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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy => Topic started by: Anonymous on November 11, 2006, 10:29:53 PM
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The axe fell yesterday for some more HLAers. I won't divulge how I know.
Oh, stop grinning like that. I only meant the metaphorical sense.
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I am in the process of finding out who it is...
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all i know is about the cute girl at the front desk and one of the RCI counselors...anyone else know more???
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You mean that blond girl that always hangs out with Brad Carpenter?
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yep...they let her go...
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Wow...
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That's too bad. She was one of the only qualified people there (to answer phones, etc) and was pretty hot. What a shame. They should have shit-canned Dan Mansfield, "The Converter."
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Don't you mean F.Lee?
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Yeah, or whatever he's calling himself today. He's got about five different names and personalities. I wonder if he needs Jesus to drive out his demons? He's obviously not right.
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Well I'm not sure that would work, as he probably believes that he himself is Jesus. At least on Tuesdays and Thursdays- and when he's not busy roaming the campus at night, or getting into a battle of wits with unarmed people. Right Danny?
:D
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so today is payday for salaried employees...anyone know of anyone whose gonna have the hatched dropped? seems like there have been a few lately??
are they losing their touch?
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Actually, Friday is payday...
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you are correct about some folks being paid on friday, but salaried employees are paid on the 15th and the last day of the month...so salaried got paid yesterday :)
not sure if hourly get paid this friday or next (they get it every two weeks)
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If they get paid at all.
I'm really curious as to where this misplaced loyalty comes from. Maybe something gets put in the coffee machine over there.
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If they get paid at all.
I'm really curious as to where this misplaced loyalty comes from. Maybe something gets put in the coffee machine over there.
Yeah, it's called meth. Dahlonega is swarming with meth labs, so Len just gets all the employees hooked, and they have to keep coming back for their fix. What a great idea!
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So much for the war on drugs.
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What's the latest skinny on shitcannings? Anybody of note get flushed over the holiday?
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Here's some more info about staffing cuts. The housekeeping staff allegedly has been done away with like the security staff. Their services have been farmed out to a vendor.
This, in and of itself, is not a huge deal under normal circumstances, but in this case, it could be disasterous.
Why? Because the vendor's employees cannot be adequately vetted to work in this environment. They could be pedophiles, drug dealers, rapists (extreme cases, I know) or just unfit to interact with the kids on any level. My point is that HLA is now introducing yet another variable into an already unsafe and unpredictable environment/population.
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Its okay...they will not be there long when they realize that they can't get paid!!!
:lol: :o :lol: :o :lol: :o
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Anyone remember the kitchen foodservice company Sage? They were the ones who used to supply the food servers. Then HLA couldn't pay them, and they just left. Now they have Southern Foodservice. History has a strange way of repeating itself...
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Anyone remember the kitchen foodservice company Sage? They were the ones who used to supply the food servers. Then HLA couldn't pay them, and they just left. Now they have Southern Foodservice. History has a strange way of repeating itself...
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They could be pedophiles, drug dealers, rapists (extreme cases, I know) or just unfit to interact with the kids on any level.
Or, better yet, regular Fornits readers.
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It's a fact night security and housekeeping have been laid off. Night security works until Janurary 2 2007. Housekeeping is no longer employed by HLA.
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It's a fact night security and housekeeping have been laid off. Night security works until Janurary 2 2007. Housekeeping is no longer employed by HLA.
Are they hiring a Security Service, as was reported? And who will do housekeeping? Will that become part of restrictions duties?
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It's a fact night security and housekeeping have been laid off. Night security works until Janurary 2 2007. Housekeeping is no longer employed by HLA.
