Lesley Logan

Chief Education Officer

Mrs. Logan is the co-founder of LLT Academy and the co-author of the charter school’s voluminous charter. She also co-authored a School Grant process from which the school was awarded the top grant from the Florida Department of Education. She also developed the academic and professional development side of the charter. Mrs. Logan approaches education through the eyes of a parent, as well as an educator.

Mrs. Logan has received accolades from the Hillsborough School District for her ability in choosing and overseeing the curricula, assessing student data, and initiating staff development programs all to improve student performance and teacher accountability. These initiatives have enabled LLT Academy to stay among the top charter schools in Florida and made it possible for LLT to be awarded High Performing Charter status from the Florida Department of Education in 2011.

Over a seventeen-year span, Mrs. Logan has been an educator, working with students first through eleventh grade in both private and charter school settings. She has also mentored fellow teachers, helped shape curriculum for different grade levels and served as a liaison between staff and administrators. Her continuing education through seminars, classroom studies, and workshops has kept her up-to-date on the latest learning initiatives. She is certified in “Core Knowledge” and has received awards ranging from parent satisfaction to “golden rule,” standardized test scores, professional ethics, Teacher of the Year, and a nomination for Disney’s Teacher of the Year. Receiving special recognition for achieving greater than 1.4 years of growth in normal curve equivalent for all students is just one way that her instructional excellence is measured.

After being a lead team teacher, wing dean (lesson plan liaison between principal and teachers and overseer of curriculum needs), reading tutor, cheerleading coach, and faculty rep for projects ranging from Junior/Senior Proms to fundraising events, it is easy to see that when it needs to get done, Mrs. Logan is there to lead the way. Mrs. Logan also spent many years in the “business world” and is knowledgeable in the areas necessary to run a business, such as LLT Academy, successfully.

All of these accomplishments have helped to make Mrs. Logan uniquely qualified to administer to the parents and students at LLT Academy. She strives to help each student become a success and understands that it takes more than being an “A” student – it also takes character to achieve the goal. Mrs. Logan says, “Our students need to know they are cared about as a person, not just a number filling a seat – it is much easier to teach a student who is happy about coming to school and is actively engaged in their learning process.”

Mrs. Logan graduated from Nova Southeastern University with honors, is a member of Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society, Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, and the Valrico Rotary Club. Mrs. Logan also sits on the executive board of Charter School Leaders-Florida. She lives in Valrico, Florida with her Husband, Bill, a local television personality, daughters Erin and Caitlin - college students, and her pet dog and 3 cats. She likes to read and scrapbook for fun.

Christina Buck

Chief Operations Officer

Mrs Buck has worked for LLT Academy for almost five years, starting in a volunteer position as the business manager. Her duties were to oversee the daily operations for LLT Academy’s financial obligations. Mrs. Buck soon joined the team as a full time staff member. Within a short period of time, she also became the Human Resource Manager. In September, 2010, Mrs. Buck was promoted by the LLT Academy board members to the position of Chief Operations Officer when she also took over the duties of Facilities Manager. In her capacity as Facilities Manager, it was Mrs. Buck’s responsibility to designate to numerous contractors all of the necessary repairs and replacements to LLT Academy’s property after the tornado damage sustained last March.

Mrs. Buck has gained her knowledge after many years of working in the business world. Prior to her position at LLT Academy, she had retired from Walt Disney World having completed 13 years of service. During her employment with WDW, Mrs. Buck had many roles, starting out in sales and hotel concierge, and then moving onto preparing and overseeing yearly budgets, space planning for offices and cubicle requirements, also bidding and managing all types of construction projects.

Along with her manager, she saved WDW over two million dollars during her last 18 months of employment, by taking out of storage and redistributing lightly used furniture and cubicle parts all across Disney property. Overseeing new build outs and cutting out the excess furniture items normally sold to inexperienced WDW employees during the reconstruction of new areas.

Mrs. Buck works diligently to maximize the dollars that LLT Academy receives from the Hillsborough County School District. Her motto is we don’t buy it unless we absolutely need it. Due to her financial commitment to keep LLT strong and be able to overcome state and district education budget cuts, LLT Academy is rated among the top 2% in the nation that meets their financial commitments on time per our ratings with Dun & Bradstreet.

