School Board Votes to Name New Building After NASA Mathematician
At Wednesday night s meeting, the board voted to adopt the name
Katherine Johnson Education Center for the recently acquired former CentraCare Recovery Plus building on Anderson Avenue.
Executive Director of Operations
Gary Ganje says the name will honor the legacy of NASA mathematician and fits in with an existing naming theme.
Katherine Johnson was a NASA mathematician whose work was instrumental in the success of the early space program. The name aligns with the north-side space theme of Apollo and Discovery.
The name beat out Sterling Education Center and
Paul Kinney Education Center as one of the top three from an overall total of 26 potential options.