Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Did You Receive a Psychiatric Evaluation at HLA?
Troll Control:
Exactly what do kids actually go to HLA for? NO licensed counselors, NO licensed teachers, NO nurse on campus, NO psychiatrist on campus.
Academics: terrible.
Healthcare: worse.
Psychiatric Care: worst.
Why aren't qualified professional people on staff?
What is it that they are selling besides a "bill of goods"?
Hey Ottowa, why don't you answer these questions, since you know so much about it?
Do you think a TBS with no licensed counselors, no nurse, no psychiatrist and no certified teachers is fullfilling "therapy" and "schooling"?
Do a search on Ottowa5 and you'll see what this lady is all about. She knows nothing about HLA and has supported abusive, shut-down, sued-out-of-business BM facilities like CEDU where she warehoused her mentally defective kid.
She was saying all the same things about CEDU, calling everyone "liars" and "disgruntled" right up until the day CEDU was forced to close its doors over child abuse. Then she was inexplicably silent on CEDU and began trolling this site for over two years now.
Anonymous:
Apparently, thanks to the HLA students on work detail, the "equestrian Center" is up and running..HLA is very proud of the fact that the got SACS ACCREDITATION...I would like to know
what students spoke to SACS...as if they would dare say anything negative...I was told SACS never even toured the school..They showed up all right...If they toured it, they would have noticed "no lab"..HLA cannot have one because of
fire safety..Of-course if the SACS REPS were Bucci's friends that he apparently requests, it wouldn't matter, would it?
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:05:42
Subject: HLA Letter
Dear HLA Parents,
As we approach the end of Spring Semester, I wish to update you about
several things happening here at HLA.
As you know, HLA has been accredited by the Southern Association of
Colleges of Schools (SACS). Every five years, schools must reapply for
accreditation. We recently had several educators on our campus
interviewing students and staff, observing classes and examining our school for
recertification. We are proud to announce that not only did we obtain re-
accreditation by SACS but also accreditation by the Southern
Association of Independent Schools (SAIS). In their report the committee stated,
?There can be no question that HLA provides an academic program
comparable and exceeding other traditional boarding schools accredited by SACS
and SAIS while providing significant therapeutic and recreation
programs as designed in the mission of the school.
Beginning May 1, we will implement some changes in our infirmary
procedures. Physicians from Foot Hills Family Medicine will no longer be
seeing students on campus. Students will be seen by infirmary staff and
those students that need to be seen by a physician will be scheduled and
transported to a doctor?s appointment. We will continue to use Foot
Hills Family Medicine for those appointments where appropriate. Parents
will be contacted so that they can talk directly with the physician?s
office. This ensures the parent ?physician relationship and allows HLA to
focus on therapeutics and academics. Physicians will send written
medical orders that the infirmary will follow. The infirmary will be open
daily for students, who because they are ill, need to remain in the
infirmary.
The new Equestrian Center is up and running. Located on the Mountain
Brook property, we have renovated a stable and purchased 5 horses. Staff
and student volunteers have helped establish a great place to ride in
the pastures and trails of that property. This will be a great summer
activity for many of our students.
Charles W Cates, PhD
Headmaster
Hidden Lake Academy
Anonymous:
He doesn't 'have' to work....WHy would he place himself in this position...Bucci's lacky..
juniper2:
--- Quote ---On 2006-05-03 13:16:00, Deborah wrote:
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On 2006-05-03 12:27:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Heads up parents. DJ is what we would nonjudgmentally call an "ex-employee" of HLA. Take his "sour grapes" with a grain of salt.
Point to consider: if you read these threads, you'd think HLA were about to go under. The facts say otherwise: they're full to capacity, there's a wait list for entry even at the high cost.
How do you square the facts: is the school in as much trouble as the hyperbole here suggests, are all the parents and Ed Cons who investigate multiple programs being conned so effectively into sending kids in these large numbers to such a terrible place?
I just don't buy it. My explanation is that some disgruntled employees and a couple of parents and kids who did not do well there are hysterical with anger about their own bad luck. So if HLA can't get a building variance, oh God, it's a catastrophe, the school is going under.
And on and on and on. And meanwhile the school is full and operating. Because drama and battle is all in the minds of DJ and the other true believers here. Toss them a little compassion and go on with important job doing your best for your kids, families and selves. Which may well include a TBS like HLA."
--- End quote ---
O5, how could you possibly know this? "
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juniper2:
--- Quote ---On 2006-05-03 17:31:00, juniper2 wrote:
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--- Quote ---
On 2006-05-03 13:16:00, Deborah wrote:
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--- Quote ---
On 2006-05-03 12:27:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Heads up parents. DJ is what we would nonjudgmentally call an "ex-employee" of HLA. Take his "sour grapes" with a grain of salt.
Point to consider: if you read these threads, you'd think HLA were about to go under. The facts say otherwise: they're full to capacity, there's a wait list for entry even at the high cost.
How do you square the facts: is the school in as much trouble as the hyperbole here suggests, are all the parents and Ed Cons who investigate multiple programs being conned so effectively into sending kids in these large numbers to such a terrible place?
I just don't buy it. My explanation is that some disgruntled employees and a couple of parents and kids who did not do well there are hysterical with anger about their own bad luck. So if HLA can't get a building variance, oh God, it's a catastrophe, the school is going under.
And on and on and on. And meanwhile the school is full and operating. Because drama and battle is all in the minds of DJ and the other true believers here. Toss them a little compassion and go on with important job doing your best for your kids, families and selves. Which may well include a TBS like HLA."
--- End quote ---
O5, how could you possibly know this? "
--- End quote ---
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DAH...O5...WHY ARE YOU ARGUING? HLA CLEARLY
STATES:
HLA IS NOT A TBS !!!!REMEMBER! IT IS A LICENSED ACADEMIC BOARDING SCHOOL! ORS CLEARLY
STATES THAT TOO! SO DOES SACS!
NOW IF YOU BELIEVE HLA IS A TBS SCHOOL, YOU SHOULD BE ARGUING WITH THE ORS AND SACS!
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