Christina was born and educated in Dublin Ireland. She and her husband of 53 years are naturalized American Citizens. She emigrated from England along with her English husband, one daughter and three sons in 1974. She now lives in Auburndale with her husband Bob and works from her home office. She is seen on a regular basis on the LLT Property.

Sharla Austin

Assistant Principal

Sharla Austin is the Assistant Principal and she has been a part of the LLT Academy faculty for four years. She also resides on the SAC committee for the 2011-2012 school year. She has a passion for middle school students and believes in the mission of LLT Academy. Mrs. Austin studied Organizational Communication at the University of South Florida. Mrs. Austin has owned her own memory celebration business for thirteen years and she has earned numerous awards for sales performance and team building activities. She and her husband Lindell have three children and are involved in full time ministry.

"Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work." William Arthur Ward

Sherry Connolly

Administrative Assistant

Sherry Connolly has been serving at LLT Academy for two years. This year she joined the administrative staff as Administrative Assistant to Mrs. Logan, Principal and Mrs. Austin, Assistant Principal.

Sherry came to LLT Academy when her son enrolled in sixth grade. She has previously worked with preschool children in the Montessori education for six years. Children always being her heart, she has also served with one of our local churches in the Preschool and Children’s Ministry for four years. Sherry has a realm of talents which she shares with LLT. Her background has included interior design, desktop publishing, and event coordinating, along with many more hidden talents, all which can be seen around the LLT campus.

Sherry, and her husband, Patrick reside in Riverview. Their daughter Caitlyn is a graduate of The University of Tampa of and their son Aaron is now an eighth grader. Other family members include their two cocker spaniels and three cats.

Lee Anne Donaldson

Receptionist | Lunch Coordinator

Lee Anne Donaldson is a Louisiana native, Geaux Tigers! She is married to Scott and has three children. Lee Anne & Scott moved to Florida from Southern California in 2006. She first came to LLT as a volunteer parent in 2008 and after being a Stay-At-Home mom for 19 years, Lee Anne joined the LLT staff as Gatekeeper/Receptionist/Lunch Coordinator in 2009. She loves working with people both younger and older and is enjoying being a part of the wonderful staff at LLT Academy.

Debbie Eaton

School Nurse

Born in rural Ohio, Debbie wanted to be a nurse from a young age. She worked in a private practice in Ohio before moving to North Carolina to work on the open heart team at Duke University. She then worked in the OR at Raleigh Community Hospital.

Debbie is a licensed RN in the state of FL and works three days each week as the school nurse for LLT Academy.

Debbie owns a cruise travel agency and arranges cruise travel for her various clients, frequently sending them to exotic corners of the world.

Mrs. Eaton lives with her husband, Craig in FishHawk Ranch and enjoys her cat, Savannah as well as spending time with her family, including her grandson, Hayden and granddaughter Bella!

Erin McGuire

Administrative Assistant

Erin McGuire was born in Brandon, Florida, where she grew up, and now currently resides in Valrico. She began working at LLT Academy as part of the office staff in 2007. She is currently a full time student at the University of South Florida working towards her Education degree. Erin is studying to become a special education teacher, focusing on students with autism. Through her employment at LLT Erin realized her passion for working with these students and looks forward to graduating and being able to put all her time towards these endeavors.

Karen Prenatt

Enrollment Specialist/Facilities Coordinator

Karen Prenatt has been with the LLT family since 2004. She has held many positions including part – time Teacher and Substitute Teacher. Currently she is our Enrollment Specialist and Facilities Coordinator. Karen lives in the Brandon area with her husband, Chris and children. Karen has 4 daughters, 1 son in law and 1 beautiful granddaughter. Karen enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Karen believes in the philosophy of LLT Academy, instilling the sense of integrity and character in our students.

Missy Warburton

Data Processor & Accounts Coordinator

Missy Warburton began as a volunteer at LLT Academy in 2006, when her daughter Jennifer was a 6th grader. Her son Michael is currently a 8th grader at LLT.

In 2008, she joined full time as Data Processor, and is currently the Data Processor and Accounts Manager for the LLT Administrative office. Her husband Mike is a Career Military Officer and they enjoy traveling, and relaxing as a family.