A former Jeffco Public Schools counselor will spend two decades on probation after admitting to sexually assaulting a student.

Jefferson County District Judge Diego Hunt sentenced 29-year-old Chloe Castro to 20 years to life of Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation and three years of community corrections Thursday afternoon on one count of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust — officially ending a case that started in October 2024.

She will also be placed on the sex offender registration for life.

Castro pleaded guilty to the charge in February, with the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office dropping two other charges as part of the deal. According to Deputy District Attorney Tyra Forbes, she could have been sentenced to four to 12 years in prison and a possible lifetime of probation.

Castro worked as a social worker at Manning Middle School, Drake Middle School and Wheat Ridge High School since August 2024, according to Jeffco Public Schools, with work in schools starting in 2021.

The social worker had started a relationship with a student, telling the boy they couldn’t have sex until he turned 18, but there was cuddling, kissing and police found nude photos on Castro’s phone.

“Countless” messages were found between the child and Castro, according to the victim’s mother, Lia Flynn.

“If (Castro) gets off, what are the next defendants going to get? This case stands to show what’s going to happen in the other cases. This isn’t OK,” Flynn told The Denver Gazette in January. “This isn’t good enough.”

Castro’s case was one of eight sexual misconduct-related incidents throughout Jeffco Public Schools between the end of 2023 and March 2026, including an investigation into David Weiss, the school district’s former chief of schools, that involved possession of child sexual assault material in December 2024.

A Creighton Middle School employee, 30-year-old Luis Robles–Luevanos, was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and one count of criminal attempt to commit sexual assault in February 2024.

Just this week, Robles-Luevanos was found not guilty following a Jefferson County trial.

Meanwhile, former Green Mountain High School psychologist James Chevrier was found guilty of five counts in January, including child sexual assault, and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 30.