Golden · Licensed center
South Table Mountain Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 86 children.
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
- March 30, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 30, 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 2 findings
Supervisory visit · March 30, 2026
2.209.A.7 · Correction due March 30, 2026
Licensing Specialist reviewed 7 child files and observed 3 children to have expired emergency medical authorization.
Required correction: Obtain current written authorization for emergency medical care. Correct by 3/30/26. Document compliance to Specialist by 4/30/26. Correct by 03/30/2026
2.213.F
Licensing Specialist reviewed 10 staff files and observed staff member #2 to missing CPR/1st Aid or the department approved CPR/1st Aid module.
May 2025 Supervisory visit 10 findings
Supervisory visit · May 15, 2025
2.213.M · Correction due June 15, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed C.J., K.B., B.C., H.K., A.L., L.P., J.S. and J.S. to be missing 15 hours of annual ongoing professional development.
Required correction: All staff who work with children must complete a minimum of fifteen (15) clock hours of ongoing professional development each year, beginning with the start date of the employee. At least three (3) clock hours per year must be in the focus of social-emotional development. Correct by 6/15/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/15/25. Correct by 06/15/2025
2.213.F
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed J.S., J.S., A.R., C.J., H.K., A.L., and L.P. to have expired CPR/1st Aid training and no documentation of completion of the first aid and CPR module. Observed R. A.P. to be missing the CPR/1st aid module.
2.213.G · Correction due May 15, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed B.C. and H.K. to have an expired child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Obtain a current child abuse prevention training. Correct by 5/15/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/15/25. Correct by 05/15/2025
2.213.I · Correction due June 15, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed H.K. to be missing the Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training.
Required correction: Obtain a Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training. Correct by 6/15/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/15/25. Correct by 06/15/2025
2.220.J
Two expired epi-pen's in the Preschool #2 classroom.
2.120.I · Correction due May 15, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed J.S. to have an expired TRAILS background check.
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 J. S. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS, for staff member J. S. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 5/15/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/15/25. Correct by 05/15/2025
2.213.H · Correction due June 15, 2025
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed J.S. to be missing the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Educations Programs training.
Required correction: Obtain a Early Intervention and Preschool Special Educations Programs training. Correct by 6/15/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/15/25. Correct by 06/15/2025
2.122.A · Correction due May 15, 2025
Facility to have a non-compliant fire inspection.
Required correction: Obtain a compliant fire inspection. Correct by 5/15/25. Document compliance to Specialist by 6/15/25. Correct by 05/15/2025
2.209.B.4 · Correction due June 15, 2025
Reviewed 8 child files and observed 3 children to have expired health statements and observed 3 children to be missing health statements.
Required correction: Obtain a copy of each child's current health statement. Correct by 6/15/25. Document compliace to Specialist by 6/15/25. Correct by 06/15/2025
2.219.B.1
Reviewed 8 child files and observed 3 children to be missing documentation of immunization status.
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
- Website
- goldenpreschool.org
- Address
- 17701 W 16th Ave
- License
- 89464, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 goldenpreschool.org
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
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.