Are they hiring a Security Service, as was reported? And who will do housekeeping? Will that become part of restrictions duties?
yes, they hired security. word has it that it won't last long, as the bill will very likely go unpaid (right now i think they are 90 days same as cash) because all of the pre-paid tuition they pushed for recently has all been spent and also some of those pre-paids are withdrawing and not getting refunds due to the aforementioned brokeness.
housekeeping staff was let go monday, reportedly replaced with "all mexicans" from a cleaning company. same deal with payment i suppose. both of these vendors are likely to go the way of the food service people who waved bye-bye to hla long ago over unpaid bills
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I wonder if the security and housekeeping companies really know about HLA's financial woes?
Oh what a shame it would be if someone were to, say, tell them.
But really, would anyone who reads this board do such a thing?
(These financial tidbits should be a moot point though, considering HLA has DHR firmly up its ass.)
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housekeeping was let go wendsday.
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Next thing you know HLA will be staffed with only illegal immigrants.Its all the Buch will be able to afford. Of course they wont really be illegal, they'll just be advertised as international.
Students who do not speak Spanish will be placed on restriction for manipulating.
Parents expect a forthcoming call from your childs new counselor Juan Garcia Lopez. He earned his M.A. in Family Therapy from the University of Technocilan
Hence forth I will be known only as "Nostradamus di Fornits".
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Oh,you'll like this: they are being asked to take unpaid leave/vacation/sick days during the Christmas break.I guess they can't wait to get rid of them .If DHR takes an air sample,it could get very interesting!The resident skunk @ dorm A lives in the attic space now,and is setting off the alarm constantly.Well,four weeks and counting...
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Here's some interesting news...
Beginning January 1st, the teachers will be coming to campus at 6:30am for morning wake-up in the dorms. This is reportedly in exchange for NOT reducing their pay.
This makes things interesting. It is my understanding that, under labor laws in GA (and Fed I think), that since the teachers were not given pay cuts, but rather given extra duties, that the pay cuts for OTHER employees become illegal.
If your pay was cut at HLA, I strongly recommend that you contact the proper authorities in GA and the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board). You probably have a case.
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So they had the choice of either increasing their work load and hours, doing task that are outside of their job description, or continue to do the job they were hired (and contracted for) and take a pay cut?
Yeah......sounds like someone is in breach of contract. Give Marla a call I'm sure she'd be glad to help.
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Here's some interesting news...
Beginning January 1st, the teachers will be coming to campus at 6:30am for morning wake-up in the dorms. This is reportedly in exchange for NOT reducing their pay.
This makes things interesting. It is my understanding that, under labor laws in GA (and Fed I think), that since the teachers were not given pay cuts, but rather given extra duties, that the pay cuts for OTHER employees become illegal.
If your pay was cut at HLA, I strongly recommend that you contact the proper authorities in GA and the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board). You probably have a case.
I have been contacted by an HLA teacher with a correction on this matter. Here is what s/he said:
"Teachers did indeed recieve the 10% pay cut and were told they would be facing the new schedule in addition to the pay cuts. The new schedule began Nov. 27. So, they are doing more work with less money."
Happy Holidays, teachers! :rofl:
Why does this not surprise me?
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So let's see if we can't sum this up about right.
You all work in a place where......
you are currently earning less than when you were originally hired.
you work load has increased dramatically.
you are subject to routine interegations
you can be expected to disobey the law and refuse to cooperate with state and federal authorities.
you are surrounded with potentially dangerous individuals.
if you quit you can be fined thousands of dollars for "breach of contract" while the other party changes the terms of the contract on a whim.
If you speak out against the company they will sue the shit out of you.
You've had your benefits slowly stripped away.
Does that about cover it?
Golly who wouldn't want to work there? It sounds like a dream job! Sign me up!
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Wow, that's even worse than a call center.
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Richard Prow - gone.
Special Ed teacher - gone.
Who's doing the IEP's for HLA's "special needs" kids now?
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They could just make pasta pictures, you know the ones you used to make in kindergarten...
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Weiser, I seem to recall you were in Harper's class.
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Weiser who?
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Hey DJ. What in the hell does whose doing the IEP's mean? Do you have any idea what you are talking about?
