggio Emilia–inspired

“OPENair Academy is inspired by the Reggio Emilia schools of northern Italy.”

A day here

Schedule
full-time and part-time

Details

Website
openairacademy.com
Address
2501 Dallas St #133
License
1799320, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 1
Ages they serve
6 weeks through 5 years

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How they teach

A day here

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.