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Faced with scrutiny from government regulators and the prospect of a protracted licensing process before being allowed to start enrolling students, Sovereign School promoter Karen Fitzhugh has abandoned plans to locate in Peacham, Vermont.

Unconfirmed reports indicate that Sovereign is looking elsewhere in the state of Vermont, possibly with a modified concept.

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The Sovereign School incorporates Five Keys for Success designed to establish a student's independence: Emotional and Spiritual Wellness, Education and Career Training, Community Service and Apprenticeships, Creative Arts and Art Therapy, and Physical Health and Wellness. Progression through the program provides for the transition of responsibility from parent and program to the student over the course of one year.

So vague it practically ensures they'll graduate before retirement rolls around.

Except they don't GRADUATE.  They stay until the money runs out.  These girls are 18-24 y/o, with enough behavioral issues to make it worth their (rich) families whiles to spend $8000/mo to keep them out of the way.  Back in the old days, they used to use attics and basements, so I guess this is an improvement.  Sort of.  

Just give up your car, your phone, your internet access, your friends, your LIFE, and sit in Vermont watching the trees grow.  There is NO "career training" available, unless its milking cows.  "Apprenticeships" and "Community Service" opportunities are a joke too.  There are only so many old ladies to help cross the road there.  No theater.  No gym.  Not even a store that's open all year round (just weekends during tourist season... trinkets and postcards, no Cokes or snacks or anything useful.)  There's one church (hope you like Congregational).

This project smells really bad.[  If you know anything about Karen Fitzhugh, Shay Butts or David Hans (their so-called "Clinical Director") report it IMMEDIATELY to the Zoning Administrator of the Town of Peacham, Vermont (Post office box 244, Peacham, VT, USA  05862) - These people have applied for a Town permit, claiming that it will be a BOARDING HOUSE !!!???  

They will come in and start charging $100,000 per year for "troubled" young women to be locked up in this beautiful village.  Note that their chief "psychologist" who will be in charge of "treating" the YOUNG WOMEN is listed as LICENSE SUSPENDED in New Mexico (you can look it up online!) and has no license to practice in Vermont (which also has a public database for all kinds of therapists).

David Hans used to run the Bromley Brook School in southern Vermont, which is closing - possibly related to a sex scandal that took place at that school.  Before that, he worked at the same King George School where Fitzhugh was.  

It's all very, very cozy, Isn't It?