Sheridan · Licensed center
Rising Star Early Learning Center
- Large center, licensed for 152 children.
- 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
- August 11, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2023 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 23, 2024. 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 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · November 3, 2025
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · September 23, 2024
2.224.C.2 · Correction due September 23, 2024
At the time of visit, in Toddler 2, a toddler was drinking a bottle while laying on their mat for nap time.
Required correction: Immediately, toddlers must be sitting while eating or drinking. Submit a written statement of compliance by 10/23/2024. Correct by 09/23/2024
2.223.A.2 · Correction due September 23, 2024
At the time of visit, in Toddler 3, there were 8 children in care and only 7 children on the attendance roster. Throughout the facility, staff were not tracking transitions.
Required correction: Immediately, staff members must track transitions and attendance rosters must be accurate at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance by 10/23/2024. Correct by 09/23/2024
Nov 2023 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · November 2, 2023
7.702.62.A.2 · Correction due November 2, 2023
At the time of visit, in the Preschool 3 classroom, the attendance roster stated there were 10 children in care, but there were only 9 children in the room.
Required correction: Immediately, the time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Corrected at time of visit, the classroom teacher signed out a child who had left for the day, correcting the attendance roster. Submit a written statement of future compliance by 12/2/2023. Correct by 11/02/2023
7.702.62.C.2.a
At the time of visit, in the Infant 1 classroom, a mattress had a loose sheet; no infant was sleeping in the crib.
Required correction: Immediately, all mattresses for cribs and futons must have a properly fitted sheet at all times. Corrected at time
7.702.66.C.3 · Correction due November 2, 2023
At the time of visit, two vans used for transporting children were missing First Aid kits.
Required correction: Immediately, in each vehicle used to transport children, drivers must have access to a First Aid kit at all times. Corrected at time of visit, the director put a First Aid kit in each van. Submit a written statement of compliance by 12/2/2023. Correct by 11/02/2023
7.702.72.B · Correction due November 2, 2023
At the time of visit, on the Preschool playground, a wooden bridge had loose posts and exposed screws creating a safety hazard for children.
Required correction: Immediately, all outdoor equipment must be safe and free of hazards. Submit photo documentation and a written statement of compliance by 12/2/2023. Correct by 11/02/2023
7.702.42.B · Correction due November 2, 2023
Reviewed 19 staff files. R.H. missing a current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately, review all staff files. All staff must complete a Department-approved Standard Precautions training which must be renewed annually. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 12/2/2023. Correct by 11/02/2023
Reviewed 19 staff files. R.H. and P.S. missing documentation of a current child abuse prevention
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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Details
- Address
- 3400 S Federal Blvd, Unit D
- License
- 1564578, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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All checked July 2026.
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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.