[2] The building, which was leased from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, was rudimentary, and lacked essential services including appropriate shop and project space, and adequate food production and serving capabilities.

As popular as the design was, there was concern that the 2.25 million referendum would be insufficient to support the cost of building and outfitting a new school.

[6] The school currently operates on a five-year contractual term, the maximum allowed by Wisconsin state law.

[7] The school's leadership is also shared with Governance Council which is made up of parents and community members, and has some disciplinary and executive authority.

[8] JDAL utilizes Project Based Learning, ALEKS (for mathematics), Achieve3000 (for Language Arts), and a series of seminars taught by community members, parents, students, and staff.

As a conjunctive to projects, students often sign up for Seminars, a limited-term engagement varying from a few weeks to an entire semester.

By senior year, students often have few credits left to earn before meeting the Board of Education's requirements for graduation.

As such, seniors spend most of their time conducting a Capstone project which exists as a culmination of their learning and typically involves over 500 hours of work.