Interim Superintendent, Al Tunis, and the Board of Directors honored Johnson, the foundation and Scholastic during the Board’s Wednesday, Nov. 18 meeting. KCPS uses the Community Champions award to recognize contributions made by partners in education and individual volunteers.
Over the past year, Derrick Johnson’s Defend the Dream Foundation, with support from Scholastic, opened five DJ’s Discover Dens in schools across Kansas City. These schools include Academia de Ninos and Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School, as well as three Kansas City Public Schools, Satchel Paige Elementary School, Crispus Attucks Elementary School and Benjamin Banneker Elementary School.