Tranquility Bay CLOSED!

[FemanonFatal2.0]

I have heard from an inside source that Tranquility Bay in Jamaica has been closed for good. The last child has left the building as of yesterday!!

I don't see any news coverage yet but ill keep my eye out. (and I might even tip them off myself tee hee hee)

Lets take a minute to Thank the people who were brave enough to make this happen and be grateful that hundreds of teens lives were saved today.

100th post yea!!

[Anonymous]

:birthday:  :deal:  :rasta:    :jamin:      :bs:  :seg:  :seg2:

[Anonymous]

Were high-caliber firearms involved?

[Ursus]

Their website is an essentially blank page save for the words "Under Construction."

http://www.tranquilitybay.org/

[Anonymous]

There is talk about Obama closing Gitmo next week. Kind of weird, them both closing at the same time like this.

[firstresponder]

as much as i would like this to be true i have heard it a hundred times before. for me to believe it i want something from wwasps itself saying that TB is closed.

i hope it is, that way i might be able to sleep better at night knowing that no one else will go through what i did.

[firstresponder]

there is also a rumor on myspace that spring creek also closed.

http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse ... 6F52713093

[Che Gookin]

rolllllll on recession.. best part of it ever.

[FemanonFatal2.0]

as much as i would like this to be true i have heard it a hundred times before. for me to believe it i want something from wwasps itself saying that TB is closed.

i hope it is, that way i might be able to sleep better at night knowing that no one else will go through what i did.

Me too... thats why I am encourages the major news stations to look into it in fact if anyone wants to help me with this let me know... the more we flood the inbox of the news station the more apt they are to follow the lead.

FR I need you espeically to write a letter to tell them what you experienced there.

Heres the info I got for ABC

...

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[psy]

Just got a confirmation from a reliable source.  It seems TB is, indeed, closed.  But we'll still have to wait for confirmation to start popping the champagne.  There have been "false alarms" with TB in the past.  Things do look good, though.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know the reason why?  Sources?

[Anonymous]

My bet would be:

economic recession --> consolidation into fewer facilities

[Anonymous]

If that's really the reason, then they will be back when the recession comes to an end. Too bad they weren't closed because parents came to their senses, and realized torturing your kid like a terrorist in Gitmo isn't going to solve their family problems. Too bad...

[FemanonFatal2.0]

Actually, I have an educated hunch that it DOES have something to do with what we have been doing here. Ill just say that our voices have reached some important people who cant be named at the moment but the words my source used were "Closed for GOOD"

I can only speculate at this moment, I think the truth will come out sooner or later but from what I have heard it sounds like speaking out has finally made a difference.

It could also have to do with the fact that WWASP is changing, it changed its name and many schools have dropped out and become independent so I could guess that if WWASP voluntarily closed its doors it was because not many people have given TB a glowing review, and the new WWASP, Teen Revitalization, wants to separate themselves from that reputation. As you may have heard before TB had some leasing/ licensing problems and there was significant damage after the hurricane hit last year... so in the mind of a business man, closing a branch makes much more fiscal sense than keeping it afloat. So even if it is the economy, it does have something to do with us, because if it didnt they would have shut down a bigger school in the US that costs way more to operate.

BUT I have a feeling that Oceanside will step up to take its place, it could very well be the next TB, where WWASP sends all their rejects and give the staff instructions to use physical force and intimidation to keep them in line.

[psy]

many schools have dropped out and become independent

LOL.  That's not quite true.  They claim to be independent, but they're not really.  Still got the same billing address for ALL the schools.  I have up to date contracts for all of them.

WWASP is changing, but all they're doing is diversifying into more complex front groups.

I do think, however, that negative criticism has had a LOT to do with the decline of their business and is exactly what is making these changes necessary for them (why else would they be doing that).  What's needed now is to target the schools individually by those names and make sure to tie them back to wwasp with proof (which we have).