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The Troubled Teen Industry / Academy at Cedar Mountain, UT followup
« on: August 28, 2007, 07:24:37 PM »
Thanks to feedback from a moderator and others here, I did get some additional information, but nothing on the other parents or attorneys involved.
The Academy at Cedar Mountain, UT was sold back in January 2005 following a serious exodus of their students during the latter half of 2004. I spoke with the new administrators who are aware of the prior problems that resulted in so many children being pulled by parents unhappy with that school, but other than giving the prior owner’s names and contact information they have no prior obligations. They said it took considerable work to clean up the mess that they inherited and that was more than enough. One of the three prior owners indicated they passed on all prior obligations when the school was sold. My attorney had already told me that was not true, and when I confronted that owner he passed me off to his partner who so far has not returned my calls. As to what happened, hopefully it is all spilt milk long repaired by the new staff and owners.
Personally, my issues are two fold, our son was not helped and continues to desperately struggle with his learning disabilities, plus I spent mere $35,000 in tuition which the school director promised would be fully refunded. That administrator said the owners, school insurance firm, and attorney had reviewed the incidents that caused the problems, and offered each of the upset families a full tuition refund in lieu of litigation. We accepted that verbal offer but the administrator soon was gone and the school sold.
I then took a couple year break due to some serious health problems and am just now getting back on my feet and trying to pickup pieces. My son really could use that money as his learning disabilities have after two years of trying left him unable to get through even a single academic class in junior college so he is most likely needing to go to a trade school.
The Academy at Cedar Mountain, UT was sold back in January 2005 following a serious exodus of their students during the latter half of 2004. I spoke with the new administrators who are aware of the prior problems that resulted in so many children being pulled by parents unhappy with that school, but other than giving the prior owner’s names and contact information they have no prior obligations. They said it took considerable work to clean up the mess that they inherited and that was more than enough. One of the three prior owners indicated they passed on all prior obligations when the school was sold. My attorney had already told me that was not true, and when I confronted that owner he passed me off to his partner who so far has not returned my calls. As to what happened, hopefully it is all spilt milk long repaired by the new staff and owners.
Personally, my issues are two fold, our son was not helped and continues to desperately struggle with his learning disabilities, plus I spent mere $35,000 in tuition which the school director promised would be fully refunded. That administrator said the owners, school insurance firm, and attorney had reviewed the incidents that caused the problems, and offered each of the upset families a full tuition refund in lieu of litigation. We accepted that verbal offer but the administrator soon was gone and the school sold.
I then took a couple year break due to some serious health problems and am just now getting back on my feet and trying to pickup pieces. My son really could use that money as his learning disabilities have after two years of trying left him unable to get through even a single academic class in junior college so he is most likely needing to go to a trade school.