Updated 9:35 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.
Aurora Public Schools and Adams County School District 14 will close all campuses to students Friday, while some Denver schools will be delayed.
The districts expect significant numbers of teachers and staff will be absent as part of an organized protest against the Trump administration and its immigration policies.
"Due to a higher than anticipated number of staff absences that continue to grow across the district, we will not be able to safely operate schools Friday, Jan. 30," Aurora school officials told parents. The district will instead hold school Friday, Feb. 6, which previously was scheduled as a professional release day.
The following Denver Public Schools campuses will open two hours late:
- George Washington High School
- North High School
- South High School
- East High School
- Joe Shoemaker Elementary
- McMeen Elementary
DPS announced the delays around 7 a.m. Friday while confirming that other schools would operate as usual.
DPS is “monitoring the situation,” wrote spokesperson Scott Pribble on Thursday. Other major districts, including in Jefferson and Douglas counties, had not announced closures as of late Thursday.
At least one Denver charter school, Odyssey School of Denver, told parents that it would close for Friday. Charter schools are not directly managed by DPS.
The Boulder Valley School District warned that while schools would remain open, after-school activities could be disrupted and student absences would be excused.
"Today, without warning, nearly a quarter of our teachers submitted leave for tomorrow. As a result, our ability to operate school normally tomorrow will be impacted at many of our schools," BVSD officials wrote.
Friday is the planned date of a “National Shutdown,” with organizers calling for a nationwide day of “no school, no work and no shopping.”But the Colorado Education Association discouraged teachers from calling out of work en masse.
“We appreciate all our members’ conviction in their beliefs, and passion for our union in these times. One theme in many of the responses we received was that now more than ever, we need to be there for our students,” wrote Kevin Vick, president of the CEA, in a letter to members
“It is with this sentiment in mind that we are not calling for a mass action that would close schools. However, individual members remain free to act according to their conscience.”
Vick suggested that teachers upset with the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minnesota — including federal agents’ killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — could instead take actions like wearing blue in solidarity, posting to social media or organizing “a walk-in, or walk-out at contract time.”
Last year, DPS fired four employees accused of participating in a coordinated sick-out protest over a personnel matter. They were sergeants in the district’s safety department.
Other events planned for Friday include a Minnesota solidarity rally at 2 p.m. at La Alma/Lincoln Park. Restaurants and other businesses also have announced they’ll close.
