It was once called the “Ritz-Carlton of day care.” Now this Colorado child care center is at risk of losing its license.

It was once called the “Ritz-Carlton of day care.” Now this Colorado child care center is at risk of losing its license.

When Crème de la Crème opened its $5 million day care facility in Lone Tree in 1999, it promised to be the largest, priciest and most advanced child care center in Colorado. The Greenwood Village-based company, which now boasts 47 locations across 14 states, “aspires to be the Harvard — or perhaps the Ritz Carlton — of day care,” the Rocky Mountain News reported in a 1998 article. Its “Disneyland-like” amenities included a 32-foot-high atrium ho…