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‘Do Not Give Up’ — LCAA Celebrates First Group of Graduates
Lee County Acceleration Academies (LCAA) celebrated its first group of graduates recently, as young men and women who might have otherwise given up on high school received the diplomas they had worked...
Fort Myers Newspaper Features New Lee County Academy
As Lee County Acceleration Academies (LCAA) prepares to celebrate its first group of graduates, The Fort Myers New-Press featured the school in an article about serving students who are looking for a ...
In Lee County, Christian Arenas Closes the Distance to His Diploma
For Christian Arenas, doing the work of high school wasn’t the issue. Getting there was. Christian, a senior, had been doing well at his former high school in Cape Coral, Florida. But his mom, who su...
LAA’s Cassius Murray: ‘I Can Just Get It Done At My Own Pace’
Cassius Murray is a quick study — so quick that they can lose ground when asked to move at the same pace as most of their classmates. “I almost ended up failing 8th grade math because I knew all the s...