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ABOUT US

The mission of JeffCo Kids First is to preserve our children's future by securing their present.

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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. 

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Our work is driven by our core values:

  • Laser-focus on children first

  • Unity

  • Dignified policy/fact-based action

  • Developing collaborative and dignified relationships

  • Loyalty to individual rights

  • Persistence and endurance

 

JeffCo Kids First promotes its core values through:

  • Policy accountability

  • Controversial topics transparency

  • Financial transparency

  • Academic accountability

  • Respectful partnerships with educational leaders and decision makers

  • Community outreach and education

  • Dignified communication with parents, caregivers, and taxpayers

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Our advocacy

Advocates For

Accountability, policy adherence & proactivity to ensure individual family needs & values are honored

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Classroom transparency

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Parental consent, choice & respect

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Greater communication with teachers and schools

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Consideration of sensitive topics and student backgrounds

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Unity

Advocates Against

Hate

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Division

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Veering from state standards and approved curriculum

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Removal of individual rights

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Removal of diversity

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Removal of resources and support for students

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The silencing of parents

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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 spent the past 3 years fighting pandemic restrictions and advocating for curriculum transparency and parental/guardian rights in Jefferson County Public Schools. Today, nearly 6,000 community members have united around our mission to protect the individual needs of Jefferson County children and their families.

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Since the formation of JeffCo Kids First, parents across the county have:

  • Influenced the return to normalcy for Jeffco students through open records requests, research, persistence, and advising a local pediatrician.

  • Led 4 peaceful but effective walks/protests (one drawing a news helicopter and nearly 700 people) during the pandemic.

  • Multiple local and national TV news stories advocating for kids and their parents/guardians.

  • Multiple radio appearances to secure our messaging.

  • Multiple local and national publication stories.

  • Significant influence on Jeffco Schools’ policies (including survey privacy protection relating to federal policy and protection of parental and family beliefs)

  • Ensuring enforcement of controversial issues policy in classrooms.

  • Provided over $10k in scholarships for Jefferson County students

  • Organized several community outreach efforts including: partnering with Qdoba to feed 15,000 Jeffco Schools employees, a full Christmas for a family of 7, feeding all school bus terminal workers, providing microphones for teachers wearing masks, and supplying baby items for an expectant mother in need.

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