Maggie Bryan joined the Denver7 team in June 2025 as a morning reporter.
Jefferson County Public Schools parents are demanding answers after learning school district leaders received a third-party safety audit flagging 153 imminent threats — including a hit list with 15 names — a month before the shooting at Evergreen High School, but never released it to the public.
The audit was conducted by student safety firm Gaggle, which was given access to the district's Google Workspace, including Google Drive and email accounts belonging to students, from February to April 2025. In the report, the company said it looked for questionable content, such as cyberbullying and graphic or sexual stories, as well as imminent threats, including references to self-harm, violence, and domestic abuse.
▶ Denver7's Maggie Bryan talks with concerned parents who called for transparency at Monday's school board meeting and presses the school for answersIn the report given to the school district last August, Gaggle said it found 153 imminent threats, including multiple references to suicidal ideation, ongoing self-harm, domestic abuse and potential acts of violence towards others. Among the findings: a file containing the words 'Hit List' in large font with a list of around 15 names, which the company said it assumed were names of other students.
Read the report: Lindsay Datko, a parent of three Jeffco Public Schools students and the executive director of Jeffco Kids First, said she received a copy of the safety audit last week through a public records request to the school district.
'The safety audit was extremely concerning,' Datko said. 'It seems that students are crying out for help in different ways, and it needs to be firmly addressed. 'Heather Gunsallus, a spokesperson for Gaggle, said what the audit found in Jeffco Public Schools was 'serious and warranted prompt attention. ' She said according to the company’s data, school districts comparable in size to Jeffco average about 67 imminent threats over a 10-week period.
Jeffco more than doubled that average, with 153 flagged threats. Parent Jeremy Garst said he questions whether the school district did enough to protect students before a shooter opened fire at Evergreen High School eight months ago. On Sept. 10, 2025, an Evergreen High School student shot two of his classmates before turning the gun on himself.
The motive for the shooting remains unknown, but we know the FBI was investigating the social media accounts connected to the 16-year-old boy two months before the attack. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said a day after the shooting the teen had been 'radicalized.
''Was he flagged in this report? Was he mentioned in this report?
' questioned Garst. 'Did they coordinate and bring parents in the loop when a student was suicidal or expressed, you know, an intent to harm other students? What was the process? Were these parents brought into that conversation, or were they kept in the dark too?
'In an emailed statement to Denver7, a spokesperson for Jeffco Public Schools said school district staff reviewed the Gaggle report and found the vast majority of information was 'already known through safety systems and reporting pathways. ' The spokesperson said any new information was 'appropriately followed up on.
'Full statement from Jeffco Public Schools:Garst and other parents called for transparency from district leadership at Monday night's school board meeting, questioning why the district did not release the report to the community before a records request. 'The audit just skims the surface. I think it shows there's an issue,' Datko said.
'I think it's up to the district to find out how that's going to be resolved and to communicate that very clearly to the community. '
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