Denver · Licensed center
School In The Woods
- Small center, licensed for 31 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
- January 12, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 12, 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.
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 12, 2026
2.209.B.4 · Correction due January 12, 2026
Reviewed (5) children files and observed (2) children lacking current medical health statement.
Required correction: Immediately (1/12/2026) ensure the center must maintain and update annually and upon changes a copy of the child's health statement completed by a health provider. Provide written statement of compliance within the overall repsonse. Correct by 01/12/2026
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due January 12, 2026
Wooden climbing ladder, located in the toddler classroom, measuring over 18" lacking resilient surfacing.
Required correction: Immediately (1/12/2026) ensure that all climbing equipment over 18 inches has a department approved resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 01/12/2026
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · February 12, 2025
2.212.N · Correction due February 12, 2025
Reviewed (5) staff files and observed (5) staff to be lacking documentation of a signed statement stating staff have read and been trained on the program's policies and procedures for the administration of medications.
Required correction: Immediately (2/12/25) ensure all staff members have read and are trained on the center’s policies and procedures for the administration of medications. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and have been trained on the center's administration of medications policies and procedures. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 02/12/2025
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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What it costs
$1,300 a month for a toddler
Denver-area comparison hidden until they say whether these are full-time prices.
- Application fee
- $25
- Deposit
- $600, not refundable
A day here
- Calendar
- School year
- Closed
- 7 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Labor Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Spring Break
Details
- Address
- 4176 E Florida Ave
- License
- 1703680, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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What it costs
- Toddler, Preschool, Application fee, Deposit — Checked July 2026 schoolinthewoodsmontessori.org
A day here
- Calendar — Checked July 2026 schoolinthewoodsmontessori.org
- Closed — Checked July 2026 schoolinthewoodsmontessori.org/…/34fabe_6ceaa8d3816d4c9d8736b9788e5bedb1.pdf
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 schoolinthewoodsmontessori.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.