After operating for more than 60 years as a single Catholic school, with about 125 students, Julie Billiart Schools has expanded to four campuses in Ohio since 2017—and now enrolls close to 450 students, all with special education needs. The first Julie Billiart school was founded in 1954 by the Sisters of Notre Dame to educate and care for children with unique academic, social and emotional needs. Today, JB students have a variety of learning differences, including autism, ADHD and dyslexia. They come from 75 different school districts across NE Ohio. The network has carefully studied and cultivated its academic model and school culture—which it calls the “JB Way”—and developed a strategy for infusing it into each new campus as it expands. The network is designated a School of Excellence by the National Association of Special Education Teachers.