School Zone

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Academy opened it's doors. It wasn't at all what Todd was expecting. Todd had done a marketing survey and it showed that they would have 80 kids They actually opened with 26

"I was sick " said Todd "How am I going to pay all of these staff members?"

However, things changed quickly and four months later they were having to add on to the facilities because they were pulling from not just Howe, but Van Alstyne, Tom Bean, Dorchester and other surrounding areas

Todd picked Howe because of the school district.

"I wanted to be in a town that cared about children." said Todd. "I felt very early on that Howe was the perfect fit because kids were the priority Howe was circled around their children "

While owning The School Zone Academy, Todd had three more children, one of which, Haleen, is now the director of the school

"I was delivering her and was actually on my cell phone calling the workers who were adding an addition on the building to tell them to get it done because I'm having a baby." said Todd. "We