Commerce City · Licensed center

Sd27J Preschool @ Second Creek Elementary

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
September 25, 2026
On file
4 visits since December 2023
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 4, 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.

Sep 2026 Supervisory visit report not read
Nov 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings

Supervisory visit · November 4, 2025

2.222.A.1.b · Correction due November 4, 2025

In the bathrooms in pod #1, #2, #5 and #6, there was unlocked diaper changing stations that were storing diapering supplies, accessible to children.

Required correction: Ensure that all diaper changing supplies are inaccessible at all times. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by locking all of the changing stations and making the diapering supplies inaccessible. No response required. Correct by 11/04/2025

2.229.B

In pod # 2 there was window blind cords freely hanging, accessible to children and posing a potential hazard

Required correction: Ensure that window blind cords are inaccessible at all times. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit

2.229.C · Correction due November 4, 2025

In pod # 6 there was hand sanitizer labeled "keep out of reach" and accessible to children.

Required correction: Ensure that all items labeled "keep out of reach" are inaccessible at all times. Correct Immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by removing the sanitizer and putting it on top of a high shelf, making inaccessible. No response required. Correct by 11/04/2025

2.230.C.1.c · Correction due November 4, 2025

On the playground, under the swings there was less than six inches of resilient material due to children kicking the materials out from under the swings.

Required correction: Ensure that there is at least 6 inches of resilient material on the playground in the use zones. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by an extra staff member going out and raking the materials into place, meeting the six inch depth requirement. No response required. Correct by 11/04/2025

2.237.H · Correction due November 4, 2025

In pod #6 there was a power strip accessible to children that had 3 open outlets that were not covered.

Required correction: Ensure that all outlets have safety covers. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by placing outlet covers into the power strip and making safe. No response required. Correct by 11/04/2025

State records file

Nov 2024 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Dec 2023 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · December 5, 2023

7.702.72.C.1.a · Correction due December 5, 2023

The resilient surfacing lacking the 6 inches under slide and the use zones on the preschool playground.

Required correction: All climbing equipment must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct immediately. 12/5/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/12/23. Correct by 12/05/2023

7.702.91.H · Correction due December 5, 2023

In the hallway accessing the preschool classrooms, have electrical outlets without protective covers accessible to children.

Required correction: All electrical outlets accessible children must have protective covers. Correct immediately. 12/5/23. Document compliance to Specialist by 12/12/23. Correct by 12/05/2023

State records file

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
9950 Loredo Dr
License
1610871, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 1

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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.