Denver · Licensed center
Smarty Pants Academy Inc.
- Small center, licensed for 27 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 5, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 · 2 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 4, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · December 5, 2025
2.219.B.2 · Correction due January 4, 2026
Reviewed 2 child files and observed no documentation of health statement for 1 child.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of health statement. Correct by 01/04/2026
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 6 findings
Supervisory visit · February 20, 2024
2.219.B.2 · Correction due March 20, 2024
Reviewed 2 child files and observed no current documentation of health statement for 1 child.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current health statement for all children within 30 days of enrollment. Correct by 03/20/2024
Identified through director T.'s statement that she drives children as part of after school care services. Reviewed 4 staff files and observed no documentation of driver training for director T. and no documentation of driver
2.230.B · Correction due February 20, 2024
Broken plastic fencing on the playground with sharp edges exposed, adult scissors on the desk in the office all accessible to children and posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately make all hazardous items and areas inaccessible to children. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. CORRECTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION - director moved adult scissors to the kitchen behind a locked door. Correct by 02/20/2024
2.229.C · Correction due February 20, 2024
Several bottles of cleaning solution on the half wall between the kitchen and office, a bottle of vitamins on the desk in the office all labeled 'keep out of reach of children' and accessible to children posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately make all hazardous items inaccessible to children. CORRECTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION - director moved all cleaning spray bottles to the kitchen behind a locked door making them inaccessible to children. No response required. Correct by 02/20/2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed expired documentation of Trails clearance letter for staff member D.
2.121.D.5 · Correction due February 20, 2024
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed expired documentation of FBI clearance letter for staff member D. H.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member D. H. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI Clearance Letter for staff member D. H. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/20/2024
Feb 2024 Complaint 6 findings
Complaint · February 8, 2024
2.209.A · Correction due February 8, 2024
Reviewed 5 child records and observed 3 children to have expired enrollment paperwork.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current enrollment records for all children annually. Correct by 02/08/2024
2.209.A.7 · Correction due February 8, 2024
Reviewed 5 child files and observed no documentation of current emergency medical authorization for 3 children.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of emergency medical authorization for all enrolled children annually. Correct by 02/08/2024
2.219.B.2 · Correction due February 22, 2024
Reviewed 5 child files and observed no current documentation of health statements for 2 children.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current documentation of health statements for all enrolled children. Correct by 02/22/2024
2.227.A.4
Identified through owner T. J's statement that a school aged child rode in the front seat of her personal car during a pick up of school age children from a local elementary school.
2.227.A.8 · Correction due February 8, 2024
Reviewed 5 school age child files and observed no documentation of transportation agreements for 4 children who are transported by the facility to and from their local elementary school for before and after school care at Smarty Pants Academy.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain current and complete transportation agreements for all children transported to and from school. Correct by 02/08/2024
2.227.A.2 · Correction due February 8, 2024
Reviewed 5 child files and observed no documentation of permission from parents/guardians for any transportation of children for 4 children.
Required correction: Obtain and maintain written permission from parents/guardians for transporting children. Correct by 02/08/2024
Feb 2024 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · February 8, 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
- 3155 Elizabeth St
- License
- 1538810, 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.