RECIPIENT PROFILE

CHARTER SCHOOL  | CLOSED

OPENED: 2008 - CLOSED: 2024

Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori - nee Bright Water Elementary

25 grants received for $ 731,288
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TYPE: 501(c)(3)

EIN: 45-0578780 | 990s and mentions at ProPublica

5140 Fremont Ave N
Minneapolis, MN 55430-3419

https://www.jjlegacy.org/

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Demographics

Changed name in 2020 to Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori - formerly Bright Water Elementary.

Starting Serving Students in 2008 - 2009 (or Planned to Start).

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ENROLLMENT DATA

113 students in 2023
99 students in 2021
175 students in 2017
161 students in 2016

PROPERTIES

CHARTER SCHOOL PARTNER
WALTON STARTUP
Grades: EC-6

Special populations

 

AUTHORIZERS
Year Fee
Audubon Center of The North Woods
2017 $ 16,593

 

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Becky Z. Dernbach
Sahan Journal
January 6, 2024

Undisclosed financial crisis shutters JJ Legacy School. Parents will have just one week to find new schools for kids.

In an emergency school-board meeting, JJ Legacy’s authorizer said “there is no more money” and the elementary school would need to close January 12. Parents and teachers shared their grief and gratitude, but also questioned why dire financial problems had gone unnoticed.

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