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Board approves Harborside Academy’s conversion from charter to district choice school
Summary
The Kenosha Unified School District board voted to convert Harborside Academy from a district instrumentality charter to a district choice school effective Jan. 26, 2026; presenters said current students would retain enrollment and the change would align budgeting and administrative supports without changing the school’s core expeditionary model.
The Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education voted to convert Harborside Academy from a district instrumentality charter school to a district choice school effective Jan. 26, 2026.
Administrators recommended the change, saying the move will align Harborside with district systems, streamline budgeting, tech support and curriculum adoption, and preserve the school’s expeditionary learning model. Michelle Santelli, the district’s…
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