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Lynn Leonard is the Founder and CEO of High Expectations English Language School and a civil rights attorney with more than 30 years of experience advocating for educational equity and equal opportunity.

As Chief Trial Counsel for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and later in private practice, she represented individuals facing discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and education, and served as a court-appointed educational advocate for children in need.

In 2015, Lynn founded High Expectations as a college-planning and educational consulting firm. Working closely with local high school students, she began to see a pattern: talented, motivated students were being held back not by ability, but by language. The disparities were familiar.

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Michael serves as Director of School at High Expectations, overseeing daily operations, curriculum, teaching quality, and the CEA accreditation work that keeps the IELP an accredited program. He came to this role after 25 years in K‑12 and adult education, teaching history across Massachusetts public schools — Minuteman Regional Technical, Shawsheen Regional Technical, and Marian High — with a stretch as department chair at Minuteman. Before joining High Expectations he founded and ran Cornerstone Contracting & Design in Arlington (2015–2023). His teaching has earned recognition including the Massachusetts Historical Society’s Svenrud Fellowship; the curriculum project from that fellowship, “Propaganda and the American Revolution,” is archived at the Society for educator access. He is affiliated with the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Arlington Historical Society, and EnglishUSA.

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Dylan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Salem State University and began at High Expectations as a summer intern, helping create ESL educational resources. He now serves as a Designated School Official, supporting international students with F-1 visa compliance and student services. He is committed to providing a positive environment for our international students to accomplish their goals and received an Excellence in Student Services Award for these efforts.

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KC joined High Expectations with a background in marketing, branding, and analytics. She earned her bachelor's in Business Administration at Suffolk University, with a major in marketing and a concentration in brand marketing, then completed her Master's in Applied Business Analytics at Boston University. Her work at the school sits at the intersection of both: she runs student communications and social media, produces the photos, videos, and stories that document school life, and creates the announcements and visual content that keep the community connected. On the analytics side, she manages student data across enrollment, attendance, and retention, builds the dashboards and reports leadership uses to guide decisions, and designs the survey and reporting systems behind the school's day-to-day operations. KC grew up in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and speaks Khmer.

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Robert Klemm brings more than 30 years of facilities and property management experience to his role as Facilities Manager at High Expectations. He has managed commercial, industrial, and residential properties throughout his career and holds a Massachusetts real estate license.

Robert oversees the operation, maintenance, safety, and physical infrastructure of the school's 16,500-square-foot educational facility. He works closely with school leadership to support the institution's operational and facilities needs, develops and leads facility improvement initiatives, manages day-to-day maintenance and safety, and directs logistics for student activities and special events.

Through his stewardship of the school's facilities, Robert helps ensure that students, faculty, staff, and visitors benefit from a safe, well-maintained, and welcoming learning environment.

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