Aurora · Licensed center
Orchard Valley Learning Center
- Large center, licensed for 242 children.
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
- November 25, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 25, 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.
Nov 2025 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · November 25, 2025
2.229.K.2 · Correction due November 25, 2025
At the time of visit, observed in the Sleeping Bears classroom no cribs labeled as emergency or evacuation cribs.
Required correction: Immediately. 11/25/2025. Evacuation equipment must be labeled for easy identification. Submit documentation and written statement of compliance by 12/25/2025. Correct by 11/25/2025
2.224.B.7
At the time of visit, observed in the Little River classroom 1 infant in a bouncy chair feeding themselves.
2.237.B · Correction due November 25, 2025
At the time of visit, observed in the Klondike and Kings Canyon rooms, chipped paint on the colorful walls (Blue wall and pink wall). Observed in the Klondike room 2 holes in the wall.
Required correction: Immediately. 11/25/2025. Building must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Submit documentation and written statement of compliance by 12/25/2025. Correct by 11/25/2025
2.237.H · Correction due November 25, 2025
At the time of visit, observed in the Redwood room an exposed electric outlet accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately. 11/25/2025. In rooms used by children, all electrical outlets that are accessible to children must have protective covers. Submit documentation and written statement of compliance by 12/25/2025. Correct by 11/25/2025
2.209.B.4 · Correction due November 25, 2025
At the time of visit, reviewed 11 child files. Observed 2 files missing updated health statements completed by a health care provider.
Required correction: Immediately. 11/25/2025. The center must maintain and update the child's health statement by the health care provider. Submit written statement of compliance by 12/25/2025. Correct by 11/25/2025
At the time of visit, observed in the sleeping bears classroom an infant space lacking a sound monitor and
2.219.B.1 · Correction due November 25, 2025
At the time of visit, reviewed 11 child files. Observed 1 file missing updated school required immunization records completed by a health care provider.
Required correction: Immediately. 11/25/2025. At the time of admission, parents and guardians must provide for each child documentation of school required immunization status. Submit statement of compliance by 12/25/2025. Correct by 11/25/2025
2.212.A
At the time of visit, observed in the Little River infant classroom 1 infant in a bouncy chair feeding themselves, with milk actively spilling from the child's mouth.
Nov 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · November 26, 2024
2.230.B · Correction due November 26, 2024
At the time of visit, in the Kings Canyon classroom, the rug in the block area was fraying, and a shelf of the dramatic play kitchen has chipped and peeling finish.
Required correction: Immediately, all indoor equipment and furnishings must be safe and free of hazards at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the rug and play kitchen were removed form the classroom bringing the facility into compliance. No response needed. Correct by 11/26/2024
2.237.B
At the time of visit, in the Kings Canyon classroom, the carpet is fraying near the utility closet and the purple wall has a large paint chip missing.
Required correction: Immediately, buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition at all times. Partially
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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A day here
- Meals
- Breakfast, morning snack, hot home-made lunch with fruits/veggies/milk, and afternoon snack daily, included in tuition
- Outdoors
- Playground is an extension of the classroom; nature walks, picnics, and outdoor play daily weather permitting
- Calendar
- Year round
- Schedule
- Full Time, Part Time
Details
- Website
- orchardvalleylc.com
- Address
- 15100 E Orchard Rd
- License
- 20690, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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A day here
- Meals, Outdoors — Checked July 2026 orchardvalleylc.com
- Calendar, Schedule — Checked July 2026 orchardvalleylc.com
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 orchardvalleylc.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 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.