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any staff from 2000 to 2006 here?

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Anonymous:
Amy Klemm tried to hang herself. I was her suitemate, and came back from Chirstmas early (in 2003) only to be told I wasn' allowed in my room. They didn't do anything to help. Also Ao Chikata tried to jump over the balcony is Dorm C once upon atime. Or how about Laura Shelley who would cry and cry every damn day about her "problems" (with brian alano) and old cry to us. WE WERE LOCKED UP. YOU CAN GO HomE TONIGHT CRY BABY.

Anonymous:
I worked at HLA from 1996 to 2003. Amy Klemms actions, was one of the reasons I left the school. Very sad and unnecessary action. I have all kinds of GOOD stories to tell about HLA, and the way the school was in its inception. Amy was NOT one of the good stories.

happyday7:
The school may have been good in 1996 to 2003 when you were there, I cannot vouch for that...I can only tell you that HLA sucked out loud in 2006 and 2007 with dwinding staff and dwindling paychecks to the ones that remained there. In May 2007, all teachers had left including the academic director except for 5 to 6 diehard teachers like Hawley Stevens, Sam Tanner, Greer Dover and maybe 2 other teachers who taught core subjects. Familes that paid tuition in 2006 and 2007 got totally ripped off by paying for a high priced tuition and getting very sub standard services in education and supervision. The staff that was left had their pay cut down and could not do all the jobs they were expected to do. What was wrong was for HLA to continue to paint a pretty picture of how life at HLA was when in fact it was in shambles and crumbling more and more every single day! The administation did a poor job.

Anonymous:
i'm sure HLA started off with good intentions. and i'm sure it was great for a while. but as with everything, attempting to move something from a small scale to a big scale is a gamble. e.g like with true democracy - it worked great in Athens back in the day, but with 290 million people in this country it would be a disaster to implement that kind of system. likewise, something that worked with a population of 20 wont neccesarily work with 200.


i was at hla when amy hung herself....didnt she end up in a coma for a while, only to come out with serious brain damage? i'd be very surprised if the parents didnt do something about HLA's involvement in her decison to attempt suicide. (and they DID play a big part). i'm not sure if this pertain's to Amy's or Nyssa's case, but didnt (one of them) threaten to hang herself only moments before it happened, and her counselor sarcastically said something along the lines of "go do it, i dont care....".

some of the things that went on at HLA still haunt me. one moment your talking to your freind in the lodge, and then the next time you see her she's being flown out in a ranger helicopter on the brink of death. then you spend the next half decade wondering if there alive or dead.
i remember the day i came, i was moving into dorm A just a little bit after sean davis wrote "i love god" in his blood all over the walls. i got quite the first impression about HLA that day. too bad my parents couldnt see it....and couldnt be told about it. or how about watching  3 400-pound men (clay, clay, and ted) sitting on top of ["restraining"] a screaming and crying 90-pound girl (evie) on your first week.

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