Harris County prosecutors said that the original founders of the academy sold forged transcripts to undercover investigators.

[3] In 2008 the U.S. Department of Justice criminally charged the school's leader, Linda Johnson, along with document tampering due to the school making false academic transcripts,[4] as parents paid her to create transcripts not reflecting actual academic performance.

The HISD board voted regarding turning Leader's Academy for High School for Business and Academic Success into a district charter.

[6] Members of the charter school's board of trustees as of 2009 included Rod Paige, the former Secretary of Education of the U.S., and Kirbyjon Caldwell, the senior pastor of the church.

[6] The school was last located in the former sanctuary of the Windsor Village United Methodist Church.