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Lawsuit against Hidden Lake Academy should make Hyde nervous

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Anonymous:

--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---This recent lawsuit against Hidden Lake Academy should make Hyde School very nervous.  Hyde would likely hide behind their usual claim that "technically we're not a therapeutic boarding school."  Yeah, right.  Hyde accepts many of the same kinds of kids that Hidden Lake accepts.  Hyde pretends it's not a therapeutic boarding school.  One of these days someone will take Hyde to task in court for a wide variety of abuses and incompetence.    

Here's information on the lawsuit: http://www.bergermontague.com/case-summary.cfm?id=155

Here's the actual court complaint:  http://www.bergermontague.com/pdfs/Hidd ... plaint.pdf

It's instructive to think about some of the stuff that goes on at Hyde as you read through this legal complaint.
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I've read the lawsuit against Hidden Lake.  As I read through it I was imagining all kinds of horrors I experienced at Hyde that seemed somewhat similar.  I think Hyde is very dishonest about its ability to help many of the students I got to know when I was there.  I met many students who couldn't make it at Hyde, or were always getting into trouble (2-4, 5:30's, getting sent to outpost) when it was clear to anyone who looked that they were off-track because of their serious mental problems.    For the life of me I can't understand how Hyde could take these students in when they clearly didn't have the services or staff to help them.  Isn't that worthy of a lawsuit?  I'm surprised more parents haven't gone after Hyde.  Not to mention how inferior many of the Hyde teachers are.  I think sometimes the students knew more about the topic than the teachers.  I have a feeling Hyde hires very young, inexperienced teachers and throws them in the classroom, even though they may not know much about the subject.  I met Hyde teachers who talked about what lousy students they were.  These were supposed to be my role models????

Ursus:

--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---For the life of me I can't understand how Hyde could take these students in when they clearly didn't have the services or staff to help them. Isn't that worthy of a lawsuit? I'm surprised more parents haven't gone after Hyde.
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1.)  And what has happened to these students that Hyde did not "help?"  Where are they now?  What impact, in the long run, did Hyde have on these kids?

2.)  What impact has the shoddy treatment of certain kids had on the so-called "normal" kids, who felt that Hyde was beneficial to them?  How does it feel to be in a "family" where some of your siblings are clearly getting the screws put to them unfairly?

3.)  What take-home message do all kids ultimately get from coming of age in such a dysfunctional "family?"

Anonymous:

--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---For the life of me I can't understand how Hyde could take these students in when they clearly didn't have the services or staff to help them. Isn't that worthy of a lawsuit? I'm surprised more parents haven't gone after Hyde.
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1.)  And what has happened to these students that Hyde did not "help?"  Where are they now?  What impact, in the long run, did Hyde have on these kids?

2.)  What impact has the shoddy treatment of certain kids had on the so-called "normal" kids, who felt that Hyde was beneficial to them?  How does it feel to be in a "family" where some of your siblings are clearly getting the screws put to them unfairly?

3.)  What take-home message do all kids ultimately get from coming of age in such a dysfunctional "family?"
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Notice how Hyde loves to advertise the high satisfaction rate of its graduates and the high college placement rate.  How much do you want to bet that Hyde's statistics don't include the large number of student who leave or get booted out of Hyde?  I wonder what the statistics would look like if these people were included.

I think Hyde is notorious for stacking its own deck to suit its own marketing purposes.  If I had the chance to "clear the decks" with Hyde at this point in my life, I'd let them know how dishonest I think they are because of the way they "stack the deck"!

Ursus:

--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Notice how Hyde loves to advertise the high satisfaction rate of its graduates and the high college placement rate. How much do you want to bet that Hyde's statistics don't include the large number of student who leave or get booted out of Hyde? I wonder what the statistics would look like if these people were included.
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Hyde's statistics do NOT include any students who leave or get booted out.  Outside of a seemingly life-long deluge of slick fund-raising requests for money, Hyde has zero concern for those wayward souls who don't get with the program.  There is certainly no follow up to ascertain college attendance et al.

What do said college statistics also really mean?  Someone mentioned somewhere in these threads about the pressure to apply to quite a few schools to ensure acceptance to at least one, some or many of which the student was disinterested in actually attending whether he got in or not.

Anonymous:

--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Notice how Hyde loves to advertise the high satisfaction rate of its graduates and the high college placement rate. How much do you want to bet that Hyde's statistics don't include the large number of student who leave or get booted out of Hyde? I wonder what the statistics would look like if these people were included.
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Hyde's statistics do NOT include any students who leave or get booted out.  Outside of a seemingly life-long deluge of slick fund-raising requests for money, Hyde has zero concern for those wayward souls who don't get with the program.  There is certainly no follow up to ascertain college attendance et al.

What do said college statistics also really mean?  Someone mentioned somewhere in these threads about the pressure to apply to quite a few schools to ensure acceptance to at least one, some or many of which the student was disinterested in actually attending whether he got in or not.
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Hyde seems to "pride" itself on its commitment to honesty.  Isn't it something that Hyde is so willing to mislead the public when it comes to honestly acknowledging the REAL statistics related to the school's drop-out rate, parent satisfaction with the school, students who fall apart at Hyde, etc.?  I guess Hyde can't afford to publicize the REAL statistics concerning what happens there; that would be a disaster for Hyde's public image.  

Could it be that Hyde is more concerned about image than it's willing to admit?  When I was at Hyde I heard staff lecture students about how they needed to be less concerned about image.  Me thinks Hyde doesn't practice what it preaches.  I'm shocked!

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