Parker · Licensed center
The Learning Experience
- Large center, licensed for 148 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
- March 3, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since January 2024 · 7 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 17, 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.
Mar 2026 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · March 3, 2026
Aug 2025 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · August 18, 2025
Jul 2025 Complaint
Complaint · July 17, 2025
2.236.A.1 · Correction due July 17, 2025
Identified through staff statements that a purse with items that should be kept out of reach of children had been accessible in the office.
Required correction: If the office is accessible to children it must be free of hazards. Correct immediately and respond with written statement of compliance. Correct by 07/17/2025
Jul 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · July 17, 2025
Jun 2025 Complaint
Complaint · June 3, 2025
2.217.A.15 · Correction due June 3, 2025
While reviewing name to face attendance sheets, it was identified that Infant A was over capacity with 12 children in the classroom for approx 10 minutes on the morning of 5/13/25.
Required correction: Maximum group size must be maintained at all times. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 06/03/2025
Jun 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · June 3, 2025
Dec 2024 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · December 20, 2024
2.213.B · Correction due December 20, 2024
Reviewed 16 staff files and found S.V. to have an expired Standard Precautions training.
Required correction: All staff must complete Standard Precautions training, and renew the training annually. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 12/20/2024
2.213.F · Correction due December 20, 2024
Reviewed 16 staff files and found N.C. and B.L. to be missing either the full CPR/First Aid training or the Intro to First Aid and CPR training.
Required correction: All staff must complete either the full CPR/First Aid training or the Intro to First Aid and CPR training, and renew the training every two years. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 12/20/2024
2.213.G · Correction due December 20, 2024
Reviewed 16 staff files and found S.V. and J. S.N. to have expired Mandatory Reporter training and A.T. to be missing documentation of completion of the Mandatory Reporter training.
Required correction: All staff must complete Mandatory Reporter training, and renew the training annually. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 12/20/2024
2.213.L · Correction due January 20, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff files and found A.L. to be missing documentation of at least one hour of Child Development training.
Required correction: All staff must have at least one hour of child development training. Correct and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 01/20/2025
2.121.D
Reviewed 16 staff files and found A.K. to be missing documentation of their FBI clearance letter.
Required correction: All clearance letters must be available for review.
2.219.B.2 · Correction due January 20, 2025
Reviewed 12 child files and found 2 children to have expired health statements
Required correction: All children must have current health statements on file within 30 days of enrollment and 30 days of expiration. Correct and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 01/20/2025
2.212.G · Correction due January 20, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff files and found R.S. to be missing documentation of a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or health care provider.
Required correction: All staff must have a current medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or health care provider on file within 30 days of hire. Correct and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 01/20/2025
2.213.D · Correction due December 20, 2024
Reviewed 16 staff file and found N.C. to have an expired Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma training.
Required correction: All staff who work with children under the age of 3 must complete Shaken Baby/Abusive Head Trauma training, and renew the training every 2 years. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completion with written response. Correct by 12/20/2024
May 2024 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · May 13, 2024
Jan 2024 Original visit 8 findings
Original visit · January 24, 2024
2.230.B · Correction due January 24, 2024
On the Preschool playground there is a pallet and a drain spout in the play area creating a hazard. In the hallway, there are cords hanging down under the water fountain, creating a hazard.
Required correction: Indoor and outdoor areas must be free of hazards. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. **Corrected at the time of the inspection, cords under the water fountain were secured, and the pallet and drain spout were removed from the playground. ** No response is required. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.209.A.5 · Correction due January 24, 2024
Child admission records did not have space for the preferred hospital name, address and phone number to be listed.
Required correction: Admission records must include space for the preferred hospital name, address and phone number to be listed. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.217.C.1.a · Correction due January 24, 2024
The program did not have a Child Care Health Consultant.
Required correction: Centers must have a monthly consultation with a Child Care Health Consultant. Correct immediately and send documentation of the Child Care Health Consultant qualifications with written response. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.217.A.9 · Correction due January 24, 2024
There were no staff at the program with current medication administration training and delegation.
Required correction: There needs to be at least one staff member with current medication administration training and delegation must be on duty at all times. Correct immediately and respond with documentation of medication training and delegation with written response. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.216.B.1.a.1
The Program did not have an Infant Program Supervisor.
2.216.A.1 · Correction due January 24, 2024
There was not an ECT teacher assigned to the Toddler A, Twaddlers, Preppers, Preschool 1A, Preschool 2A and Preschool 1B classrooms.
Required correction: There must be an ECT assigned to each group of children. Correct immediately and respond with documentation qualifications with written response. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.211.B · Correction due January 24, 2024
Staff files were not available for review.
Required correction: Staff files must be available for review. Correct immediately and provide documentation of completed staff files with written response. Correct by 01/24/2024
2.121.D.4.a
Reviewed 2 staff files and found that N. and T. did not have CBI letters that were completed with the correct CONCJ number.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's
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
- 12215 Pardee St.
- License
- 1778564, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
- Chain
- The Learning Experience
- Owner
- The Learning Experience brand is owned by Harvest Partners, a private-equity firm. Most of its schools are owned by franchisees.
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Chain — Checked October 2026 thelearningexperience.com
- Owner — Checked October 2026 harvestpartners.com
The private-equity firm Harvest Partners lists The Learning Experience as a current investment, made in July 2025, and describes it as a franchisor and operator of early childhood education schools. So a single center may be run by a franchisee or by the company. harvestpartners.com
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.