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Hey DJ. What in the hell does whose doing the IEP's mean? Do you have any idea what you are talking about?
Gookie answered the first question. The answer to the second one is "yes."
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Hey DJ and little Matrix man... I know what an IEP is...im asking you what in the hell does doing an IEP mean...as in whose gonna be doing the IEP... What does this statement mean as in your implication is that no one will be doing an IEP after Harper leaves?
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Hey DJ and little Matrix man... I know what an IEP is...im asking you what in the hell does doing an IEP mean...as in whose gonna be doing the IEP... What does this statement mean as in your implication is that no one will be doing an IEP after Harper leaves?
they must be done by a special education teacher for special needs kids. no special ed teacher, no iep's.
someone who knows what an iep is also should know the difference between "whose" and "who's". food for thought. i sincerely hope you're not a teacher.
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More staff gone:
Klee Hall
Danny Pervel
Mollie Parsons
Jeff Mann
Mary Preston
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HAHA! They all deserved it...
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Wow they finally got rid of Danny PERVel? Bet all the girls are breathing a sigh of relief.
Sorry I've been gone so long. Had my son though! 11/29/06. 7 lbs 9 oz. Trying to read up on everything I've missed. Sounds like things are really falling apart... Can't say we didn't see it coming.
Keep it coming, boys (and gals, Deb)...
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Welcome back Lacey. Congrats on your baby boy!
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I swear that Mary and Danny had something together... Micah is pretty oblivious, very quiet type. At least that is how I knew the IT tech...
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then you have NO idea about them...mary and danny were good friends...micah is NOT oblivious AT ALL...he is just very smart and knows when to do and when to not do...
so chill about that...they are both very good friends of mine...
attack hla and the like, but don't start rumors like that...
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aren't micah and marry.....uh, married? i wish danny and klee left when i was there. would have been much easier to cope, haha. good ridance danny, you sick pedophile son of a bitch!
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then you have NO idea about them...mary and danny were good friends...micah is NOT oblivious AT ALL...he is just very smart and knows when to do and when to not do...
so chill about that...they are both very good friends of mine...
attack hla and the like, but don't start rumors like that...
Never mind then, I just don't like danny...
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no problem... :)
(yes, micah and mary are married...happily!!)
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They are nice enough people, Micah is just very quiet at work. You could hardly get 2 words out of him, I guess that is just his nature...
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Anybody know Matt Paul?
Reportedly he has resigned from the Academics Department.
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yeah, i remember matt paul.....i'll leave it at that for decency's sake.
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HAHA! They all deserved it...
you're only pissed because molly wouldn't let you do cross word puzzles in class-haha :lol: .joke.
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No, it was a full puzzle. Harper then just like bitched out Molli to the whole academic department. Molli claimed I was trying to get her fired. Sometimes it is just better to open your mouth and put your foot in. I really should have done that is this situation...
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how about mason "gayson"? is he there or did he get blown up in iraq yet? and rob hyde that piece of shit...if i ever see him im gonna tie him up and do the hershey squirts on his face.
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No, it was a full puzzle. Harper then just like bitched out Molli to the whole academic department. Molli claimed I was trying to get her fired. Sometimes it is just better to open your mouth and put your foot in. I really should have done that is this situation...
yeah, i was only joking with you, like always. how did she figure you were trying to get her fired? they wouldn't even fire PERVel for fuckin' the females. but that sucked cause then she made me and the seniors from jeremy's drama class fill in the states and capitols and shit like that...and graded us for it :roll: she had a bad habbit of being a control freak. this one ignorant comment she made about mexicans really pissed me off one day
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Yeah, remember when we used to fuck with Caroline in Geography?
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Well, this isn't a 'layoff' per se, but it's interesting...
HLA's headmaster, Charles Cates, has reportedly had his hours cut back to two days per week, as a cost-saving measure.
What kind of school has a headmaster (roughly analagous to the principal of a public school) that only works two days per week? How is he handling day-to-day operations in a complex facility like HLA when he's only working two days? Doesn't make much sense to me.
