Denver · Licensed center
Sewall Child Development Center
- Large center, licensed for 150 children.
- 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
- December 9, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 9, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · December 9, 2025
2.220.D · Correction due December 9, 2025
Reviewed a child's medication and it was lacking the child's last name.
Required correction: Over-the-counter medication must be kept in the originally labeled container and be labeled with the child's first and last name. ***Corrected at the time if the visit a staff member labeled the child's medication with the child's last name on 12/9/2025. No response needed.*** Correct by 12/09/2025
In the Little penguins classroom there was a telephone toy that had a long red string attached to the phone. The long red string was posing a possible strangulation hazard.
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · January 15, 2025
2.138.A
Reviewed the emergency drill logs and the facility was lacking a tornado drill for the month of August.
Required correction: Emergency drills must be completed. Fire dills are monthly, tornado drills are monthly March to October, and lastly active shooter and lockdown quarterly. All drills must completed and recorded. Correct immediately and respond with
2.230.C.8 · Correction due January 15, 2025
Outside on the preschool playground there were broken sharp edges on the plant boxes outside. Also there was a sprinkler hose sticking up out the ground. The broken sharp edges of the plant boxes and the sprinkler hose were accessible to children and posing safety hazards.
Required correction: All outdoor play areas must be checked daily and kept safe and free from hazadous material and broken or worn equipment including the broken sharp edges on the plant boxes outside and sprinkler hoses. Correct immediatly and respond with verifcation of compliance by 1/22/2025. Correct by 01/15/2025
Oct 2024 Complaint Founded
Complaint · October 30, 2024
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · February 21, 2024
2.223.C.1
In the infant classroom there were 4 children over 12 months sleeping on the crib mattress on the ground and not in the cribs.
2.220.C · Correction due February 21, 2024
In the Seahorse classroom reviewed medications and 1 child had an inhaler that was not in the original labeled container.
Required correction: Review and ensure that all medications must be kept in the original labeled container that must have the original pharmacy label. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 3/22/2024. Correct by 02/21/2024
2.223.A.2 · Correction due February 21, 2024
In the Jellyfish classroom there were 14 children signed in and 15 children present.
Required correction: Ensure that all children must be signed in and out of the facility each day. The time the child arrives and leaves each day must be recorded. ***Corrected at the time of the visit the director signed in the 15th child.*** No need for written statement of compliance.*** Correct by 02/21/2024
2.229.L
There were pieces of art with small foam shapes outside the Seahorse classroom door in the hall way. The small foam pieces are posing a choking hazard and are accessible to children under 3.
2.237.B · Correction due February 21, 2024
In the Sugar Gliders classroom there was peeling paint and missing drywall located on the wall next to the door leading to the playground.
Required correction: Ensure that the building is kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition that includes the peeling paint and missing drywall. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance (photos) by 3/22/2024. Correct by 02/21/2024
2.219.B.3 · Correction due March 22, 2024
Reviewed 7 children's files and 1 child under the age of 2 had an expired health statement.
Required correction: Review and ensure that all children under the age of two must have a current health statement in accordance with the AAP schedule. Correct and respond with verification of compliance by 3/22/2024. Correct by 03/22/2024
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
- 4800 N Telluride Bldg 5
- License
- 1709000, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Phone — Checked April 2026 sewall.org
- Address — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- License, Quality program — Checked March 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.