Aurora · Licensed center
The Sunflower School
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
- August 14, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2025
- Fixed?
- Correction was due July 28, 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.
Jul 2025 Original visit 5 findings
Original visit · July 28, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due July 28, 2025
At the time of the visit the facility did not have on file an approval letter from the fire department prior to the visit
Required correction: Correct immediately Prior to the original license being issued the facility must obtain written approval from the local fire department. Corrected at the time of the visit the director was able to obtain a clearance letter from Fire Department. No response needed Correct by 07/28/2025
2.217.A.9 · Correction due July 28, 2025
Rewiewed two staff members files both staff members (E. M. Y.H.) files were missing Department approved Med Administration training.
Required correction: Correct immediately At least one staff member with the current approved medical administration training and delegation must be on duty at all times. Submit a written statement of compliance to the specialist by 08/11/2025 Correct by 07/28/2025
2.212.G
Reviewed two staff members files one staff member (Y. H.) file was missing current medical evaluation.
2.213.B · Correction due July 28, 2025
Reviewed two staff members files one staff member (E. M.) file was missing current Standard precaution certificate
Required correction: Corrected immediately all staff members must complete a department approved standard precautions training prior to working with children. Submit a written statement of compliance to the specialist by 08/11/2025 Correct by 07/28/2025
2.213.G · Correction due July 28, 2025
Reviewed two staff members files one staff member (E. M.) file was missing Department approved training about Child Abuse Prevention
Required correction: Corrected immediately all staff members must complete a department approvedtraining about Child Abuse Prevention prior to working with children. Submit a written statement of compliance to the specialist by 08/11/2025 Correct by 07/28/2025
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 Sunflower School’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
- 452-562 Sable Blvd
- License
- 1788416, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
Run The Sunflower School? Correct or add anything here, free.
Add what is missingSources 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.
Details
- 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
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.