How Jeffco Kids First exposed a school cover-up that made international headlines
By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice
A Jefferson County teacher lost her license after an alleged grooming scandal involving a student at Columbine High School.
The more disturbing revelation? School officials allegedly not only failed to stop it, but facilitated a fraudulent federal declaration to help the student move in with another teacher — all without notifying her parents.
Leann Kearney, a social studies teacher at Columbine, allegedly engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student, according to state investigators. The student’s mother discovered thousands of alleged calls and text messages between the two, including a letter detailing a kiss.
But rather than stepping in to protect the student, Jeffco school staff active...