Boulder · Licensed center

The Cottage School North

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
January 22, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 22, 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.

Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · January 22, 2026

2.229.C · Correction due January 22, 2026

A staff purse containing items labeled "keep out of reach of children" hanging on a low hook accessible to children within the Infant 1 classroom, and laundry supplies labeled "keep out of reach of children" in a cupboard with a broken lock accessible to children within the Infant 2 classroom.

Required correction: Ensure all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible to all children at all times. ***Corrected at the time of visit. Director immediately placed the staff purse in an out of reach cabinet and replaced the broken lock on the laundry cabinet door, making all items inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 01/22/2026

2.230.B · Correction due January 22, 2026

A vinyl love seat and chair with peeling vinyl accessible to children and posing a potential hazard within the Toddler 1 classroom. Also observed 5-7 torn books accessible to children within the Preschool classroom.

Required correction: Ensure all indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings are sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. Correct immediately and document correction in written response to Specialist by 1/29/2026. Correct by 01/22/2026

2.230.C.1.a · Correction due January 22, 2026

Specialist measured less than one inch of wood chips in several areas around the climbing equipment that is over (18) inches high on the preschool playground. Specialist also observed pea gravel had blown into the wood chips, rendering the wood chips ineffective as resilient material.

Required correction: Ensure all climbing equipment (18) inches or higher has at least (6) inches of resilient surfacing throughout the use zone surrounding the equipment. Program understands the climbing equipment must be made inaccessible to children until resilient surfacing measures at least (6) inches. Correct immediately and document correction in written response to Specialist by 1/29/2026. Correct by 01/22/2026

State records file

Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · February 24, 2025

2.237.H · Correction due February 24, 2025

An uncovered electrical outlet accessible to children within the preschool classroom.

Required correction: Director immediately (2/24/2025) placed a protective cover in the outlet. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 02/24/2025

2.219.B.2 · Correction due February 24, 2025

Reviewed 8 child files and observed 1 file lacking a current health statement signed and dated by a health care provider.

Required correction: Director immediately (2/24/2025) obtained an updated health statement from the parent that is signed and dated by a health care provider. NO RESPONSE NEEDED. Correct by 02/24/2025

2.230.B

A broken sand toy accessible to children on the toddler playground, posing a potential hazard.

Required correction: Director immediately (2/24/2025) removed the toy and threw it away, making it inaccessible to children. NO

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · April 2, 2024

2.237.B · Correction due April 2, 2024

Chipping paint on the wall accessible to children within the Preschool Transitions classroom.

Required correction: Immediately (4/2/2024) ensure that all areas of the facility used for child care are kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 04/02/2024

2.219.B.2

Reviewed 8 children's files and observed 1 child's file lacking a current health statement signed and dated by health care provider.

State records file

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 The Cottage School North’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
1301 North St
License
33420, active
Quality program
Colorado Shines Level 1

Run The Cottage School North? Correct or add anything here, free.

Add what is missing
Sources 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.

All checked July 2026.

Details

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.