ABOUT US
The mission of JeffCo Kids First is to preserve our children's future by securing their present.
The JeffCo Kids First vision is to empower parental voice through respectful partnerships between school leaders, educators and parents and ensure a bright future for all children throughout Jefferson County School District.
Our work is driven by our core values:
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Laser-focus on children first
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Unity
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Dignified policy/fact-based action
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Developing collaborative and dignified relationships
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Loyalty to individual rights
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Persistence and endurance
JeffCo Kids First promotes its core values through:
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Policy accountability
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Controversial topics transparency
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Financial transparency
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Academic accountability
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Respectful partnerships with educational leaders and decision makers
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Community outreach and education
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Dignified communication with parents, caregivers, and taxpayers



Our advocacy
Advocates For
Accountability, policy adherence & proactivity to ensure individual family needs & values are honored
Classroom transparency
Parental consent, choice & respect
Greater communication with teachers and schools
Consideration of sensitive topics and student backgrounds
Unity
Advocates Against
Hate
Division
Veering from state standards and approved curriculum
Removal of individual rights
Removal of diversity
Removal of resources and support for students
The silencing of parents

Our history & achievements
In July 2020, 30 Jefferson County community members came together to speak up about school shutdowns. Jeffco Kids First was formed and has worked tirelessly to fight pandemic restrictions and advocate for curriculum transparency and parental/guardian rights in Jefferson County Public Schools. Today, nearly 8,000 community members have united around our mission to secure our children's future by preserving their present.




Recent Accomplishments 2024/2025 School Year Semester 2:
*Documenting and uncovering 30+ Sexual abuse/misconduct/grooming/unethical behavior issues in Jeffco Schools. Multiple local news stories shedding light on our documentation.
*Uncovering hiring /firing/reporting patterns with sexual misconduct, grooming, other unethical behavior (including previously paid settlement to employee charged with abuse, hiring child-facing employees with extensive felonies/past criminal behavior, passing employees from district to district (even to other countries).
*Meeting with state elected officials to discuss our documented discoveries and concerns.
*Connecting with Faith from Illinois who inspired Faith’s Law (a law requiring sexual misconduct disclosure before hiring).
*Columbine Homeless/Grooming Story: National/International stories inspiring criminal investigation due to documented deception from employees.
*McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act Exposure/concerns: (working with affected families to understand how the district is declaring students homeless behind parents’ backs at much higher rates than neighboring districts), placing them on government assistance, obtaining funding, explicitly failing to contact parents during the process).
*Greek Mythology Grooming Case: “You know you like older men,” Discovering emails showing the Jeffco legal department wanted a lateral move of employee after extensive grooming evidence.
*$10,000 in scholarships (now totaling $30,000 given to Jeffco grads seeking any form of higher education!
*Let us be (Superintendent to Board member): After JKF members attended a board retreat and informed us that official business had been done via text, our open records request instilled panic, leading us to uncover the district text messages fiasco regarding Dave Weiss (Chief of Schools-child sexual assault material scandal). Several media responses followed our discoveries!
*Filing a federal Civil Rights complaint regarding children of the opposite sex forced to share beds, hotel rooms, and bunk rooms with peers and high school leaders.
*Ensuring removal of flyers in high school bathrooms telling students “no questions asked” if drugs/alcohol are disposed of properly.
*Addressing high school play with pornography as the central theme, leading to implementation of an approval process at the district level.
*Inspiring overhaul of boundaries and use of the term “Trusted Adult.” This includes, removal of self-declarative trusted adult posters, school-wide contests voting for favored trusted adults, etc.
*Providing countless hours of support, resources, connections, and open records assistance to multiple families severely affected by sexual misconduct, gender ideology, and deceptive policies in Jeffco Schools.
*Preparing for defamation case Court of Appeals hearing on June 4th! (the media lost their special motion to dismiss at the district level and is now appealing).
*Beginning plans for our August 7th, 2025 “Let Them Be Little” gala. Please save the date!
Recent Accomplishments 2024/2025 School Year Semester 1:
PARENTAL DECEPTION AND PRIVACY- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY WINS FOR EVERY CHILD SET IN STONE (A 2 YEAR ENDEAVOR)
JKF/DATKO AND COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA DEFAMATION LAWSUIT SUCCESS: 2 judges dismissed special motions to dismiss and agreed that we established actual malice by clear and convincing evidence and that there is reasonable likelihood we would prevail in front of a jury.
FIREFIGHTER RELIEF: In a few days, we raised over $15,000 in funds (from 300+ donors) and 200 hours in volunteer time to provide relief. The Sheriff and county emergency management team recognized our efforts. An honor of a lifetime.
ENSTROM’S CANDY I PLEDGE PROJECT: Fun summer gathering with free ice cream for all kids who recited the pledge.
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION CALL: This meeting led to us ensuring the state removed highly controversial social studies content and added a disclaimer that the resources were not sanctioned by the Department of Ed. This then led us to influence Jeffco to remove these resources from the district altogether.
GALA WITH RILEY GAINES: Powerful evening fueling us for the year!
SUPPORTING PLAINTIFFS SEEKING EMERGENCY INJUNCTION FOR NCAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT (TRANSGENDER PLAYER SAFETY ISSUE)
AMERICAN FLAG IN EVERY CLASSROOM PROJECT: over $10,000 raised and 1,000 flags placed after every school was contacted by a team of 50 volunteers (in alignment with state statute). Beautiful news stories on this!
$5895 RAISED FOR HOPE HOUSE TEEN MOMS (GED CERTIFICATIONS AND TUTORING)
COLUMBINE TEACHER (DECLARED STUDENT HOMELESS WITH HELP OF STAFF, GROOMED HER AND MOVED WITH HER TO CA) TEACHER LICENSURE REMOVED AFTER FAMILY AND JKF WORKED 2 YEARS DESPITE JEFFCO LEGAL MAKING MINIMAL EFFORT
ENSURING REMOVAL OF GENDER-SPECTRUM BULLETIN BOARD LEADING FAMILIES TO CHOICE OUT OF THE SCHOOL
REMOVAL OF POLITICAL PETITIONS IN SCHOOLS
ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS SET FOR PROTECTED INFORMATION/PRONOUN SURVEYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
Ensuring boundaries with use of the term Trusted Adult in schools (i.e. teachers self identifying as trusted adults).
REMOVAL OF CONTROVERSIAL EMPLOYEE SIGNATURE LINKS (i.e. pronouns.org and GLSEN.org-teaching kids how to escape the website) IN EMPLOYEE SIGNATURES: Jeffco will now be providing approved signatures due to the numerous examples provided to us from around the district.
ADDRESSING AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL GSA CLUBS
ADDRESSING ELECTION SURVEYS (protected information that can’t be surveyed by law without parental permission and notice even if optional)
INAPPROPRIATE COURSE MARKETING LURING STUDENTS TO ADULT TOPICS (“SEX, POLITICS”, ETC) ADJUSTED TO ALIGN WITH APPROVED COURSE TITLE AND CURRICULUM
SUPPORTING FAMILY/VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN SCHOOLS
JEFFCO KIDS FIRST KIDS-PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS ON JEFFCO FOOD TRUCKS-WILL REMAIN FOR 10 YEARS!