Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
Hyde's Mr. Burroughs
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---According to NEASC, Hyde-Bath was first accredited in 1970, and was last reviewed in 2000.
http://www.neasc.org/roster/mea.htm
Hyde-Woodstock was first accredited in 2002, and has not be reviewed yet.
http://www.neasc.org/roster/cta.htm
--- End quote ---
Is NEASC an organization that students or parents could complain to?
Ursus:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---According to NEASC, Hyde-Bath was first accredited in 1970, and was last reviewed in 2000.
http://www.neasc.org/roster/mea.htm
Hyde-Woodstock was first accredited in 2002, and has not be reviewed yet.
http://www.neasc.org/roster/cta.htm
--- End quote ---
Is NEASC an organization that students or parents could complain to?
--- End quote ---
HMmmm... that's a tough one, IMO. On the one hand, NEASC's primary focus appears to be on ensuring that some minimal standard is met re. the academics. On the other hand, if they receive enough complaints, or complaints of an egregious enough nature, I imagine that some sort of an investigation would be in order.
NEASC appears to be sufficiently large that cronyism should be mitigated. I say this because it certainly appears as though Hyde School has taken steps to insinuate itself into the hierarchy of these types of organizations. Take a look at Mal's resume/profile posted in one of the entries on ZoomInfo:Malcolm Gauld
President of The Hyde Schools, Malcolm Gauld oversees Hyde's two boarding campuses (Bath, ME and Woodstock, CT) and several public school initiatives, including The Hyde Leadership Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. (1999), a K-12 school serving 800 students, and Hyde-Bronx, a school that will open in New York City in September of 2006.
In 1999, Malcolm and his wife Laura established the Biggest Job® parenting workshops, a program they have presented to audiences of parents across the country. Their book, The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have - The Hyde School Program for Character-based Education and Parenting (Scribner) was published in March, 2002.
A Hyde graduate, Gauld received his B.A. at Bowdoin College and his Masters at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. As a Visiting Head of School, he was a Klingenstein Fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University.
He began his professional career at Trinity-Pawling School (NY), where he was a teacher, coach and dormitory supervisor. During the past twenty-five years he has served in many roles at Hyde - history teacher, coach of championship teams in four different sports, administrator - including twelve years as headmaster at Hyde's flagship Bath, Maine campus (1978-98). From 1995-98 Gauld served as president of the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England, an organization of more than 50 schools in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. In 1998, Gauld became president and CEO of the Hyde organization.
A life-long athlete, Gauld plays lacrosse and basketball, is a marathon runner, and an avid surfer. He is passionate about music, especially rock, jazz and blues. He and Laura, married 22 years, make their home in Bath, Maine with their three children: Mahalia, Scout, and Harrison.
http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDe ... D=12201275[/list]
Ursus:
Unlike NEASC, or even AISNE (for elementary schools only), ISANNE does not accord accreditation. Rather, it is an organization that promotes the interests and concerns of its member schools.Membership to the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England is open to any secondary or elementary independent school in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont and is conditional upon being accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) or by being a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). *
http://www.isanne.org/about/school/
3.2 Its Core Values – Professional Support – the Corporation's primary objective is to provide professional support to school heads and all school leadership dedicated to the future vitality of Northern New England independent schools...
http://www.isanne.org/about/laws/ [/list]
The seeding of ISANNE's ranks with Hyde School personnel goes beyond Malcolm's serving as its president from 1995-98. Laurie Hurd is currently on its Board of Directors. I have no idea who has been involved during the interim.BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Lovett | St. Johnsbury Academy
William Cooper | Wolfeboro Camp School
Douglas Cummings | ISANNE
John King | Hebron Academny
James Clements | Tilton School
Laurie Hurd | The Hyde School
Brian Morgan | White Mountain School
Daniel Lee, Jr. | Fryeburg Academy
Charles Scranton | Burr & Burton Academy
Richard Hilton | Lyndon Institute
Kent Bicknell | Sant Bani School
http://www.isanne.org/about/officers/[/list]
* Note: being a member of NAIS "requires accreditation by an NAIS approved accrediting body."
Anonymous:
Woodstock and Bath are both members of NAIS, too.
Ursus:
Some more muckings-about along these lines...
The following is primarily about John Dewey Academy in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. First, some background, i.e., some other posts re. John Dewey Academy. The Search function here is still kinda loused up, so I haven't been able to find too many...i went to cedu john dewey academy and work in therapy now-
cedu sucked and john dewey destroyed what was left.
