Lakewood · Licensed center
Slater Preschool
- Small center, licensed for 40 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- March 10, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 10, 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.
Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · March 10, 2026
2.230.C.8 · Correction due March 10, 2026
On the preschool playground a scooter with busted, sharp, plastic edges and exposed wiring used to light the board of the scooter. The damage to the scooter poses a potential safety risk to children.
Required correction: All outdoor play areas used for children's activities must be checked daily and kept safe and free from hazards. Correct by 3/10/26. Staff removed the scooter and brought it to the dumpster while the Licensing Specialist was present. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 03/10/2026
Apr 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · April 24, 2025
2.237.H · Correction due April 24, 2025
One lower outlet, next to the door the leads outside to the playground, in the SRM1 classroom to be missing an outlet cover.
Required correction: In rooms used by children, all electrical outlets that are accessible to children must have protective covers, or safety outlets must be installed. Correct by 4/24/25. Staff added an outlet cover to the outlet while the Licensing Specialist was present. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 04/24/2025
2.238.C
A shelf to be obstructing the main entrance from the hallway to the classroom door of classroom SRM1. Previously cited on 9/27/24 and 2/20/25.
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · September 27, 2024
2.229.G · Correction due September 27, 2024
One roll of loose plastic trash bags on top of an organizer, accessible to children, outside of the children's restrooms.
Required correction: Loose plastic bags must be inaccessible to children. Correct by 9/27/24. Staff moved the plastic trash bags to a locked closet. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 09/27/2024
2.238.C · Correction due September 27, 2024
A table in front on the back exit blocking the back door.
Required correction: All exits must be arranged and maintained so as to provide free and unobstructed egress from all parts of the building. Correct by 9/27/24. Staff moved the table away from the door making the egress unobstructed. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 09/27/2024
Nov 2023 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · November 8, 2023
7.702.71.C · Correction due November 8, 2023
One container of hand sanitizer, labeled keep out of reach of children, accessible to children, on a lower shelf next to the classroom entrance in classroom #41.
Required correction: All items labeled keep out of reach of children must be inaccessible. Correct by 11/8/23. Staff moved the hand sanitizer to a higher shelf inaccessible to children. Corrected at the time of inspection. No response necessary. Correct by 11/08/2023
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
- 8605 W 23rd Ave
- License
- 105093, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- 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.