AKRON, Ohio – A new private school that will serve boys in grades K-2 will open in Akron on Aug. 21.
The school, Dreams Academy, is the lifelong dream of founder and Executive Director Brandon R. Scarborough.
A Buchtel High School graduate, Scarborough has spent years working as a professional gospel musician. During his career, he has had opportunities to build strong relationships with the faith community. But he has also found himself providing music for too many young Black men’s funerals, he told cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. He describes channeling the heartbreak he experienced and using it as fuel to shift the community narrative from “fewer funerals to greater futures.”…