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F R E Q U E N T Q U E S T I O N S
Has HLA?s focus altered due to the fact a petition for a law suite has been filed against HLA?
As some of you may be aware, a petition for a lawsuit has been filed against Hidden Lake Academy. We have filed and wanted to share some of our response. Most importantly, however, we want to assure you that this in no way has detracted from our primary objective; HLA continues to function very strongly and our students remain our only focus.
(Note: In the original petition for a suit the attorneys for the Plaintiffs identified Clarke Poole as Director of Admissions. HLA attorneys responded giving Mr. Poole the same title, however, it should be noted that Mr. Poole was never Director of Admissions for HLA. He was an Admissions Coordinator.)
Case 2:06-cv-00146-WCO Document 18 Filed 11/08/2006 Page 1 of 40
IN THE UNITED STATE COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
GAINESVILLE DIVISION
______________________________________________
J.O.R. and R.R. and D.M. and R.B., :
individually and on behalf of others :
similarly situated, :
:
Plaintiffs, : Civil Action File No.
: 2:06-CV-0146-WCO
:
: Answer and Counterclaim
HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY :
INC., HLA, INC., :
HIDDEN LAKE FOUNDATION :
INC., and DR. LEONARD :
BUCCELLATO, :
:
Defendants. :
_____________________________________________
HLA, INC?S ANSWER, DEFENSES AND COUNTERCLAIM
TO PLAINTIFFS? CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
Defendant HLA, Inc. (?HLA?) by and through undersigned counsel, submits its Answers, Defenses, and Counterclaim to the Class Action Complaint (the ?Complaint?) filed by Plaintiffs, J.O.R. and R.R. and D.M. and R. B. (collectively, ?Plaintiffs?)
INTRODUCTION
HLA makes this Introduction to address certain allegations in Plaintiffs? Complaint. Based on HLA?s initial investigation in the Complaint, which investigation continues, it is HLA?s position that Plaintiffs? Complaint is completely without merit. Plaintiff?s Complaint should be dismissed in its entirety and the request for class certification should be denied.
HLA is a therapeutic boarding school located in Dahlonega, Georgia, which focuses on children aged 12-18 who exhibit oppositional-defiant behavior and addictive, compulsive, and other self-destructive behaviors. HLA provides a caring and supporting environment through a comprehensive program of 17-21 months that blends therapy, counseling, and education.
HLA vigorously denies that it has committed any of the misconduct alleged in the Complaint. All of Plaintiffs? most inflammatory allegations are groundless:
· HLA has never, to its knowledge, enrolled ?violent? or ?severely disturbed? students (¶ 5).
· HLA fully discloses to current and prospective students and their parents its policy of searching students to ensure campus safety (¶ 5).
· It is standard practice in the education industry for schools to pay the traveling expenses of educational consultants and, on occasion, their family members, and there is nothing ?ethically questionable? about such practices (¶¶ 10,54).
· HLA discloses to students and their parents in the enrollment process that it monitors students? communications with others to ensure that students are honest and respectful in their communications (¶ 31).
· Plaintiffs allege that the ?overwhelming majority? of the teachers on HLA?s staff have not been state-certified, but the fact is HLA?s teachers have fully complied with the requirements established by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia Accrediting Commission (¶¶ 4, 39).
· Plaintiffs? allegations that Dr. Buccellato has referred numerous students to HLA because of ?personal economic incentives? (¶ 48) are false; in fact, Dr. Buccellato has referred only six students to HLA since January 2000.
· Many of Plaintiffs? most inflammatory allegations derive from an email from HLA?s former admissions director, Clarke Poole, who opines on what he beieves is the impropriety of the admissions of certain students (¶ 48). Mr. Poole, however, has no qualifications to render any medical or psychological judgments on the students HLA has admitted and provides no basis for his unsupported belief that one unidentified student was another ?Hannibal Lecter.?
· Plaintiffs allege several suicide attempts in recent months and acts of violence by students on other students (¶¶ 49-50). Those allegations are false.
