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Board votes 6–1 to transition Katherine Johnson Academy into districtwide virtual program
Summary
The Green Bay Area Public School District board approved a motion to transition Katherine Johnson Academy from a K–8 school into an expanded virtual program beginning in the 2026–27 school year, using 2025–26 to reimagine the program; the amended motion passed 6–1 after debate over identity, program quality and cost implications.
The Green Bay Area Public School District board voted 6–1 on April 14 to transition Katherine Johnson (KJ) Academy from its current K–8 school structure to an expanded districtwide virtual program starting in the 2026–27 school year, using the 2025–26 year to reimagine programming.
District staff presented a memo and supporting tables with staff-to-student ratios and observations about KJ as it now operates. David Johnson, who joined the table to present the proposal, said the materials were intentionally framed around possibilities: "Everything that's included programmatically is in the language of could or would," he told the board, adding that…
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