{"id":14947,"date":"2024-07-02T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T19:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/?page_id=14947"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:20:19","slug":"principal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/information\/principal\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-424323907\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1407843794\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17073 size-medium\" style=\"border-radius: 7%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Kotarak-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Kotarak-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/10\/Kotarak.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>JJ Kotarak<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:jkotarak@kusd.edu\">jkotarak@kusd.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 262-359-6202<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Bachelor&#8217;s degree:<\/strong> Bachelor of Arts from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Master&#8217;s degree:<\/strong> Master of Arts Special Education from Rockford College, Principal Licensure from Concordia University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Began career in education:<\/strong> 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1407843794 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1378943087\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-love-school.svg\" alt=\"Career highlights\" width=\"50\" \/>\u00a0Career highlights<\/h2>\n<p>Blue Ribbon School 2018, Principal of Kenosha County&#8217;s Best Elementary School (Kenosha News)<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-hobbies.svg\" alt=\"Hobbies\" width=\"50\" \/> Hobbies<\/h2>\n<p>Lift Weights, Golf, Reading<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-subjects.svg\" alt=\"Favorite school subjects\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite school subjects<\/h2>\n<p>Physical Education, Public Speaking, Social Studies<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-love-school.svg\" alt=\"What I love most about LakeView\" width=\"50\" \/> What I love most about Bradford<\/h2>\n<p>I am truly honored to lead a school with such rich diversity and strong traditions, especially as we celebrate our 166th graduating class this year. The history and legacy of this school inspire me every day, and I am excited to continue pushing for growth and excellence in all our students. Together, we will set and achieve high expectations, ensuring that every student reaches their full potential.<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-quote-mantra.svg\" alt=\"Favorite quote or mantra\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite quote or mantra<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.&#8221; ~Teddy Roosevelt<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good values attract good people.&#8221; ~John Wooden<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-sport-food.svg\" alt=\"Favorite sports team\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite sports team<\/h2>\n<p>Bradford Red Devils!<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1378943087 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n  border-radius: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7850,"featured_media":0,"parent":1680,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14947","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14947"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18853,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14947\/revisions\/18853"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/bradford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}