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Hyde's Mr. Burroughs
Anonymous:
so much for:
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---NEASC appears to be sufficiently large that cronyism should be mitigated.
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Ursus:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---so much for:
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---NEASC appears to be sufficiently large that cronyism should be mitigated.
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YUP!!!! I am finding that the more I read about some of these accrediting organizations, the less credence I give to that rubber stamp... I guess "some minimal standard" must really mean minimal in some cases...
Here's something else I noticed about that aforementioned accreditation visit to John Dewey Academy... Again from the ST piece, colored emphasis mine:
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.
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... ews02.html[/list]
And just what, pray tell, might those personal legal difficulties have been? Might they perchance have something to do with the following?Who are you???? That you went to JDA?? I went there...ugh....
Were you there around the time...when Tom Bratter was getting acussed of molesting a girl in Scarsedale? I looked it up online to see if I could find any stories about it but I couldnt find it.
I remember, when I first met him with my mom, and heard he was being accused of those rape charges, I felt he was capable of those things, from thevibe I got from him....(If your a girl, you can get vibes from men by the way they look at you) ewwww.....
He used to plan outings, which involved going to his actual house!
What kind of owner at a theraputical boarding school, plans an all day event at his personal house? I remember we all went to his house, we had a huge bar-b-que, and me and like 2 girls and a couple of guys and Tom Bratter, sat in this huge jacuzzi/hot tob on his back porch...
Anyways--
what else can I say? Mike should call him up and say"Hey I was intrested in sending my daughter there, although I was a little concerned because I heard the owner(Tom Bratter) was acussed of molesting a girl at JDA....
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=44175#44175
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...
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.[/color]
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=76142#76142[/list]
I imagine that Hyde School might be in a very good position to negotiate the sticky particulars re. circumstances involving sexual abuse charges. They certainly have enough experience at it! Must have something to do with all the great examples of character and good family values trotting around campus, eh?
Ursus:
Hey, I never did update y'all on how Tom Bratter's sexual abuse charges panned out. I came across this material in another thread, so thought it perhaps best if I tied up the loose ends here as well.
Turns out he had another incident a few years after the above-mentioned one, both summarized below. This is from a September 14, 2004 article in the Boston Globe titled "Teacher in abuse suit defends actions," and which is actually about yet another case they had involving a different teacher/therapist. The material about Bratter presumably provided some context towards the end. That full article re-posted HERE.
...The suit has also cast a spotlight on Bratter, who has been accused in the past of having inappropriate sexual contact with two female students.
In 1995, Bratter pleaded no contest in Connecticut to a state charge of second-degree unlawful restraint, which involved his relationship with a 17-year-old girl. As part of a plea agreement, he received a suspended one-year sentence and was required to perform 500 hours of community service and donate $50,000 to a charity that helped victims of crime or abuse. The father of the girl later filed a civil suit against Bratter, which was settled out of court.
After being charged with indecent assault and battery on a 17-year-old girl in 1999 in Great Barrington, Bratter pleaded guilty to assault and battery in June 2002. He was placed on probation and ordered not to have unsupervised contact with girls under 18...[/list]
Ursus:
It would appear that the righteous Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs will soon be returning to the Green Mountain State:
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The Burlington Free Press
Movers and shapers in the news
March 30, 2009
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• St. Johnsbury Academy has named Jeffrey S. Burroughs, a former Vermont resident now serving as director of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hyde School in Bath, Maine, as the academy's new assistant headmaster for academics, beginning July 1. A graduate of Champlain Valley Union High School, Burroughs grew up in Williston, and was awarded a bachelor's degree from Clarkson University and a master's degree from the University of Vermont, both in the engineering field.
Anonymous:
He is really not so bad which explains why he got passed over for the Head of School @ Bath. Good for him. There are some sensible down to earth folks up in the Northeast Kingdom. A couple of high plain Vermont winters at St J will beat the Hyde out of him and he will be as good as new.
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