Aurora · Licensed center
The Journey Preschool
- Large center, licensed for 139 children.
- A public school program, per Colorado's licensing records.
What the state has found
The state lists 2 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
- February 27, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 27, 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.
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · February 27, 2025
2.237.B · Correction due February 27, 2025
At the time of visit, observed in rooms 102 Orange, 105 Red, 111 Yellow, 115 Purple, 120 Blue and 123 Green to have paint chipping throughout the rooms.
Required correction: Immediately 2/27/2025, Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 3/27/2025 Correct by 02/27/2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due February 27, 2025
At the time of visit, observed on the playground next to the green slide to be lacking six inches of resilient surfacing surrounding the equipment.
Required correction: Immediately 2/27/2025, All climbing equipment eighteen inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Submit documentation and a written statement of compliance by 3/27/2025 Correct by 02/27/2025
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 5 findings
Supervisory visit · April 10, 2024
2.213.G · Correction due May 10, 2024
Reviewed 19 files and observed 3 files (C.M., J.Y., & E.C., .) lacking current documentation of a Department approved training about child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Review all staff files. Within thirty days of employment all employees must be trained using a Department approved training about child abuse prevention, renewed annually. Submit documentation and statement of compliance. Correct by 05/10/2024
Reviewed 19 files and observed 1 file (E.O.) lacking current documentation of the Department approved
2.213.I · Correction due May 10, 2024
Reviewed 19 files and observed 1 file (E.O.) lacking current documentation of the Department approved training course Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals.
Required correction: Review all staff files. Within ninety days of employment, all staff must complete the Department approved training course Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals. Submit documentation and statement of compliance. Correct by 05/10/2024
2.213.L
Reviewed 19 files and observed 2 files (E.O. & C.F.) lacking current documentation of at least one hour of child development training.
2.122.A · Correction due May 10, 2024
At time of visit observed lack of current documentation of an approving inspection report from the local fire department.
Required correction: All child care facilities must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local fire department. Correct by 05/10/2024
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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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
- 4360 S Pitkin St
- License
- 1733133, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 4
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Details
- Website — Checked April 2026 earlychildhood.cherrycreekschools.org
- 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
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.