Cook Clarifies His Position At Lake House Academy

In the interest of clarifying information regarding my role with Lake House Academy I would like to provide you with the following information. I hope this will assist you in better understanding how Lake House Academy is positioned to serve our students and their families.

I was approached to become involved with Lake House Academy last summer when Lake House Academy was in serious financial distress. As my own son had benefitted from a similar setting for boys I strongly believed in this great cause and decided to take on the primary risk of financing all of the program's needs so as to ensure its viability.

As Lake House Academy grew I was able to help with space renovations, a sprinkler system, office renovations, kitchen expansion and a host of other improvements and additions. More importantly, we were able to provide resources for hiring a wonderful team of professionals who care deeply for the families they serve.

In concert with the LHA Leadership Team I supported consultation by outside industry leaders to further develop Lake House Academy. Many of their recommendations have been implemented and there are more to come as prioritized by the Leadership Team.

I have made the decision that in order to better server our families, I have partnered with individuals who have considerable and extensive expertise as well as clinical and management experience to allow Lake House Academy to become the finest program of its kind in the country.

As I am not involved in the day to day operations of Lake House Academy and in any of the clinical programming, I ask those who are interested or have concerns about Lake House Academy's current and future operations to contact Brooke Judkins, Ph.D., LPC, our Clinical Director, or Kimball DeLaMare, LCSW, our Interim Executive Director. Kimball is with InnerChange and has been involved in developing the programming and clinical systems at Lake House Academy since early this year and we anticipate his involvement to span several months to come.

The decisions that have been made over the past months have been in Lake House Academy's best interest. As I stated above my goal for Lake House Academy is to provide it with the resources to be a superior and unique program in this field and I plan to continue investing to ensure the future of Lake House Academy and the families it serves and will serve in the future.

Please do not hesitate to contact Brooke Judkins, Kimball DeLaMare, or myself with any questions or concerns that you may have.

Brooke Judkins: bjudkins@lakehouseacademy.com
Kimball DeLaMare: kimball@innerchange.com

Sincerely,
Roy "Buddy" Cook