Additionally, I hear that almost every single HLA employee is job hunting and there are rumors among the staff that HLA will close before the summer.
Apparently, the last hope hangs on the judge's not certifying the class for the lawsuit (effectively making it several individual suits).
However, the recent ruling by ORS would seem to preempt this hope, as it basically states that HLA is and was an RTC from the beginning, but that HLA systematically misrepresented itself and its services to ORS in order to avoid regulations.
This fact seems to corroborate the notion that HLA has willfully and intentionally misrepresented itself to consumers en masse, therefore meeting the requirements for the certification of the class.
This, I believe, is the final coffin nail. HLA will not be around long enough even to apply for licensure.
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Gosh wouldn't that be too bad?
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About layoffs...
I heard today that at least one former HLA employee who was laid off was refused unemployment benefits because HLA has not paid its unemployment insurance since last August.
This is a serious matter because HLA deducts this money fom employees' checks every week. Looks like they've just been pocketing it.
I also heard that HLA has not paid any taxes (payroll taxes, unemployment taxes, etc) since August of 2006.
It won't be long now...
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With this in mind I wonder if it wouldn't be worth looking into exactly where all of those mandatory charitiable donations from the staff have really been going. Charity or someones pocket?
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Really? i didn't know ridge creek got shut down! wow. like dominoes the rest will fall.....
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?? I might have missed something but I don't think anyone said it got shut down...?
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Right..uh huh.. :lol:
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As recent as last week they were still expelling students from HLA and insisting that they be housed at RC while parents arrange for future placement.
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Let's put it this way; from the time the mandatory pay cut in November to the around December 10th, all but 3 of the instructors and 1 counselor left. With all of the instructors bailing, some of whom had to retain legal counsel to get their final pay, unless the shleps that are left are in the babysitting service, I can't see how RC is still operating. It's possible, just not too likely.
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Considering the facilty I work for was on the receiving end of a RC referral I must assume that they are in "babysitting" mode. They were operational within the past two weeks.
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?? I might have missed something but I don't think anyone said it got shut down...?
i don't know where i got that, i'm on crack.....
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I can't claim surprise at that what's left of the RC staff is being used to babysit. It's the culture Buch dictated. Every weekend RC staff was babysitting the "hold overs" from HLA waiting for the next RC class to start or for an escort service to come pick the kid(s) up and take them to their next destination.
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Now they are recruiting AC staff as teachers! What a joke...
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and of course they are "certified".... :rofl:
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Totally...
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Rumor control says that they are contacting the former RC staff and trying to recruit them to come back.... does make one wonder...
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Rumor control says that they are contacting the former RC staff and trying to recruit them to come back.... does make one wonder...
A true testatment to Len's "hind" sight
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richard prow no longer works there. he wasn't laid off, but left because he was tired of babysitting kids. thank god he was there when i was. i wouldn't of lasted without him!!!
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richard prow no longer works there. he wasn't laid off, but left because he was tired of babysitting kids. thank god he was there when i was. i wouldn't of lasted without him!!!
Preach it Matt! :nworthy:
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I have heard it from a closely held source today that HLA has had some more key staff walk away.
I've been told the librarian, the lone remaining admissions staff person and a senior counselor all walked in the past few days.
It was also stated that attendence is down to half of the normal pop.
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I know Dan Mansfield is leaving 04-13-07 (counselor). Dan is the one that takes all the HLA kids to Ridgecreek. I believe Billy Pichon the admissions person left also. it seems every week more and more staff are jumping ship. :lol:
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...there are others as well...a good teacher as well as the stressed out registrar....
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Do you mean the registrar Matt Correll and was the teacher named Avery?
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Yes, exactly.
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...and Matt Correll's wife as well...where did they go?
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I can tell you that lots of the parents at HLA are in denial that the school is in trouble. I think that they think their children are just making this stuff up. They are going to get a rude awakening soon I believe.