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Lakeview Academy doubles down on arts, adds curriculum

Lakeview Academy faculty members enter the school gymnasium Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the first day of the school year. - photo by Scott Rogers

03252018 LakeviewAcademy 3.jpg — Lakeview Academy faculty members enter the school gymnasium Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2017, on the first day of the school year. - photo by Scott Rogers

When John Kennedy came to Lakeview Academy in 2010 to serve as head of the private school, he was given a mandate to grow the school even while the Great Recession had dropped enrollment.