· Contrary to Plaintiffs allegations, HLA does not represent Clay Erickson as a ?properly licensed physician? (¶ 59). Mr. Erickson has neither practiced medicine since he came to HLA nor advised parents or students that he is a properly licensed physician.
· Hidden Lake has never paid Dr. Buccellato?s personal taxes (¶ 76), nor does Dr. Buccellato bill an ?overwhelming majority. . . . of his personal expenses? to HLA (¶¶ 78, 79).
In summary, HLA will ask the Court to dismiss Plantiffs Complaint in its entirety and to dismiss the allegations that the case can proceed as a class action. HLA?s responses to the specific number paragraphs of the Complaint are set forth below, along with its defenses to the Complaint.
Anonymous:
I was there and Buch was there and the parents that have made this suit happen were there and everyone talks about showing up and no one does?
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---Mr. Poole, however, has no qualifications to render any medical or psychological judgments on the students HLA has admitted
--- End quote ---
Well if he wasn't qualified to judge the fitness-for-HLA (as if ANYONE deserves HLA!) of incoming students, what the hell was his purpose there?
Troll Control:
I guess HLA is admitting that they had another unqualified staff member in the front office. :roll:
Anonymous:
[i personally know that these below are absolutely and unequivalently (SP) TRUE!!!
· HLA has never, to its knowledge, enrolled ?violent? or ?severely disturbed? students (¶ 5). LIE...i know that at least 2 of them were buch enrollments...both dismissed
· Plaintiffs? allegations that Dr. Buccellato has referred numerous students to HLA because of ?personal economic incentives? (¶ 48) are false; in fact, Dr. Buccellato has referred only six students to HLA since January 2000. LIE...only 6 have not been either dismissed or pulled since then...referred has been AT LEAST 12-15
· Many of Plaintiffs? most inflammatory allegations derive from an email from HLA?s former admissions director, Clarke Poole, who opines on what he beieves is the impropriety of the admissions of certain students (¶ 48). Mr. Poole, however, has no qualifications to render any medical or psychological judgments on the students HLA has admitted and provides no basis for his unsupported belief that one unidentified student was another ?Hannibal Lecter.? LIE...stated right on his psych eval (which i have read) those exact words..."hannibal lecter" after describing how he would like to kill a baby, boil him, and eat him...buch referral, one that i counted in the violent ones...dismissed, actually pulled after threat of dismissal...
· Plaintiffs allege several suicide attempts in recent months and acts of violence by students on other students (¶¶ 49-50). Those allegations are false. LIE...while not counting the "cutters" as suicide, cause they really aren't, in the time for the suit, there have been (that i personally know of) were 3 or 4 attempts and violence, well lets just as the kids that got hazed or smacked down for narc'ing...there has been plenty of violence...but since the cameras were not working for so long there is no proof except the bruises, etc of the kids·
Contrary to Plaintiffs allegations, HLA does not represent Clay Erickson as a ?properly licensed physician? (¶ 59). Mr. Erickson has neither practiced medicine since he came to HLA nor advised parents or students that he is a properly licensed physician.
***Clay always said that this would get them in trouble!! every time they asked him to evaluate a situation (medical) he would try to get someone else to do it or refer to er, etc cause he knew what kind of possition that put him and the school in...but buch kept on doing it!!
· Hidden Lake has never paid Dr. Buccellato?s personal taxes (¶ 76), nor does Dr. Buccellato bill an ?overwhelming majority. . . . of his personal expenses? to HLA (¶¶ 78, 79).
i would say that perhaps bill gray paid more of his own personal expenses for quite a while, but buch has used plenty of school money for his own use...under the guise that "he put a certain amount in for the start up of the school and that it was just repayment on loans made to the school by him"...yeah...i think he probably surpassed that repayment status about 8 years ago?????
amazing!!!
so who actually was there...was bill gray? i am sure it was quite tense in there...and of course holloway was probably up buch's arse as usual...hope he at least gets a reach around for as much as he gets it!!!
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