What do you mean " these facilities" Hyde is a secondary school, not one of the private lockups your parents sent you to.
'these facilities" = unregulated troubled teen facilities or... regualted but questionably so...
At least, that' the way the state sees it, as I'm sure do parents since that's how it promotes itself, in part.... incidentally, few facilities actually lock kids up.
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Secondary School? Are you kidding me? I am not sure what Hyde is but it certainly does not operate like a regular school, and the scholastics are pathetic if not non existent! Had to laugh when I saw something about Laura Gauld graduating with honors. Honors at Hyde is equivalent to Special Ed in a regular school. Now maybe I am exaggerating a little, but seriously Hyde has ruined many kids lives when trying to get back into the regular public school system. I had one friend who tried to get into a private school and the admissions people told her parents that even though Hyde said she was an honor student, she did not have the basic skills for the grade she was in at Hyde.
When I left Hyde and tried to go back to school in my hometown, the public school wanted me to stay back a grade because the courses at Hyde were not accepted by my public school system. Hyde had already kept me back a year so this would mean I would be two years behind. I think it is very important for incoming parents to understand that Hyde's courses might not be accepted in your hometown and can easily mess up future plans unless you plan on staying at Hyde and graduating from Hyde. Going to college is another tough experience after having a Hyde education. Many kids fail their first year in college and drop out because you cannot compare the courses at Hyde to regular schools. Yes there are some kids who might succeed in college after Hyde, but there are plenty more who fail or dropout.
Before enrolling your kids in Hyde, ask how many kids who start Hyde, finish Hyde. Also more importantly ask for stats on how many kids who are accepted to college are still in college after the first year.
Oh yeah, some of you will say it must have been my own fault for failing a grade at Hyde, but for those of you who are not aware, Hyde does not always fail you for bad grades. Hyde fails a student for many other reasons including that they don't think your "attitude" is what they want it to be or because Joe Gauld wants another year of your parents money. Trust me, I am telling the truth here and I think some other kids who went to Hyde will support this.
Hyde has a lot of learning to do and my suggestion to Hyde is to get rid of the old administration and get some new blood in there. Why can they not keep good teachers at Hyde? Why do so many teachers leaving after a year or two?
