Aurora · Licensed center
Side Creek Elementary Preschool
- Small center, licensed for 40 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
- December 2, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 14, 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.
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 14, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due January 14, 2025
At the time of the visit, the facility did not have current fire or health inspections.
Required correction: Immediately ( 1/14/2025) The facility must maintain approving inspections from the local department of health and the local fire department. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 1/21/2025. Correct by 01/14/2025
Jan 2023 Complaint Founded
Complaint · January 17, 2023
Founded · 7.701.100.F.2. · General Rules · Correction due January 23, 2023
Emergency drills, lockdown and active shooter on premises drills must be held at least quarterly, but often enough so that all occupants are familiar with the drill procedure and their conduct during a drill is a matter of established routine. Fire drills must be held monthly and be consistent with local fire department procedures. Tornado drills must be held monthly from March to October. A record of all emergency drills held over the past twelve (12) months must be maintained by the facility or center, including date and time of drill, number of adults and children participating, and the amount of time taken to evacuate.
Required correction: Immediately, emergency drills must be conducted. Tornado drills must be conducted and documented March - October each year. Submit a statement of compliance by 1/30/2023
Founded · 7.702.62.D.5.c · General Requirement/Physical Care · Correction due January 23, 2023
Children who do not sleep after thirty (30) minutes must be allowed to move to another area and be provided with quiet toys and equipment to play with such as puzzles or books; and,
Required correction: Immediately, after 30 minutes of children not sleeping, children should be allowed to move to another area to utilize quiet materials. Submit a statement of compliance by 1/30/2023.
State licensing record In the file’s Dataset sheet, filter License Number to 1554891.
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.
Ask for this program’s record now
The department will also review one program’s complete file on request, which is more than either source above contains. Leave your email and Shortlist will ask for Side Creek Elementary Preschool’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 19191 Illiff Ave
- License
- 1554891, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
Run Side Creek Elementary Preschool? Correct or add anything here, free.
Add what is missingSources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 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.