Head of School Transition
Lakeview Head Leaves Record of Accomplishments
1/7/22
Dr. Kirsty Montgomery, head of Lakeview Academy, and her husband, Chris, will move back home to Chicago at the close of the current school year. Dr. Montgomery informed the Board that after much deliberation, she has accepted the position of head of school at a school in Illinois. Dr. Montgomery cited the need to be closer to family as the reason for her decision to move back to the Chicago area.
Jay Kilroy, chairman of the Lakeview Board of Directors made the announcement to the school community on Thursday, January 6 stating “Kirsty’s decision was not an easy one for her to make, and we are saddened to lose her as head of school. Her achievements in the last two years have been remarkable and extensive. The most significant is her leadership through the pandemic that resulted in Lakeview staying open for in-person learning virtually every day of the last 18 months.”
Dr. Montgomery was named head of school in November of 2019 and moved with her husband to Gainesville from Chicago, where she had been Director of the Osher Institute at Northwestern University. Her appointment to Lakeview came as the result of an extensive nationwide search. In addition to leading the school, Dr Montgomery also teaches an Advance Placement course in Comparative Government & Politics.
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