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Joyce Harris:
When we began the enrollment process of our daughter at Whitmore Academy, the Sudweeks had the students at Lake Powell.

Sue Scheff of P.U.R.E. recommended Whitmore Academy as we have explained in our Statement to ISAC.

Tim Lowe, the therapist at Whitmore was the "acting" Admissions Director. He sent us the brochures, contract, and various paperwork that we needed to enroll our daughter at Whitmore.
Tim Lowe was the person who met us at Whitmore to accept our daughter at Whitmore the day we dropped her off. We signed our contract, and additional paperwork with him, and he accepted our initial payment of the first and last month, and a $2,000 fee. We were required to go to a local bank to have some paperwork notarized for him.

Tim Lowe told us on this occassion, and in 3 later telephone conversations that ALL of the placements at Whitmore Academy were made by Sue Scheff of P.U.R.E.

We assume that this information from Tim Lowe is true.  We can not think of any reason that he would lie to us, as parents.

We can not think of any reason that this would be information that would be harmful for us as parents to know, since Ms. Scheff referred us to Whitmore Academy, also.

If anyone is interested in knowing what percentage of students at Whitmore Academy, either now, or in the past are placed by P.U.R.E. we would think this information would be readily available; and can not think of any reason that both Whitmore Academy and P.U.R.E would not want to provide that information to the public.

What could be wrong with P.U.R.E.'s placement of students at Whitmore?

Besides the complaints voiced in our Statement about P.U.R.E, my other  concern with P.U.R.E has been its continued placement of children at Whitmore Academy while the owners are under investigation for abuse.  That is my own opinion, but I would think that a professional organization would not place any children at a school until the investigation is complete, and that the placement organization is 100% sure that the owners have done no wrong.

Anonymous:
Everybody I've asked says "Sue Scheff."

Anonymous:
Has anyone been referred to Whitmore Academy by any other referral service in the Teen Help Industry other than P.U.R.E owned by Sue Scheff?

Anonymous:
Hear some of those students are on probation at the Whitmore. Maybe P.U.R.E now has some connection with the Court systems to save children too?

Antigen:
That's an interesting issue. A few people who did time at Straight, believing they were court ordered later found out that had been a lie. Sometimes family courts will sign off on alternative plans made by parents or others to avoid juvenile detention. Could be either of those scenareos.

Or it could well be that someone's convinced a juvie judge or two that Whitmore is a really fine program. It's not like criminal court where things like evidence are important. In family court, they just listen to both sides (maybe) and then slam the gavel down.

G:   "If we do happen to step on a mine, Sir, what do we do?"
EB:  "Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet in the air and scatter oneself over a wide area."
-- Somewhere in No Man's Land, BA4

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