Brighton · Licensed center
SD27J Preschool @ Bright Beginning's
- Large center, licensed for 128 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- February 25, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2024
- Fixed?
- Correction was due February 25, 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.
Feb 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · February 25, 2026
2.222.A.1.b · Correction due February 25, 2026
In the bathroom between Room 136 and 137, diaper changing supplies were in unlocked plastic drawers and were accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, diaper changing supplies must be inaccessible to children at all times. Submit photo documentation and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 02/25/2026
2.223.A.2 · Correction due February 25, 2026
Confirmed through staff statements, in rooms 122 and 123, the children are transitioning between classrooms during the preschool sessions and these transitions are not being tracked throughout the day.
Required correction: Immediately, attendance verification must be completed periodically throughout the day, including during transitions between classrooms. Submit documentation of the attendance tracking tool and a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 02/25/2026
2.229.C · Correction due February 25, 2026
In room 122, a bottle of hand sanitizer labeled 'keep out of reach of children' was in a pouch on the side of the emergency backpack which was hanging low on the wall, and accessible to children.
Required correction: Immediately, all items labeled 'keep out of reach of children' must be inaccessible to children at all times. Corrected at time of visit, a classroom teacher moved the hand sanitizer to a high cabinet making it inaccessible to children, no response needed. Correct by 02/25/2026
2.230.C.1.c · Correction due February 25, 2026
On the preschool playground, the mulch within the use zone is compacted, and, as confirmed through staff statements, the mulch is not being raked regularly to maintain resiliency.
Required correction: Immediately, the mulch must be raked regularly to retain resiliency. Submit a written statement of compliance to the licensing specialist. Correct by 02/25/2026
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
- 89 N 6th Avenue
- License
- 1553736, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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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.