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?p=298367#298367
Hey, I was looking up criticisms of John Dewey Academy on the net, and very suprisingly i found almost none. This isn't to say that JDA is not a beneficial school for those who complete it, but my story as a very brief student there (a few years ago by now) was outright ridiculous. When my parents came down to help me out after I was having trouble in my second week, Mr. Bratter called my Mother a "stupid bitch" because she disagreed with his idea of making me wear an eight inch dildo around my neck, to signify that I was going to be raped if i ever left the school. Then i was also told that I would be selling myself out on the street to make a living as a 15 year old boy. Tom Bratter may have helped a lot of people out, and I don't deny it, but I just want people to have a better idea of the bullshit that he will pull when provoked (and i certainly did provoke it) By the way i was also threatened to go to Elan, and managed to convince my parents to turn back about 40 minutes from the entrance. Thank fucking God
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=43636#43636
yeah, i was stouched by an angel instead of a fucking Mainer Heroin addict. Maine Sucks worse than a vietnamese jizz whore.
OH yeah, i forgot to mention this, Tom's desk drawer and the "leave at anytime policy is bullshit" i left and Tom called the cops on me, only to bring me back so he could tell me "think of me when you're getting raped" and then sent me to the police station.
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=43769#43769
have you ever heard of the john dewey school? It sounds alot like hyde. All the students "vote" on wether to accept you......weird
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?p=299441#299441
Hey... my name's Josie and I went to John Dewey, ran away, then got sent to Elan. I graduated from Elan and then my mom sent me BACK to JDA. She said that she didn't want me to go home and fuck up again. Well, I ran away again. That place made no sense. It was like, we would have these groups and Tom would get in my face and tell me I wasn't getting to my issues, and I was like, "what issues? Please tell me what you're talking about it, and I'll do the best I can to work through them." Well, he never did. I just used to sit in groups and cry while he screamed at me for something, I have no idea what.
I called up Tania M crying, telling her it wasn't fair that I busted my ass at Elan and then I was back at that fucking place. It was nice, it was a castle, but there was something not right about it, you know? Did you ever go in the basement? It was an old slaughterhouse and there was a big hook hanging from the ceiling.
My first time through, I was in with the girl that ended up suing him for abuse. I don't think that she would have lied about it. Tom B was a creep from hell. I can't believe that he still runs that place. He should be locked up.
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=76142#76142[/list]
Next, this lil snippet from their website seems awfully familiar. Brother's Keeper, anyone?The concept of responsible concern is the quintessential value implicit in the social contract of the caring community. "Since I care, I promise to confront not only to prevent you from harming yourself or others, but also to help you to help yourself." Thus, we promote moral growth and development of both confronter and confronted.[/list]
And finally, the following news bit is from the StrugglingTeens site re. when John Dewey Academy was pushing to get accredited back in 1993... check out who was the chairman of the accreditation committee:
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http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... ews02.html
Malcolm W. Gauld, Head of the Hyde School, served as the chairperson[/color]; Christopher Norris, Assistant Head of Proctor Academy, served as co-chair of this committee. Other members were John N. Buxton, Assistant Headmaster of St. Paul's School; Nancy Juliano, Foreign Language Department Head, The Ethel Walker School; C. Jay Readinger, Business Manager, Moses Brown School; and Joyce Wilson, Mathematics Department Head, Suffield Academy. The committee read a 1450 page report, interviewed students, faculty, and parents, observed classes, studied policies and student files before submitting a 28 page report which concluded, "The Visiting Committee departed Great Barrington inspired by what it saw and excited for the future of the School."
The John Dewey Academy not only has the smallest enrollment but also is the first proprietary school to receive accreditation from The New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The John Dewey Academy is a residential, twelve months, college preparatory, therapeutic high school which provides intensive educational and counseling for self-destructive, acting-out, gifted adolescents who possesses superior innate intellectual and creative potential. Some students had been hospitalized. Many arrive medicated, though none currently are.
Dr. Thomas Bratter, president, states, "The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has demonstrated its integrity and courage by approving this quality school because in view of my personal legal difficulties, the decision could have been delayed. Quite understandably the entire John Dewey Academy appreciates and is honored to become the newest accredited school by NEASC.
Copyright © 1993, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced without prior approval if the copyright notice and proper publication and author attribution accompanies the copy.)
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