Principal David Wheeler of Southeastern Regional Vocational-Technical High School founded LE[superscript 3]AD Academy--an innovative program that gives students the opportunity to build and run their own town in teams and with guidance from teachers. The program started in the spring of 2011, and it is innovative in many ways. The students' main project was to build a town from scratch by forming a town government, designing roads and infrastructure, providing the necessary services, adopting laws, and attracting and approving businesses. Principal Wheeler noted the success of the program is already evident through student interest. Since its inception, there have been waiting lists both years to get into the program.